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2003-08-07 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-07 8:58:22 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 But Jordan also took in Saddam's daughters and has been accused of working with his regime to get discount oil before GW2. There's a (slight) possibility the embassy was bombed because of Jordan's support of Saddam.

Posted by Dar 2003-8-7 9:35:15 AM|| [http://users.stargate.net/~dsteckel/] 2003-8-7 9:35:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 You know, along that line I appreciated the "art" of reagan's use of the contra's. If terrorists want to fight, maybe we could channel their energies more productively.

Maybe we can organize unaffilated terrorists in iraq to stage attacks in iran? A number of terrorist attacks staged on iran might get those taliban/al queada (can't speel b4 cofee) handed over faster.

Of course we would have to blame rogue elements of the CIA, but every one else uses that excuse, so it should fly, and frankly I think the CIA should be feared as ruthless bahstads.

Posted by flash91 2003-8-7 9:47:30 AM|| 2003-8-7 9:47:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I like it.
Send a bunch of our spittle spewing wild eyed fanatics to attack THEIR spittle spewing wild eyed fanatics.

AND where else are we going to get the bomb making expertise. The last time I looked the CIA couldn't even make a good exploding cigar.

You know what the difference between a hooker and a terrorist is don't you? There are some things even a hooker won't do....so give a bunch of gold to some of the Sunnis and let them go into Iran..

Posted by SOG475 2003-8-7 11:47:57 AM|| 2003-8-7 11:47:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Islam Online reports: Meanwhile, dozens of angry Iraqis stormed the Jordanian embassy after the deadly blast, tearing up the Jordanian flag and ripping up and burning pictures of King Abdullah and his father, the late King Hussein. The crowd yelled curses against Jordan and Jordanians, saying "We want to kill them all," an AFP correspondent witnessed. The protestors also shouted slogans against the Jordanian decision to give host to ousted President Saddam Husseinâs daughters few days ago. But Suleiman Khairallah, a Jordanian writer, ruled out links between the blast and allowing a refuge for the Saddam daughters in the country.
But Areeb Al-Rentawi of the Al-Quds Center for political Studies blamed it on "a number of Iraqi parties who launched a wave of criticisms against the kingdom in recent days." He named the Iraqi National Congress (INC) as one of those "who widely and openly criticized Jordan." The INC is led by Ahmed Chalabi, who had fled to London from Jordan after he was sentenced in absentia to 32 years in prison over charges of embezzling millions from the bank he owned.

The spin has begun, the American puppet Chalabi did it.

Posted by Steve 2003-8-7 1:17:47 PM|| 2003-8-7 1:17:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Another report: "The target was the Jordanian embassy. People hear about how Iraqis are treated in Jordan and there is hatred," Jasim of the health ministry said. Jordan's relations with Iraq have been strained, with Iraqi political parties voicing ire at Amman's lack of action during the war and the decision of King Abdullah to grant asylum to two daughters of Saddam.
Hundreds of Iraqis per day who apply for visas to Jordan get rejected, heaping more tension on the precarious relationship, Aysar Abu Gazaleh, a Jordanian national employed with the Palestinian mission in Baghdad, said. - Sapa-AFP

Posted by Steve 2003-8-7 1:53:56 PM|| 2003-8-7 1:53:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 #tisk, tisk# Very naughty SOG475 and flash91! I know that I'm old fashioned, but I'm a firm believer in the "We're Americans: we don't do that sort of thing" school of thought. Now before NMM weighs in with some snide comment, what I more specifically mean is that we SHOULDN'T do that sort of thing. The high ground is softer, warmer, and you sleep better up there.

Posted by Secret Master 2003-8-7 2:02:37 PM|| [www.budgetwarrior.com] 2003-8-7 2:02:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 All of the "reportage" is via the Beeb and AFP. Think there's any selectivity in who's being interviewed and what "facts" and spittle are being included? Definitely orchestrated, from the bombing, to the "dozens" of Iraqis in this little mob, to the "conclusions" reported. I've reached the point with certain of these "news orgs" that I wouldn't be surprised if they were privvy to, if not party to (providing media advice ala Wag The Dog), the planning prior to the event. I innately hate conspiracy shit, but some of these events have all the earmarks of a staged production.

Posted by Â·com 2003-8-7 2:05:07 PM|| 2003-8-7 2:05:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Oops, left IOL out of first sentence... Apologies.

Posted by Â·com 2003-8-7 2:05:58 PM|| 2003-8-7 2:05:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 AP reports some guy who ran in with other Iraqis to help. Some (understandably) trigger happy Jordanian guard started shooting at them, and THEN the enraged crowd started destroying portraits and all. So there may be less to this then appears.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-7 3:14:19 PM|| 2003-8-7 3:14:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Per BBC :Tensions were heightened when embassy guards reportedly fired toward bystanders trying to remove people caught in the blast.

AP report implies the guards firing happened FIRST,and THEN the crowd rampage.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-8-7 3:16:49 PM|| 2003-8-7 3:16:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 It's a sordid business that will take time to sort out......

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-7 4:04:07 PM|| 2003-8-7 4:04:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Biggest problem is that the Imams and Mullahs (may they be infected with dozens of communicable venerial diseases) spend their entire lifetimes preaching hate. Remember the old song, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with." Seems hatred works that way, too. Can you say "sins of the fathers"? I thought you could...

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-8-7 4:07:29 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-8-7 4:07:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 It will be fun to see how this one plays out. My friend on the street in Bagdad says the whole House of Hussein is more or less viewed as a den of vampires, and there is no love for the daughters, even amongst the Sunni. Jordan may have just bought itself a headache similar to that Nigeria is about to enjoy ...

Posted by CA Escapee 2003-8-7 10:10:35 PM|| 2003-8-7 10:10:35 PM|| Front Page Top

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