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2005-02-26 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by legolas 2005-02-26 12:31|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Third, Allawi recently closed a three-way deal with the most influential Iraqi Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali Sistani, and the Tehran leadership for Iran to arrest him if he tries to cross the border and surrender him to Sistani in Najef.

LOL! Had me going there for a second.

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-26 1:44:13 PM|| 2005-02-26 1:44:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 He also made good on his threat to have television run tapes of confessions by captured Syrian agents who were sent by their government to fight the Americans in Iraq.

Sounds kinda like an Iraqi version of the Jerry Springer Show.

Posted by anymouse 2005-02-26 2:03:47 PM|| 2005-02-26 2:03:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 infiltrated the terrorist network with embedded policemen. Informers are a secret organizations biggest risk/problem. Once the police have one, the last thing they want is to alert them to the fact they have one. So you target the parts of the organization you have haven't infiltrated in order to deflect suspicion and at the same time foster paranoia. Zarqawi is a foreigner so he has a particular problem knowing who he can trust. This reads like part of the network (perhaps along the ratlines to Syria/Jordan) has been compromized/turned and they want the big fish on the run to see who they can catch in the net.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-26 2:11:35 PM|| 2005-02-26 2:11:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "get the gaff!"

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-26 2:22:18 PM|| 2005-02-26 2:22:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Frank---I am waiting to hear "Fish On!" when they get Zarqawi. THEN the Gaff.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-26 2:30:24 PM|| 2005-02-26 2:30:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 They want the chance to confess their crimes before the commission, repent publicly, obtain a pardon and walk free. The interim prime minister is willing to consider this option quite seriously.

The SA commissions were held in a Christian context, where telling the truth was expected and repentance was part of the culture. Arab culture, OTOH, encourages Taqqiya (dissimulation in the name of Religion), while repentance is for Non-Muslims prior to becoming Muslims, not for REAL Muslims.

Posted by Ptah 2005-02-26 8:11:53 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-02-26 8:11:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Just because the government/justice system forgives these idiots does not mean the peepul will refrain from hunting them down like dogs. Nor do I feel the urge to protect the idiots from the relatives of their victims. For what it's worth.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-26 10:23:49 PM|| 2005-02-26 10:23:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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