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A few days ago I saw a story that said; " Maliki to release 2,500 prisoners " I thought this could add "recruits" to the insurgency. ABout 24 hours ago I heard a story that ; "600 have been released from prisons" I wonder........Did the Iraqi government make a deal for information on Zarqawi in exchange for family member of certain tribes being held in prison? ? Maybe ? Maye not but I find it convienant that tips came in that resulted in credible, reliable information that ended al-Zarqawi's terror reign pf torture on both Sunni and Shia. I also heard Maliki say that The $25 MILLION bounty on AL-Zarqawi will be paid in full to those supplying the information Does anybody know what family and tribal area Al-Zarqawi spent his last day alive in? Somebody sold him out.

Here is a small excerpt from a recent article about Haditha This is a lot like the "Mohammed cartoon drawings" when they were first published in Europe. It took several months, even up to a year, before those that spread the article convinced middle east Muslims it was time to be outraged.

How powerfull is the Karabila tribe and will they exact revenge as may be the expected custom? a short article excerpt; Will his family demand revenge? Will they settle their loss for money?

Article excerpts I don't see how the Iraqi army and police can take control of their country when the government still isn't seated.

Article that quotes al Sadr What will it take for Sistani to issue a fatwa ( or some edict ) that his followers will listen to ? Will Sunni listen ? al Sadr is correct that if the violence doesn't stop soon. Iraq will slip back into the city state divisions of the middle ages.

In Arabic. The story was a "hoax"; http://www.alarabiya.net/Articles/2006/05/08/23565.htm So I understand the beheading wasn't that of the journalist but rather, the beheading of a man from Nepal 19 months ago. The MSM seems to be breathing a sigh of relief....... still.... they managed to ignore the story of a non journalist beheading as being not important..he was a nobody ?

The link suggests the cameraphone containig the video was taken off the body of an Iranian supported militia member. But the beheading remains the trademark of al Queda That is all I will post of this recent murder by the brave "freedom fighters" I hope the Iraqi government starts a bloody purge as one of their first official acts.

Article from MERMI http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=cou...iraq&ID=IA27206 This next link may be the same article translated in Arabic; http://elaph.com/ElaphWeb/ElaphLiterature/2006/3/132006.htm After the fall of Saddam, many newspapers and magazines were published but after one year, few could afford to remain in circulation. Not enough interest in the special little niches they hoped to fill but some have survived mostly due to the Iraqi support by purchaseing the magazines. The market decided what Iraqi's liked and could be an indication of what they are thinking...or ...would rather think about and discuss with each other a common interest. This article describes what Iraqis are reading and supporting with a large enough circulation. Obviously, finding a common thread in many Iraqi's worked for these magazines. Some excerpts of the MERMI article;

Salim, you said This is an excerpt from this very short article. Is your friend familiar with this district ? Anyway, as fast as this short article was reported, there was a fast denial response tucked away in a later article. Said the event never happened. But last month it happened to an English teacher. the event happened in Ramadiand was burried deep in another story about various events in Iraq; His only crime was teaching English , he was not a spy of some imaginary zionist,imperialist forces of darkness. If the Iraqi government doesn't get their hous in order soon, only boys will be allowed to attend madrassas in some parts of Iraq. They teach the ways of darkness and destruction,not an English teacher,trying to educate his students in the best way to communicate and interact with the outside world. Will the forces of darkness destroy more teachers next month? Only to have our MSM ignore and bury it as not important to what liberal westerners need to know ? When people hear about beheadings in the west they think al Queda...many in the liberal west do not want to hear about beheadings in the news as it disturbs them Hearing about these al Queda activities should be on the front page news but people in the west have political agendas and want to talk division at home if it will gain them power. Salim, could you follow up with your friend if her school on Eshreen street is near this school in the Shaab district ? There was a follow up story to the Shaab district that denied anything bad even happened at the school. Could those in charge of security in that district , if it was Iraqi or US, be embarrassed that it happened ? Of course, maybe it is possible it never happened but why would a Ministry of State for National Security go on record and say it happened at all? So where is the truth? If beheadings happen again,and it seems possible based on what happened last month, will the next story also be hidden so the west can ignore it?

