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Iraq
Reading Stanley McChrystal: JSOC analysts targeted 100,000 Iraqis for death without ever understanding a word of Arabic
2023-08-22
[Twitter/X] Revisiting old enemies: Mr. Harp, esq — Rolling Stone contributing editor (whatever that means) and Iraq vet, per his X bio. Looking through his X feed, it looks like jihad at home and abroad is his beat, some of it follow-up on old stories


And from the same poster last week, as he reads a book published in 2013:


Ali Mohamed, aka Ali Abdelsoud Mohammad per General McChrystal, appeared regularly in Rantburg’s archives in the early years, sometimes just mentioned in passing:
10/11/2001: Al-Zawahiri came to US to raise funds
11/21/2001: Silicon Valley car salesman was al-Qaeda recruiter
5/30/2002: Hezbollah, Al Qaeda Seen Joining Forces
12/17/2002: Report Says Bin Laden Paid Bail In Canada
2/12/2006: Steyn: Toon-deaf Europe is taking the wrong stand
10/17/2006: Steyn: A Dark Globalism
Posted by:746

#3  Well I don't read Rolling Stone, and think they're full of $hit.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-08-22 15:14  

#2  Hmmm...seems a lot of senior command didn't speak Japanese circa 1941-45 but targeted them anyway.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-08-22 12:38  

#1  Nice excerpts. Now I want to read the book.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-08-22 11:20  

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