----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Randolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:35 PM Subject: Re: Iraq Ghostpost
> On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:56:29 -0500, Dan Minette > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I read this disturbing report from the NYT today. It appears that Iraq is > > better poised for disintegration than elections in January, if this is > > true. If the factual statements listed in this article are true, then the > > provisional government/the US seems to be in the process of losing its grip > > on the country. > > > > A quote illustrates the problem: > > > > <quote> > > > > In the past three weeks, three former Hussein loyalists appointed to > > important posts in Falluja and Ramadi have been eliminated by the militants > > and their Baathist allies. The chief of a battalion of the American-trained > > Iraqi National Guard in Falluja was beheaded by the militants, prompting > > the disintegration of guard forces in the city. The Anbar governor was > > forced to resign after his three sons were kidnapped. The third official, > > the provincial police chief in Ramadi, was lured to his arrest by American > > marines after three assassination attempts led him to secretly defect to > > the rebel cause. > > > > The national guard commander and the governor were both forced into > > humiliating confessions, denouncing themselves as "traitors" on videotapes > > that sell in the Falluja marketplace for 50 cents. The tapes show masked > > men ending the guard commander's halting monologue, toppling him to the > > ground, and sawing off his head, to the accompaniment of recorded Koranic > > chants ordaining death for those who "make war upon Allah." The governor is > > shown with a photograph of himself with an American officer, sobbing as he > > repents working with the "infidel Americans," then being rewarded with a > > weeping reunion with his sons. > > > > <end quote> > > Very interesting. I might like to read the rest of the article. But > I don't want that badly enough to go to the NYT website and hunt down > the article; if you want discussion on these articles, it would > greatly facilitate that if you would include links to the full article > as well as the quotes. (This isn't the first time you've posted about > an article that you included no link for, but at least this time I had > an inkling as to which website to try to find the original article you > refer to.) > Sorry, I must have accidently erased it after copying it. Here it is. It is a NYT website, but there is a generl brin-l longin. (I think it is brin-l brin-l, but I'm not positive.) Dan M. http://tinyurl.com/69afs _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
