#1 Note that Sadun al Diulaimi is a Sunni who took over the post of Defense Minister in the last shuffle earlier (May? June?) this year.
From the Boob:
"Mr Dulaimi's family has its roots in the western al-Anbar province - the heartland of the anti-US insurgency led by Sunnis.
A former officer in Saddam Hussein's army, he is a respected psychologist and statistician who has spent many years abroad and was active in the opposition to Saddam Hussein."
Oh yeah, I'm buying.
In this Boob Profile we find:
"He was born into a wealthy family and one of Iraq's most influential tribes in the town of Ramadi in 1954."
Gee, that's where Steel Curtain was focused.
And this is in there, too:
"He became active in opposition to Saddam Hussein, who sentenced him to death in absentia and confiscated his assets.
Returning from exile in 2003, he set up the Baghdad-based Centre for Research and Strategic Studies. The centre conducted most of the country's opinion polls, which have shown increasing dissatisfaction with the US occupation.
Correspondents say Mr Dulaimi was highly critical of the rule of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the administration of the US-led occupying forces set up immediately after Saddam Hussein's fall."
Yep, he was a great choice for Defense Minister, privvy to the most sensitive military plans and intel. Gee, I wonder where they got the heads-up to boogie? |
Up to 180 terrorists escaped from Husaiba in Iraq to Syria as the military campaign known as Operation Steel Curtain got underway, Iraqi Minister of Defense Dr. Sadun Al-Dulaimi said on Saturday. Al-Dulaimi noted that the military operation aims at sealing off the borders between Iraq and Syria against the infiltration of terrorists. He added that Syria should stop the infiltration of foreign fighters from Syria into Iraq, noting that the Iraqi authorities have 400 detainees who said that they were trained in Syria before entering Iraq.