Is it possible he was misquoted? His quote;" he doesn't discriminate against Iraqis whether they were Muslims or Shia " It's almost like he was saying Sunni Arabs are at war with Persian Shia but not Arab shia. The Sunni arab leaders fear a nuclear Persia. I saw an article that Mubarak is rounding up political leaders and putting them back in jail. Now is it because of recent prisoner releases in Egypt and Saudi Arabia that a rise in attacks on Christians in Egypt has resulted? this is an al Jazeera article link.[/size] Second man dies in Egyptian unrest An Egyptian has died of wounds sustained during clashes between Copts and Muslims in the city of Alexandria as more communal violence marred Palm Sunday, medical sources and witnesses say. ...... ... http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/3F8...F900F0E270D.htm more at the link but I have two points. first The way I understand al Jazeera and how they report is this. What they will not say is; "An Egyptian Christian has dies of wounds sustained during a clash....." second Mubarak has a growing problem of unrest that will not be reported in the western MSM. The way al Jazeera reports it wothout adding their "editorial opinions" to the story is doing western MSM a favor. Denial isn't a river in Egypt ( but MSM can deny stories out of Egypt this Easter season ) (The word "denial" and "the Nile" (river in Egypt ) sound very much alike in English ) -just meaningless play on words humor.

Just an article about the Iraqi citizens taking issue with Egyptian president. And Mubarak doing a little "damage control". Thousands of Iraqi Shias demonstrate against Mubarak (AFP) 15 April 2006 NAJAF, Iraq - Several thousand Shias demonstrated in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf Saturday to denounce remarks by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak questioning whether their loyality lay with Iran. “Mubarak, traitor,” chanted the crowd assembed in the center of the city, also calling on Mubarak to “remove the Israeli flag”, a reference to the presence of an Israeli embassy in Egypt. On Saturday, Mubarak tempered his April 8 remarks to Al Arabiya television that Shias were more loyal to Iran than their own countries, by explaining that he meant it in religious terms, rather than political ones. “My remarks about Shias dealt with their religious loyalties and sympathies, without putting into question the patriotism of Shias in Iraq or any other country,” he told the government weekly Akhbar al-Yom. The comments were denounced by the governments of both Baghdad and Teheran, while the Shia imams described the 77-year-old Egyptian president as “ignorant” and “nostalgic” for the previous regime. Saturday’s demonstration follows on a smaller protest that came after Friday’s weekly prayers. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle...ion=focusoniraq

Iraq the Model mentions two theories why the attack was made on this particular mosque as well as its historical significance. He may be correct about the timing of the attack and why it worked. They hide,dressed like women. He goes on to explain why it was a target of opportunity at the time of the bombing. Sending in "women" after prayer services were concluded .

The targets chosen may have historical importance but they are targets of opportunity as the best target with little protection. Doesn't Iraq have about 26,000 mosques or there about? Mot all can be protected with military fortress security. I wonder what, Imam of Buratha mosque, Shieck Jala Alsaghir would say in the future if these sadamist terror attacks managed to strike at Al Sistani himself ? I'm mean if the shrine al Sistani comes under much visable destruction, will the Shia accept responsibility for taking over security of all Iraq? Would such a target by sadamist be considered a major victory in creating a push to civil war but only push unity in the majority ? But anyway, did the Sunni Assiciation radicle clergy Harith Aldharee reply in a public statement about the comment made against him by Jala Alsaghir ? Or was the statement by the shieck, Jala Alsaghir , meant as a warning to a minority of followers of Harith Aldharee that the Iraqi government has "proof" to the identities of sadamists that may be sheltered by the Sunni radical clerics followers ?

Is this Mr jawad Almalikee beating his own chest, looking to be the self proclaimed #1 canidate ? Salim, what kind of history/background check can you get on him ?( from inside Iraqi sources,not western MSM links ) The person chosen has to make the herd decisions. Those hard decisions need to be made soon. The western media continue to paint with a broad brush the headline; " Iraqi government: FAILURE to launch "

If Mr. Jaafari ,who won the bid to be the majority canidate ( only by a single vote did he win the nomination ) is asked to step down ( not given a vote of confidence ? ) WHo is in line to take over in his place as majority canidate? Is there a list of canidates?

