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| Turmoil in Iraq Brings Back the "Butcher of Baghdad" |
| 2010-08-30 |
| The reported return to Baghdad of one of the bloodthirstiest killers in Iraq, a Shiite known as Abu Deraa, from safe haven in Iran could signal an escalation in an already ferocious sectarian war between Shiites and Sunnis as U.S. forces withdraw. The Asharq al-Awsat newspaper has reported that Abu Deraa, who fled to the Islamic Republic in early 2007, was back in Sadr City. Abu Deraa, which means "Father of the Shield" in Arabic, is a nom de guerre. His real name, depending to whom one talks, is either Ismail al-Lami, twice married with at least a dozen children, or Ismail Hafidh. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #3 but that's just me, showing my sensitive side |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-30 20:06 |
| #2 I'd just as soon he resists arrest, and gets a righteous ass-kicking before getting shot |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-30 20:06 |
| #1 Likely the first of many Iraqi villains that will try to triumphantly return from Iran, Syria and Jordan. Hopefully the Iraqi Interior Ministry will scoop up the lot of them, and deposit them before a judge, who will send them away for decades, excepting the minority who will meet the hangman. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-30 17:48 |