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2004-01-26 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-01-26 8:47:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "in the U.S.-occupied country." Umm..I believe that should be "liberated", dunce.

Snicker..I guess when you're leaders are being rounded up like lost cattle on an open range, if this is the best snide remark your friendly reporters can manage, you're in trouble.

Posted by B 2004-1-26 9:13:44 AM|| 2004-1-26 9:13:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Just how big a bigshot is Ghul? I was wondering why he would be sneaking into Iraq when it would be safer to send a underling. Is it normal for him to be doing stuff like that or:
1. Does al-Qaeda think it's so unstable it's safe to slip in and out?
2. There is a operation so big planned he had to come and take the risk?
3. Al-Gaeda's ranks have been so depleted he had to come.
4. He ain't that big?

Posted by Steve 2004-1-26 9:25:37 AM|| 2004-1-26 9:25:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think Ghul is an underling - for Zarqawi. He's just higher up in the pecking order than most underlings. Zarqawi, being too holy to risk his own sorry ass, sent one of his lieutenants to mastermind whatever it was he was looking to do.

Posted by Dan Darling 2004-1-26 11:10:32 AM|| [http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2004-1-26 11:10:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 So, Osama bin Laden is the Caliph. While he's been on "sabatical", Grand Vizir Zarqawi is plotting evil deeds and dispatching trusted lieutenants like Hasan Ghul to distant lands to assume control of regional underlings who would order their minions to throw themselves into battle.

Posted by Steve 2004-1-26 1:30:13 PM|| 2004-1-26 1:30:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Grand Vizir

You know.... that's a pretty good name for an SUV. Like the Grand Ayatollah but without the offroad package, courtesy lights and with triple knotted nylon plush upholstery instead of the Delmonico leather.

Posted by Shipman 2004-1-26 4:00:22 PM|| 2004-1-26 4:00:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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