I found this a non responsible act by the islamic party to take benefit of others suffering. It might be due the surprise and they want to clear their responsibilty. Any how they should air that video. it was a shame. I noticed CNN/US local version in it's reporting today, never mention Caroll's comment regarding the last video arranged by the islamic party while they were very detailed yesterday about that video.! What I saw on western TV was a "silent shot" of who I suspect was an Iraqi Islamic Party official. What he was saying to her was never translated. He was opening up some sort of "gift" or "letter of recognition" and presenting it to her. I think she accepted it but the little exchange was never explained in the CNN or western MSM. Anybody know what that presentation of a gift was all about ? I think the party official really wanted the recorded presentation as a personal photo op for future political gain. What was the full text of the meeting ?

Now that Jill has left those criminal hostage taker gangs, she is saying they forced her to make statements against the US Jill Carroll's Statement ....... .... During my last night of captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video. They told me they would be released if I cooperated. I was living in a threatening environment, under their control, and I wanted to go home alive. So I agreed. Things that I was forced to say while captive are now being taken by some as an accurate reflection of my personal views. They are not. The people who kidnapped me and murdered Alan Enwiya are criminals, at best. They robbed Alan of his life and devastated his family. They put me, my family and my friends _ all those around the world _ who have prayed so fervently for my release _ through a horrific experience. I was, and remain, deeply angry with the people who did this. I also gave a TV interview to the Iraqi Islamic Party shortly after my release. The party had promised me the interview would never be broadcast or aired on television, and they broke their word. At any rate, fearing retribution from my captors, I did not speak freely. Out of fear I said I wasn't threatened. In fact, I was threatened many times. Also, at least two false statements about me have been widely aired: One, that I refused to travel and cooperate with the U.S. military and two, that I refused to discuss my captivity with U.S. officials. Again, neither statement is true. ...... http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/04/01/D8GNF0B00.html More at the link. I wonder how many western MSM organizations will want to interview her after she renounced her criminal gang hostage takers? Maybe Jill will never speak out or invited by western media to do so after this last comment.

Iraq has an eastern gate that is true but those on the western and southern gatesshow fear and concern when Iran and US talk. Arab states move to bolster their presence in Iraq KHARTOUM, Sudan, Arab foreign ministers are set to agree to a proposal that would increase their diplomatic presence in Iraq. The draft resolution, which does not offer a timetable, is expected to be approved by the 22 members of the Arab League during a summit meeting here Tuesday and Wednesday. The Bush administration has urged Arab countries to open diplomatic missions in Iraq to help give the new Iraqi government legitimacy. But the ministers appeared to be less concerned about pleasing the United States than staving off the growing influence of Iran. In particular, the agreement this month between the United States and Iran to hold talks about the future of Iraq was viewed with alarm. "Who are they to decide on the future of a third country in the absence of Iraqis and the absence of the Arab world and the absence of everybody?" said Hisham Yousef, chief of staff of the Arab League. But Yousef said such discussions in the context of trying to help the Iraqis overcome their problems would be appropriate. The Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, criticized the Arab countries for failing to support Iraq by not providing full diplomatic presence and debt forgiveness. "Why are you complaining about the Iranian role in Iraq when the Iranians are there and you are not?" Zebari said. "We have been asking for you to play a role for the past three years and you have not responded." Arab diplomatic missions have maintained minimal staffs in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and particularly after three Arab diplomats were kidnapped and killed there last July. Iraq also remains saddled with billions of dollars in debt to Gulf states that helped finance the 1980-88 war with Iran. The Arab leaders are expected to discuss the issue of debt forgiveness this week. Eight heads of states, including President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, have skipped the meeting in Khartoum, where the government is under international pressure over the conflict in Darfur. The Arab leaders will also try to produce unified positions on other crises simmering across the Middle East, including the incoming Hamas-led Palestinian government, tensions between Lebanon and Syria, the Iranian nuclear program and the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. In another draft resolution, the ministers agreed to maintain Arab aid to the Palestinian Authority at $55 million a month. While the Arab League had previously agreed to that amount, its members have contributed only about $30 million. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/28/news/arabs.php Are the Arab powers more concerned with the status quo of fighting a proxy war,using the Palestinians as fighters against "an enemy all Arabs ( and Persians ) have in common". From the above article, if the Arab "gates" remain closed, there is no reason the Iraqi government should close an eastern gate that the Arab world fears.

