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bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === Mister Death Squad Goes to Washington by Ahmed Amr Sunday December 3, 2006 <http://www.uruknet.de/.?p=m28722&hd=&size=1&l=e> hakim-1.jpg Welcome to the final Byzantine round of the Machiavellian Iraqi war games in Washington. Making his triumphant appearance today is none other than Abdelaziz Al-Hakim the wise one. Hes a veteran player who survived four years of preliminary elimination rounds to qualify for the final phase of what is turning out to be a truly Olympian imperial project. Behold Hakims resplendent clerical robes. You can always spot the players whove spent a lifetime training for their roles on historys stage. No one doubts that this man of the cloth will pass the drug screening tests. This late in the game, we can only hope that our designated team captain resists the temptation to drown his Mesopotamian sorrows in a bottle of gin or indulge in a snow-snorting binge. As far back as the qualifying events when this quagmire was still a neo-con fantasy Al-Hakim and his team mates were recruited to shower rice and roses on coalition forces as they cake walked their way from Basra to Baghdad. Al Hakims resume is truly impressive. Hes an Ayatollah and a son of an Ayatollah. He speaks fluent Farsi having spent half his entire life living in exile as an honored guest of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. As a dedicated theocrat he allied his sectarian legions of Iraqi exiles with the Iranian army in the Iran-Iraq war. Its safe to assume that he puts his faith based political doctrines above his country a trait he shares with his host. To get a measure of the man, you need to see past Hakims wardrobe. This guy is more than a religious missionary. Hes certainly no ordinary politician. You cant even consider him a military man although he was the leader of the Badr Brigades the military wing of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq SCIRI. Still, hes so much more than that. The source of his political clout is his control over the Shiite death squads that have infiltrated the American-trained security forces. And theres more to recommend this man for the task of getting the job done. The death squads under Al Hakims command arent your run of the mill assassins. They usually leave their signature on their victims before grinding them up. Al Hakims dedicated cadres like to drill holes in other peoples skulls before dumping the mutilated cadavers on Baghdads streets as a warning to any real or potential adversaries. Its not yet clear why Bush invited Mister Death Squad to Washington. But lets not misunderestimate the President. This is the same POTUS who thundered from his bully pulpit that we cannot turn a blind eye to repression because that repression is not in our back yard. What he failed to mention was that as the need arises - we would continue to invite vicious torturers and assassins to our front yard for tea in the Rose Garden. Bushs media collaborators are already calling Hakim a moderate compared to the mercurial Moqtada Al Sadr. Some death squad leaders are apparently more reliable than others. What makes Hakim so special is that he seems such a mature thug the kind of SOB that can be our SOB. The Badr militias have a reputation of being disciplined and heavily indoctrinated foot soldiers who follow the party line. Once they get orders to close down their torture dungeons, Hakims loyalists will likely obey his command. Of course, that also means that the torture sessions could only have started with Hakims explicit orders. A few pundits are suggesting that the president is using Hakims visit as a way to build bridges to Tehran. Or maybe the administration is sending Al-Maliki a message that he should abandon his alliance with Al Sadr and stick with the scary guy from SCIRI. You never know what Bush has in mind for Plan Z. By the time he figures out a new course of action hell need another plan. No one in his right mind is suggesting that exiting Iraq was ever going to be a tidy business. But that doesnt mean we have to ignore that the man invited to sip tea with the president is holding a common household drill dripping with blood and brain tissue. Hakim keeps trying to wipe it off with his clerical robes to the amusement of our emperor who unfortunately has no clothes to help out his guest. Snickering in the corner, the assembled media dignitaries mind their manners and pretend not to notice. Now, drive your imagination to some dark stink hole in Baghdad owned and operated by Al-Hakims thugs in the interior ministry. A Baghdad University professor is tied down to a sturdy blood drenched workbench about to get his skull drilled by professionals assigned to SCIRIs torture squads. Two of his sons share his predicament. In the background, the TV is tuned to CNN. Suddenly, the drills go silent as the emperor with no clothes and the cleric with blood stained robes approach the podium to exchange pleasantries about the wonderful democratic strides taking place in Iraq. If we could only figure some way to instantly transport Hakims den of torture to the presidents front yard. What if the professor was given a few moments at the podium to give his last will and testament? Spin that. Ahmed Amr is the editor of NileMedia.com source: http://www.thousandreasons.org/get_article.php?article_id=342 === -muslim voice- ______________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
