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2004-04-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Lux 2004-04-15 7:23:02 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 An Iranian diplomat was shot and killed close to the Iranian mission in Baghdad Thursday, Iraqi police and diplomatic staff said. A Reuters correspondent saw a car apparently used by the Iranian diplomat with at least two bullet holes in it. A body was lying inside, covered by a blanket.

Posted by Lux 2004-04-15 7:43:20 AM|| 2004-04-15 7:43:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Gee, thats, um, too bad.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats 2004-04-15 8:11:08 AM|| 2004-04-15 8:11:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Just two bullet holes? Sounds like a sniper missed and hit the target.

Posted by Charles 2004-04-15 8:11:52 AM|| 2004-04-15 8:11:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 More here.
This certainly is an interesting developement

Posted by tipper 2004-04-15 8:39:39 AM|| 2004-04-15 8:39:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember, it's not just the jihadi nutbags with guns over there. I suspect there are a lot of Iraqis with grudges against Iran.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-15 8:46:43 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-04-15 8:46:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 so was he a "reformer" or a hardliner?

Posted by B 2004-04-15 9:05:12 AM|| 2004-04-15 9:05:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 yes

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-15 9:09:02 AM|| 2004-04-15 9:09:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Perfect answer, Frank! =)

Posted by docob 2004-04-15 10:27:45 AM|| 2004-04-15 10:27:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 My sources tell me that Black Flag, the Iraqi anti-terrorist vigilante group, has been threatening Sadr supporters, as well as Baathist left-overs and jihadist media, and has probably been responsible for a number of recent killings under cover of the fighting in Shiite areas.
All this, naturally, has received very little notice from the defeatist media.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-15 11:03:32 AM|| 2004-04-15 11:03:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 let more iranians come and die. this guy deserved it. they are the hands pulling the strings with thier puppet sadr, they give him assurances of support! once things go bad they come in as a neutral player to mediate. what a crock!

Posted by Dan 2004-04-15 11:19:46 AM|| 2004-04-15 11:19:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 From tipper's link: "The hood of the Naimi's car was crumpled and bullet holes pockmarked the windshield." Sounds like the sniper was standing on the hood. That's a real message!

Posted by Tom 2004-04-15 11:39:31 AM|| 2004-04-15 11:39:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Black Flag? After the band, or the insecticide (or something else entirely)? I like the idea of them naming themselves after a cockroach killer...

Posted by Kathy K 2004-04-15 2:37:04 PM|| [site-essential.com/] 2004-04-15 2:37:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 My source tells me that he's been told that it is the roach killer, for real. It's apparently a popular product in Iraq. They are not anarchists at any rate.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-15 4:01:39 PM|| 2004-04-15 4:01:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Who are these Black Flag guys - This shows that there are some folks on the right side with humor and style. Black Flag squished a cockroach!

Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-15 4:09:16 PM|| 2004-04-15 4:09:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Naming a paramilitary group Black Flag sounds like something a SF/retired SF working for MR. Smith's Company(with that special SF sense of humor)"advisor" would do.

Posted by Stephen 2004-04-15 5:14:35 PM|| 2004-04-15 5:14:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 There you have it, proof positive of clandestine American involvement. I don't suppose any Iraqis are smart enough to come up with it othewise, especially since the BBC and Michael Moore assure us that all Iraqis are united behind the resistance.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-04-15 9:09:52 PM|| 2004-04-15 9:09:52 PM|| Front Page Top

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