Posted on 06/09/2004 5:42:58 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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| Report: New Iraqi Leader Helped CIA in Attacks Wed Jun 9, 2004 02:43 AM ET
Allawi's group, the Iraqi National Accord, used car bombs and other explosive devices smuggled into Baghdad from northern Iraq in its attempts to depose President Saddam Hussein, the newspaper said, citing former intelligence officials. The bombings, whose effectiveness is disputed, never threatened Saddam's rule, the former intelligence officials said, according to the Times. The Iraqi government at the time claimed that the bombs, including one it said exploded in a movie theater, resulted in many civilian casualties, the Times said. But whether any civilians were killed could not be confirmed because the United States had no significant intelligence sources inside Iraq then, the Times said, citing a former CIA official. Allawi was chosen last month to lead an interim government in Iraq. The U.S.-selected Iraqi Governing Council agreed by consensus to name Allawi to take over from U.S.-led occupation authorities on June 30. Allawi and tribal chief Ghazi Yawar, who was named president, were chosen for top political posts over Ahmad Chalabi, another former Iraqi exile who was once a Pentagon favorite. The CIA plans to investigate whether Chalabi leaked U.S. secrets while the FBI is seeking to learn who may have passed him sensitive information on Iran's spy service, U.S. officials and lawmakers have said. |
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So, in other words, he worked as a freedom fighter and now he's the leader of the country. The point is?
Sounds good to me. Looks as though the right guy is in charge.
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| G8 Leaders to Take Measure of Iraqi President Wed Jun 9, 2004 01:18 AM ET
SEA ISLAND, Ga. (Reuters) - President Bush, fresh from gaining passage of a critical U.N. resolution on Iraq, introduces the new president of Iraq to fellow leaders at the Group of Eight summit on Wednesday. At the same time, G8 negotiators were working to complete the details of an initiative urging Arab and Muslim leaders in the Middle East and North Africa to adopt democratic reforms. Iraq's new president, Ghazi al-Yawar, will make his first entrance on the world stage when he has lunch with Bush and leaders from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. He will then be introduced to the other G8 leaders. The Iraq war led to bitter divisions between the United States and long-time allies, but Bush is hoping the leaders will now focus on the future and help put an international stamp on Iraq, beset by car bombings and bloodshed before the June 30 transfer of power to an interim government. With the U.N. resolution formally ending the occupation on June 30, "the international community showed that it stands side by side with the Iraqi people," said Bush. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush's main ally in the war, said on Tuesday it was time to bury the divisions of the past. He and Bush were to have breakfast on Wednesday morning. "Let us unite now in a different vision for a modern Iraq capable of being that force for good for Iraqis and also for the wider region and the world," Blair said. The G8 is comprised of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada and Russia. The leaders, meeting at the magnolia, palm and live oak-shaded Sea Island resort on the Georgia coast, will meet leaders from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen to discuss the Bush's Middle East initiative. The initiative has been the subject of meticulous negotiations for six months and the United States had to rewrite some of it to satisfy European concerns. One change that was made was to emphasize job creation. Arab leaders have been concerned the initiative would be seen as an attempt to impose Western-style reforms on Arab and Muslim governments. Officials were still working on the final text, and an agreement could be reached as early as Wednesday. U.S. officials said summit negotiators were also close to an agreement on a plan to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. The proposal would, among other things, suspend for one year all new transfers of equipment for uranium enrichment and reprocessing. Development issues were also on the agenda, including private-sector efforts to fight poverty, the development of a vaccine for HIV/AIDS and a proposal to fight famine in the Horn of Africa. |
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My gawd!!! How awful!!
I thought we were in a horrible quagmire that we will never be able to successfully extricate ourselves from?
Well, now Reuters can followup and point out that the action in Saudi Arabia is nothing but the poor oppressed Saudis fighting for their Freedom.... Myabe that is where they are going....
Time for the DemonicRats to move the goalposts again....
So, the man showed vision and courage. What's the problem? Perfect leader for Iraq.
The NYT would publish names of our spies if they could get them.
Yeppurs. For several months the Dems have been screaming about the fact that there was no Iraqi government to hand sovereignty to. Now that there is one, and the internationalist argument has been smoked by the 15-0 UN vote to recognize the sovereignty of the new government, the next effort will be to paint the new government as a bunch of CIA stooges. They just won't give up, even if it hurts American and Iraqi interests and costs lives.
"Kerry: Indecent Exposure at Reagan Library" EDITORIAL CARTOON.
Kerry is now so desperate that he shows up at the .......
Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee John Kerry showed up at the Reagan Library on Tuesday afternoon to view the deceased former president’s casket, setting off a firestorm of reaction.
He is there for 20 minues with his own photographers ...inside the ropes.... unannounced and unapproved...by Nancy...
I saw that. What an absolute dolt. It's almost like he's trying to give the Dems every possible reason to kick his sorry rump off the ticket and replace it with Hillary's ample rump.
Laz summed it up pretty well there - no matter what, someone is gonna bitch.
Wait a minute! If some scumbag palestinian blows up himself and a busload of children, it is no big deal. This guy carries guerilla warfare to Butcher of Baghdad and it is a problem? Somebody please tell me I am reading this the wrong way.
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