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2007-07-10 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-07-10 13:07|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 I would consider this report good news for a couple of reasons. First of all it says that we are finally getting some good intelligence in learning who's who as far as corrupt officers are concerned. We have known about this problem for as long as we have been in Iraq but getting a clear picture of the problem has been elusive. We seem to be getting a grip on that.

And secondly, in some cases the connections between these offices and tribal groups can be exploited to bring those groups under the government umbrella as has been the case in Anbar and to some degree, Diyala.

So overall I would have selected a different headline. Something more along the lines of "US getting clearer picture of tribal alliances".

Posted by crosspatch 2007-07-10 14:03|| 2007-07-10 14:03|| Front Page Top

#2 What the story amounts to is a reporter recording a bunch of finger pointing and gossip as fact.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-07-10 14:08|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-07-10 14:08|| Front Page Top

#3 My favorite dead horse rears its ugly head again. Still comes down to knowing/understanding the tribal culture and who is who. Something our gov't usually fails at w/every turn. They ain't westerners folks, quit treating them as such.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-10 14:09|| 2007-07-10 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm rather surprised that they're mentioning the Army cooperating with AQ. The Army has a reputation for relative honesty and competence. Also the Army may has many Sunni officers, but the rank and file are Shia and Kurds. I can't see the enlisted puting up with this treason.

As for the Police, this is old news. Zarqawi was captured twice by the IP and managed to escape each time with a combination of bribes and threats.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-07-10 14:19|| 2007-07-10 14:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Counterintelligence guys live for just this. When they compile a dossier on a corrupt officer, at a particular point they turn it over to SOCOM and he has a fatal accident. Along with as many of his associates as possible. You know, group heart attacks and things like that.

Then they let it be known through back channels why.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-07-10 14:29|| 2007-07-10 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Screw that and the PC bullshit. Show them the bayonette.

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-10 14:51|| 2007-07-10 14:51|| Front Page Top

#7 I would say, if you catch someone working with AQ, skin them alive in the town square and nail their hide to the side of the town hall as a warning to others. Then drop their body in the trash heap outside of town for the dogs to eat.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-07-10 15:04|| 2007-07-10 15:04|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm sure the people actually in the field caught on pretty quickly to the fact that you can't turn your back on an Arab---twice. The fact that they're willing to talk about it, means the top brass is starting to caught on.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-07-10 15:25|| 2007-07-10 15:25|| Front Page Top

#9 spys & corruption during war..

According to the ancient war oracles and secrete rumor mills...

During the course of all wars, all sorts of payoffs and bribes are made to the local indigenous enterprises, 'all varieties insurgent' and the local war lords, it's is a time honored tradition.

an example:
The rumor was [a few years ago] in the Republic of Vietnam, that the local VC chief/s were paid NOT to attack Brown and Root around the Chu Lai area during the Concrete Run Way project that replaced the temp aluminum matting..

sniper rounds and occasional mortars weren't counted.

Posted by RD 2007-07-10 15:32|| 2007-07-10 15:32|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, no! MORE doom and gloom? Poor Davey Petreaus doen't stand a chance!

Posted by Bobby 2007-07-10 15:53|| 2007-07-10 15:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Immediate death sentence.

Posted by newc">newc 2007-07-10 16:34|| 2007-07-10 16:34|| Front Page Top

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