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| Showdown Over Saddam's Daughter |
| 2006-06-30 |
| June 30, 2006: There are some interesting troubles developing between Iraq and Jordan. Recently, an Iraqi court issued a warrant for the arrest of Raghdad Hussein, Saddam's daughter. Since the collapse of her father's regime in Iraq, Raghdad has been acting as the "queenpin" of the Baathist terrorist operation, helping to fund operations from a vast pool of money that her father had stashed abroad during his decades in power, and apparently offering advice and guidance to the terrorists as well. Since Raghdad has been living in Jordan, the immediate result of the warrant was that things continued on as they had before. Recently, however, some members of the new Iraqi government have proposed making a formal request, through diplomatic channels, that the Jordanian government honor the warrant. During the years of Saddam's dictatorship, Jordan maintained cordial ties with Iraq. The late King Hussein even sided with Iraq during the 1990-1991 Kuwait War. Ties between Saddam's family and the Jordanian royals appear to have been close. In fact, Raghdad's stay in Jordan has been rather pleasant. She has been more or less treated as a prominent guest, is free to move about the country and even travel abroad, using a Jordanian passport. Jordanian security personnel have been provided to insure her safety, and the government has made no efforts to interfere in her financial transactions and terrorist activities. So if Iraq asks Jordan to honor the warrant against Raghdad, there is a considerable chance that the Jordanians will refuse, touching off a major political and diplomatic crisis. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Why waste money on some trash like Raghead Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti? Bullet to the head; problem solved. We could charge her family for the bullet. Better yet, sell her to sex clubs in Egypt. These are examples of what her father did to Kurds. I think a punishment based on "what goes around, comes around," is always appropriate. Jordan has always been extremely pro-Saddam. Nice to see that they are, in fact, the source of much of the trouble in Iraq. I guess this is what happens when most of your population is Palestinian. Too bad so few of them were iced at the wedding parties in Amman last year. |
| Posted by: Azad 2006-06-30 16:48 |
| #6 She's probably greasing someone. We're going to have to grease them more to pry her loose. |
| Posted by: grb 2006-06-30 16:22 |
| #5 And, to make it even more interesting, according to James Robbins, as a result of the wedding bombing, the Jordanians have "a zero-tolerance policy towards those who choose to mourn [al-Zarqawi,] the countryÂ’s least favorite son, and four opposition members of parliament who paid condolences to ZarqawiÂ’s family have been arrested for fomenting sectarian strife." |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-06-30 13:27 |
| #4 I also imagine the Jordanians liberally permit observation of her and her activities by interested parties. Who knows how many of her compatriots she has narked? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-06-30 11:37 |
| #3 Semi-adult, at least, RWV. I don't know if the young king has given up his grandfather's ambition to rule over a united Jordan reaching the Mediterreanean Sea. He has extended his protection over this Hussein princess-in-exile, who is plotting against the American conquerers of her country. The same Americans that the king claims to be a staunch ally of in the war on terror. He's placed himself in an interesting quandary, trying to play both sides. "So sharp, if he were a knife he'd cut himself," comes to mind. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-30 10:25 |
| #2 I believe I read Saddam Hussein was related to the Jordanian Royal Husseins in a book about the time of the 90-91 war. A distant cousin is what I recall, but doesn't that require hospitality and protection from Jordan? Family blood is thicker than even the thieves of Muslim brotherhood. Gotta follow the money, though, and the family ties. Saddam's nephews were recently arrested and up to no good, too. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2006-06-30 10:16 |
| #1 Jordan is the one Arab player on the Mideast stage with adult leadership. I would bet on Jordan handing her over. |
| Posted by: RWV 2006-06-30 10:02 |