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Iraq
CIA Trying to Take Out Hussein Allies
2003-03-29
Special CIA and U.S. military units are operating in Iraqi cities, trying to kill members of President Saddam Hussein's inner circle, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. Those targeted include Baath Party officials and Special Republican Guard commanders, the newspaper quoted U.S. and other knowledgeable officials as saying.
Well duh. Of course we're trying to take these guys out. It's the whole friggin' reason we're there!
Yeah. But don't tell anybody, 'cuz it's a secret...
Snipers and experts trained to plant house and car bombs are among those on the covert teams from the CIA's paramilitary division and the special operations group of the U.S. military, the newspaper said. It quoted one source as suggesting that at least some of the explosions seen and heard in Baghdad were not the result of aerial bombs and missiles but rather caused by bombs planted by the teams. It said CIA officials declined to comment.
I can't imagine what they would say.
If they said anything at all, they should be fired.
The Post also said that CIA units and special operations teams are trying to organize tribal groups to fight the Iraqi government from the north. Groups operating quietly inside Iraq are also hunting for weapons of mass destruction and missile sites, helping to find targets such as the homes of Iraq's top leaders, and trying to find Iraqi defectors, the newspaper said. A 22-year-old U.S. policy bars political killings but the newspaper notes that since Sept. 11, the Bush administration has concluded that it does not prevent the president from lawfully singling out a terrorist for death by covert action.
I knew they'd cite the presidential order.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  CIA killings? *gasp*

If violence and strong-arming are such fixtures of the Arab world, why not reestablish these 'cloak and dagger' type offices in the Middle East, and around the world... Its about time we let the CIA regrow some TEETH!... Guys in trenchcoats doing shady things - hiring shady people to do still shadier things -- all because we live in a VERY shady world... I'd feel a lot safer knowing that we hadn't tied our intelligence agencies' hands when it comes to 'taking care of business' or actually, (heaven forbid) gathering INTELLIGENCE!...
Posted by: Steve   2003-03-30 02:14:41  

#8  Dave D. 'they want us to lose period" Do these idiots realize that if we lose they lose. I'm afraid this is the start of a war of civilizations. A war between middle ages Islamists and the secular world. With no delineation between capitolist or communist
Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire   2003-03-29 20:04:56  

#7  Just make notes and keep track. There needs to be some accounting by these sick donkeys after this is all over. The "hate America" crowd has had free reign for too long.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-03-29 12:11:25  

#6  "Info" is interesting euphemism for "propaganda," which is pretty much NPR's exclusive output for over a decade. NPR is a line budget item that needs "ajustment." How could it complain when its funding is reallocated to Food For Peace?
Posted by: tbn   2003-03-29 10:44:58  

#5  Sir Christopher Hogg, the current Chairman of Reuters, was a trustee of the Ford Foundation (1987 to 1999). The FF is one of the major source of funds for NPR, which may explain why they present almost identical info.




Posted by: anonymous.   2003-03-29 08:38:23  

#4  As I understand it, the 22-year-old U.S. policy NEVER applied to declared war situations.
Posted by: Tom   2003-03-29 07:49:28  

#3  As I understand it, the 22-year-old U.S. policy NEVER applied to declared war situations.
Posted by: Tom   3/29/2003 7:49:28 AM  

#2  I think it's very odd. What I find even stranger is that most radio and TV, that were once mildly to moderately anti-American, have pulled out all stops. Almost overnight, they jumped from "shading" to blatant propaganda.

Yesterday, on NPR, I heard them accept the use of human shields and fake surrenders as "asymetrical warfare". And he said, "they (the fierce Iraqi fighters putting up stiff, unexpected resistance) use our weaknesses as their strengths". You'da thunk he was going to talk about our humanitarian nature, but ...no....it was our stretched supply lines. It's not just NPR, it's almost ALL the major outlets. The propaganda is sooooo obvious, it would be humorous if it didn't cost lives. It's like they are so desperate right now, that they don't CARE what the consequences down the road for them will inevitably be.
Posted by: anonymous   2003-03-29 07:37:28  

#1  Is it just me or is is a bit odd that this is a Reuters piece in the Post quoting what seems to be a different account by the Post?
Posted by: B.   2003-03-29 04:15:25  

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