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2006-06-25 Iraq

US forces release Sunni leader in Iraq, apologise

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Posted by Steve White 2006-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And here I thought we were finally going after the holy men. I guess that I could weave some fantasy that we turned him during captivity, but I'm not good at that sort of self-deception.

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-25 00:24|| 2006-06-25 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 think a message was sent? I do....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-25 00:29|| 2006-06-25 00:29|| Front Page Top

#3 P'raps they weighed him and tagged his ear before turning him loose...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-06-25 00:34|| 2006-06-25 00:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, it was a message, Frank. It would have worked really well against the Mafia. But this ain't the G-men against the mob. This is war. And unlike the mob, the Islamists have their own highly networked propaganda apparatus. Here's the message that the Islamists and Baathists are spinning right now: "See, we went on strike for a day and the Amriki caved. They searched and threatened for three days and they couldn't get anyone to give up where we were holding those soldiers of theirs we captured."

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-25 00:44|| 2006-06-25 00:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Would you meet with him after he got turned loose? Let the word out that he turned on his minions to save himself... arrest a few to reinforce, and keep the word out that he's OUR bitch

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-25 00:46|| 2006-06-25 00:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Possibly not. Even if they iced him, they would probably still claim that he was a Great Islamic Hero™ and that the American's Shiite puppets did him in. Hilter and Stalin both used that gambit a few times.

Posted by 11A5S 2006-06-25 00:55|| 2006-06-25 00:55|| Front Page Top

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