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Iraq-Jordan

Wolf Brigade the most loved and feared of Iraqi security forces

2005-05-22

File under "good news"...

Abul Waleed rifled through a pile of papers, considering the latest accusations against the elite brigade of Iraqi police commandos he leads from a dusty fortress. The complaints against the Wolf Brigade were the usual: excessive force, renegade patrols, kidnapping, murder. The charges came from Iraq's most powerful Sunni Muslim leaders, and Abul Waleed clearly relished reading them. It's precisely this take-no-prisoners reputation that's made his Wolf Brigade the most feared and revered of all of Iraq's nascent security forces. "The Muslim Scholars Association? They're infidels," Abul Waleed said, tossing his detractors' complaints into the wastebasket. "The Islamic Party? Humph. More like the Fascist Party."

Oh, I like this guy!

No matter how many complaints about heavy-handedness pile up on Abul Waleed's desk, there's no changing the fact that the Wolf Brigade rules public opinion in a country desperate for Iraqi heroes. With their televised humiliation of terror suspects and their dapper uniforms, the Wolf Brigade restores some of the national pride stripped away by war and foreign occupation. While the nation's fledgling police and armed forces are derided as corrupt or incompetent, the Wolf Brigade is the exception. Their logo is a snarling wolf, and their TV show, "Terrorists in the Grip of Justice," is the most watched program in the country. Harassed parents silence noisy children with threats to call the Wolves. Housewives swoon over their "broad shoulders" and "toughness."

Iraq needs to think of itself as heroic, and given the piss poor performance of Sammy's army it sure as hell wasn't going to be them.

"Every time I see them in the street, I feel safe," said Ahmed Kanan, 25, who works at a menswear shop in Baghdad. "I feel that we have a country with a government."

Posted by:Fred

#18 What if we have to face their spawn one day face-to-face... you know... like the Eagle meets the Wolf Cubs in some obscure desert show-down? Some of these folks may be working both sides of the fence... just like many are surely waiting the time to step up and show their true colors with an Iranian smiling behind them.

Posted by: Spomolet Chick1592 2005-05-22 18:25

#17 The Grey Wolf is native to Iraq and populations probably still exist in the northern mountains. Conservation wasn't a Saddam era priority.

Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-22 15:15

#16 Wonder if we can send over a wolf-pack for the brigade? They would be great mascots, and even be useful in interagations.

Posted by: Charles 2005-05-22 14:55

#15 I would argue that the only way that we will have an exit strategy is by the care and feeding of the wolves.

The wolves know one hell of alot more than our men and women about the cracks and crevices that the Saddam and foreign terrorists hide in. They obviously get the man-on-the-street HUMIT.

Coupled with the increase in the regular Iraqi army, police and security, the wolves are a force multiplier.

Posted by: Captain America 2005-05-22 14:48

#14 "...their trademark blue-and-white pickups."

If its not deep blue its Israel colors. Someday I'd like to see a picture.

Posted by: mhw 2005-05-22 10:16

#13 But wait, there's more!

With their televised humiliation of terror suspects and their dapper uniforms,

Journalist Rule # 37: Humiliation of Arabs is only a concern when the perpetrators are Americans. Or Da Jooooooz.

Posted by: Raj 2005-05-22 09:50

#12 Orwell: "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us."

Posted by: Matt 2005-05-22 09:46

#11 love the robot on the desk - is this their version of an unmanned weapon?

Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-22 09:27

#10 Iraq needs to think of itself as heroic, and given the piss poor performance of Sammy's army it sure as hell wasn't going to be them.

I strongly suspect that if any individual or group even appeared as 'heroic' other than Sammy himself in Sammy's Iraq, they'd be before the firing squad before sunset. There can only be one.

Posted by: Anonymous7489 2005-05-22 08:55

#9 spot on ..com

Posted by: Shistos Shistadogloo 2005-05-22 07:09

#8 Careful, tw, lol! You're treading on thin ice with our own morality cops.

You're right - it's the same everywhere. Someone has to stand up to the evil, and there's just no better word for it. In Islam, what we know to be obvious evil is characterized as honorable and romantic. It's sick. And it's the damned imams. That Saudi and the PA encourage or tolerate them makes both "govts" as guilty as the asshat who pulls the trigger, IMHO. Until the Hate Machine of Islam is turned off or destroyed, it has no end. Remove funding and support to drastically reduce the numbers entranced by the Friday Moskkk bullshit - or kill them all. If we can't get the "govts" to cooperate in the former, we will be forced to do the latter.

I definitely agree that those who're doing the heavy lifting here for the Iraqis, while most refuse to get involved, should be Iraqis - and they should be honored and revered for their sacrifice and bravery. The idolatry bit is pretty funny, but I guess they're pretty hungry for something, someone, to take pride in. They've chosen well, heh. I'm hoping for the next phase to be emulation by those who've failed to do the job. I'm sure they watch TV, too.

Posted by: .com 2005-05-22 03:47

#7 I really like how they send liberals and islamo-fascists packing: "Human rights (workers) used to come and complain about how we treat the prisoners, but they never ask about how the terrorists treated the people they killed,"

We should ask a couple of them to come to USA/Europe and give speeches here in the western Tvs.

Posted by: JFM 2005-05-22 03:47

#6 .com, an important point. If only Saudi Arabia had a Wolf Brigade to take on the morals police. Shoot, if the Palestinians had a Wolf Brigade, Israel could contemplate a real possibility of peace.

Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-22 03:10

#5 How does that quote go? "Extremism in the cause of liberty....something something" The Wolf Brigade is cleaning up the mess Saddam built over a generation. So long as they submit to the civilian government and remain honest, they really are heroes, the kind of real heroes Iraqis need. It won't be long before the kiddies are collecting Wolf Brigade comic books, like American kids collect Superman and Batman comics. :-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-22 03:06

#4 12 commandos killed in Iraq:

Twelve troops from the Iraqi interior ministry's elite commando force were killed in a string of attacks in restive Sunni towns north of Baghdad yesterday. Four commandos from the Wolf Brigade and a civilian were killed in a bomb attack in Samarra, 125km north of the capital, police said. "Two more commandos were killed in a rocket attack on a police station in the city centre moments later," the source said. In Baiji further north, six other members of the brigade were shot dead in intense fighting that broke out in the key oil refinery town's industrial zone, police said.

Posted by: Seafarious 2005-05-22 01:09

#3 Moderate Muslim Watch.

Posted by: .com 2005-05-22 00:40

#2 "Human rights (workers) used to come and complain about how we treat the prisoners, but they never ask about how the terrorists treated the people they killed," added Yasser al-Qureishi, a Sunni who serves as Abul Waleed's personal assistant. "If it was your sister who was raped and killed, how would you deal with it?"

Typical hypocracy of the LLL. If it was my sister, the person responsible would be hung by their sack with piano wire.

Posted by: mmurray821 2005-05-22 00:26

#1 Good luck and good hunting, Wolf Brigade.

Posted by: Seafarious 2005-05-22 00:17

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