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2007-11-30 Iraq

Crackdown on Iraq Sunni leader after bombs found

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-11-30 09:07|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Put colorblindness simulating glasses on him, give him a pair of diagonal cutters and tell him to cut the green wire.

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-11-30 09:52|| 2007-11-30 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 More peace, love and good will from our Sunni allies in Iraq.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-30 11:31|| 2007-11-30 11:31|| Front Page Top

#3 This seems like a good bust, but never discount the possibility of a set-up. Trust no one. Or trust, but verify.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-11-30 11:54|| 2007-11-30 11:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe this is the same guy who was part of the funniest PR public debacle I've ever witnessed. Amb. Zal did a stand-up with him at the Conv. Center to talk about Sunni contributions to the new constitution (this was prior to the referendum). Dulaimi proceeded to utter warm words for Zal personally, while denouncing the constitution draft and whining and seething about Iranian influence and terrorism and the poor, widdle, oppressed Sunnis. Zal handled it OK, but it was hilariously bad.

I recall thinking at the time that this guy (Dulaimi) was the living embodiment of the challenge and dilemma posed by the way the old Iraq lost the war: the Sunnis were never crushed, their arrogance and racism and thuggishness were never beaten out of them by total defeat. Our failure to address that was the most important mistake since '03 - and will haunt us and Iraq from here on out.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-11-30 19:12|| 2007-11-30 19:12|| Front Page Top

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