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2005-11-01 Iraq

Talbani Orders Release of Saddam's half brother for Treatment

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Tikriti murder cells always metastasis. It's a genetic thingy.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-01 00:53|| 2005-11-01 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 ~~metastasis~~ metastasize

Posted by Red Dog 2005-11-01 01:04|| 2005-11-01 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet the Kurds have a nice new hospital wing and would be delighted to treat Sammy's kin.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-01 01:24|| 2005-11-01 01:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Why can he not be given the treatment in prison?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-01 03:53|| 2005-11-01 03:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm not sure the prison is up to medical standards.

But there is probably a different reason for Talbani's stance on this and on attacking Syria: he wants to avoid a sectarian/ethnic bloodbath of Kurds vs. Sunnis vs. Shia. If things stay relatively stable, the Kurds will have retaken Mosul, the oilfields in the north etc. But if civil war breaks out in a serious way, it all goes down the drain for his people as well as for the whole country.

Just my guess, anyway.

Posted by lotp 2005-11-01 09:57|| 2005-11-01 09:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Also, by extending this offer to al Tikriti, Talbani places himself squarely in the role of gracious Muslim ruler - a cultural factor that should not be underestimated. This gesture will resonate well with a lot of ordinary Iraqis.

Posted by lotp 2005-11-01 09:59|| 2005-11-01 09:59|| Front Page Top

#7 "What I didn't know until today is that it was Barzani all along..."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-11-01 16:56|| 2005-11-01 16:56|| Front Page Top

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