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| Iraq |
| Surprise, surprise..... |
| 2003-10-30 |
| From MEMRI: AN IRANIAN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSASSINATION OF AYATOLLAH BAQIR AL HAKIM IN IRAQ AND FLED TO AN EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS SEEKING ASYLUM IN IRAQ OR EUROPE IN EXCHANGE FOR INFORMATION. HE SAID: ’BEFORE ENTERING IRAQ, WE ASSUMED WE WERE GOING TO KILL PAUL BREMER; A COMMANDER OF THE AL-QUDS CORPS BROUGHT US TO A BASE NEAR THE IRAQI BORDER AND TOLD US AL-HAKIM IS A TRAITOR WHO SURRENDERED TO THE AMERICANS.’ (AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT, LONDON, 10/30/03) In another post I read today, Iran says if the US wants to talk to them, it should stop calling Iran "terrorists".... OK, let’s NOT talk |
| Posted by:mercutio |
| #3 No, mercutio, we need to talk to Iran. We just need to use a language they will understand - JDAM, MOAB, et. cetera. Until the entire Middle East understands fully that we will not tolerate terrorism, whether flavored by religion or or any other 'ism', the only way to get and keep their attention is to severely rap them across the knuckles whenever they start slinging their load of cow pies. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-30 9:41:45 PM |
| #2 Here's another surprise (irony actually, but what the hey): In widely publicized criticism in August, the Arab League - 22 nations, all of which are governed by monarchies, clerics, or military dictatorships - charged that the new American-installed Iraqi Governiing Council was illegitimate because it was not freely elected but consisted only of appointed representatives from various interest groups. The league's secretary-general announced that Iraq's former seat in the Arab League would therefore remain vacant until the country had an elected government (which would make it the league's ONLY elected government). From News of the Weird, 10/30, San Jose Mercury News |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-30 4:36:14 PM |
| #1 The original Arabic transcript need to be made immediately available to the Iraqi newspapers - they'll "get it" I'm sure. This could turn the tide among the Shi'a toward allowing the Gov Council to accomplish its mission - and lessen the influence of the Qom-backed asshats like Sadr who speak Arabic with that telling Iranian accent. (heh) |
| Posted by: .com 2003-10-30 4:31:22 PM |