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2008-04-24 Iraq

Izzat Ibrahim reported captured in Iraq: TV

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Baath Party

#1 We used to joke "they've killed/captured/made a deal with al-Duri, again" when I was at the palace. Reports like this used to happen with regularity.

Meanwhile, al-Rubaie was a somewhat dubious and even comical figure at times back then, achieving a sort of amazing status as pontificating Beltway-type personality in a country without security, much less a Beltway mentality (which requires several generations of security and comfort with which to dream up ridiculous ideas of how the world works). He wasn't taken too seriously (his title is a thigh-slapper), but he's a workhorse for the wire services and al-Arabiya ...

Posted by Verlaine 2008-04-24 02:32|| 2008-04-24 02:32|| Front Page Top

#2 ION PAYVAND > CAN THE US AND IRAN SHARE THE MIDDLE EAST?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-24 02:54|| 2008-04-24 02:54|| Front Page Top

#3 As Iran is currently constituted they can't, JosephM. Next question?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-24 04:03|| 2008-04-24 04:03|| Front Page Top

#4 If they did catch him, I am guessing at least two weeks before we say word one about it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-24 09:11|| 2008-04-24 09:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Then again, think about what else went over the border from Iraq to Syria and may yet be lurking there.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-24 12:11|| 2008-04-24 12:11|| Front Page Top

#6 OS, are you implying that the CIA is lying to us when they said that whatever that was wasn't important enough for them to look into?

Okay. Guess I'll toss the ululator back in the drawer...

Yours fits in a drawer? Mine fits on a trailer, alongside the diesel engine and hydraulic unit...

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-04-24 12:50|| 2008-04-24 12:50|| Front Page Top

#7 The CIA distort and lie to make Bush look bad? Nah. Never happen.

heh. heheh. hehehehehehehh. BWAHHHHAHAHAH!

Sorry. Lost control.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-24 18:22|| 2008-04-24 18:22|| Front Page Top

#8 That picture's perfect, reminds me of the old saying "Face like a Map,of Ireland" certainly applies here.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-04-24 18:46|| 2008-04-24 18:46|| Front Page Top

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