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| Allegations That Iraqi President Allawi Summarily Executed Captives |
| 2004-07-18 |
| From Jihad Unspun, reposted from The Sydney Morning Herald Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days before Washington handed control of the country to his interim government, according to two people who allege they witnessed the killings. They say the prisoners - handcuffed and blindfolded - were lined up against a wall in a courtyard adjacent to the maximum-security cell block in which they were held at the Al-Amariyah security center, in the city's south-western suburbs. They say Dr Allawi told onlookers the victims had each killed as many as 50 Iraqis and they "deserved worse than death". The Prime Minister's office has denied the entirety of the witness accounts in a written statement to the Herald, saying Dr Allawi had never visited the center and he did not carry a gun. But the informants told the Herald that Dr Allawi shot each young man in the head as about a dozen Iraqi policemen and four Americans from the Prime Minister's personal security team watched in stunned silence. Iraq's Interior Minister, Falah al-Naqib, is said to have looked on and congratulated him when the job was done. Mr al-Naqib's office has issued a verbal denial. .... One of the witnesses claimed that before killing the prisoners Dr Allawi had told those around him that he wanted to send a clear message to the police on how to deal with insurgents. The prisoners were against the wall and we were standing in the courtyard when the Interior Minister said that he would like to kill them all on the spot. Allawi said that they deserved worse than death - but then he pulled the pistol from his belt and started shooting them." .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #15 The 44 Magnum is the most powerful handgun on Earth...Dirty Allawi |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-18 9:47:43 PM |
| #14 Yes! Of course it was posted earlier .com. Insert credit here: ______________ . |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-18 6:36:56 PM |
| #13 One may hope it fooled the jihadis. |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2004-07-18 6:34:45 PM |
| #12 Did it fool anyone except Paul McGeough and the Sydney Morning Herald? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2004-07-18 5:41:01 PM |
| #11 ...No, but it has the same distinct whiff of horseshit about it. ;) |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-18 5:23:18 PM |
| #10 Thanks for the link, .com. I had not seen that thread. That posting is not the same posting as this here, though. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-07-18 5:19:41 PM |
| #9 Here's Friday's post of this story - and it was all over the blogosphere. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-07-18 4:21:27 PM |
| #8 No mention of whether the bodies were lashed to the bumper of a Toyota pickup and paraded around the town. Makes me suspiciuos, but then again seems this Allawi guy is doing his best. Pretty sure this was on yesterdays roster but not everyone can visit everyday and read everything, not me anyway. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-07-18 3:54:19 PM |
| #7 This article was posted "multiple times"? I can't find it posted even once. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-07-18 3:47:50 PM |
| #6 rkb (or anyone eles), could you please provide a link to the previous posting. I can't find it. . |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-07-18 3:46:10 PM |
| #5 And this is a problem why? Allawi knows the stakes for his country. If it makes some of the 'insurgents' think twice before entering Iraq, then I say 'good!'. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-07-18 2:40:27 PM |
| #4 Tito, get me a tissue. Even as a rumor, it's a good one. Dear 'insurgents', the gloves are off, bitches. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5781 2004-07-18 2:31:04 PM |
| #3 Wishful thinking. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-07-18 1:55:49 PM |
| #2 I'm sorry. I missed it before. Delete it. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-07-18 1:32:39 PM |
| #1 Mike, this has been posted and discussed multiple times recently. Just mentioning it because the volume of repeat articles seems to be really high lately. |
| Posted by: rkb 2004-07-18 12:20:28 PM |
