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| Iraqi Scouts, U.S. Special Operations Forces detain suspected extortionist in Rawah |
| 2007-08-09 |
| Iraqi Army Scouts and U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a series of targeted raids in Western Iraq Aug. 5, resulting in the detainment of an individual allegedly responsible for running an extortion network. With U.S. Special Operation Forces present as advisers, Iraqi Soldiers raided a residence and office in the vicinity of Rawah and detained their primary suspect without incident. Several bags and boxes of paper documents, computer equipment and compact discs were also seized during the operation. The detained individual was allegedly engaged in extorting money from local contractors and using those funds to finance al Qaeda in Iraq activities. He is also accused of paying insurgents significant sums of money from construction project contracts he has been awarded in the Rawah area. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Sure. They travel with something called a "Congressional junket'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-08-09 20:51 |
| #3 You mean there are criminals in Iraq, too? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-08-09 12:54 |
| #2 I think it is significant to note we are presenting a 'connection' between al Qaeda and corrupt/criminal officials. Now that AQ is becoming rather unpopular it can be very beneficial to smear criminals and corrupt officials with that same brush. In the long run it will be just as important to 'clean up' the government as to crush AQ, so it could be quite helpful to get the average Mo to think of the two as 'one' and provide 'tips' on corruption and criminality in the same way they have been doing re. AQ recently. Furthermore, by tagging the crooks in govt as AQ we lend a bit more 'legitimacy' to the rest of the govt (even though they mostly don't deserve it). Bear in mind this is a propaganda assessment, of value for that reason, whether it is factual or not. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-08-09 09:31 |
| #1 Might this be related to that piece-o-$hit police station we funded for them about a year or so ago that was condemned before it was finished? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-08-09 01:03 |