I saw an article by al Jazeera on this Mustafa mosque incident. an al Jazeera excerpt claims; Women and even the children were blindfolded and their hands bound. Some of their faces were totally disfigured.” http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10775 They quote a source from the "Knight Ridder" newspaper . The paper was recently purchased by Rupert Murdoch. ( a man with pro democratic party links and he fired many at the paper when he took over ) but here is another al Jazeera excerpt It doesn't add up. They said women and children were blindfolded and killed by US military? No, sorry. That is al Jazeera lies taken too far. American public isn't going to fall for such lies. Except those people who love reading Rupert Murdoch and what he puts in his papers and what he donates to the democratic party. Seems last week I saw a story about many Iraqi police uniforms were found during the raids in the last announced military operation. And they quote their stories from credible "Iraqi police" who were on site to witness the massacre. This is another recent story; another police story. Nobody like to give up power once they have tasted it; more at the link. The Iraqi's need to purge ther government appointed officials and get them on public TV trial. Maybe a few Iraqi translaters and Iraqi news people will be able to better inform the western media sources whats going on inside Iraq.

I don't know how accurate this blogger, "Iraq the Model" is with what the next step for Iraq is but it is a story that never gets any coverage. I posted most of the blog entry; Thursday, March 23, 2006 Entering stage three. It's time again to go back to the political process in Iraq and shed some light on the latest developments regarding the discussions for forming the new government. Today, newspapers in Baghdad brought many relevant reports and statements given by politicians in the past day or two and most of them indicated that next Saturday will mark the beginning of what they called "the third stage" of the negotiations with a warm-up meeting scheduled for Friday (to eat some more lamb) and get ready for the next stage which is expected to be final and decisive. Leading figures from the four major blocs pointed out that earlier discussion had led to an agreement on 23 points (out of 26) from the suggested program of the government which according to Abbas al-Bayati from the UIA is largely a summation of 3 work papers presented by the UIA, Accord Front and the Kurdish Alliance. One of the most critical points that were agreed upon was the suggestion of establishing a 'national security committee' formerly referred to as the 'council of elders'. Adnan Pachachi from the Iraqi list and Nadeem al-Jabiri of al-Fadheela Party spoke in detail about the structure of this committee; the committee will be headed by the president and will have 19 members distributed as follows: The president and his two deputies. The prime minister and his two deputies. The chairman of the parliament. The president of the supreme federal court. The president of Kurdistan region. The heads of the major parliamentary blocs. And to further breakup the allocations: 9 seats will go to the UIA. 4 seats to the Kurdish Alliance. 3 seats to the Accord Front. 2 seats to the Iraqi list (Allawi). 1 seat to the Dialogue Front (al-Mutlaq). It seems that the structure of this committee is already accounted for, yet the responsibilities, jurisdictions and mechanism of work are not as clear because while Pachachi said that "decisions will be made by a 2/3 majority from the members of the committee and decisions will be later submitted to the parliament [if requires a legislation] or to the cabinet [if requires execution] and all decisions made by this committee will be obligatory to its members as well as the permanent government" al-Jabiri said "it will not be only an advisory board or a coordinating entity but it will not be the highest authority in the country because that would be against the constitution…the decisions of this committee will be political and not constitutional in their nature". On the other hand AbdulKhaliq Zangana from the Kurdish bloc that these points are still being discussed and will not have a definite shape until negotiations resume next Saturday. .... ..... Again, a lot of expected to come out from the next stage which starts on Saturday and the political editor at al-Sabah wrote this morning that "an informed source from the Accord Front told us that politicians will decide the name of the parliament's chairman will be decided by Saturday or Sunday and the next step will be discussing the nominations for presidency where there's a preliminary agreement on giving this post to Talabani…" The politicians here are trying to respond to internal public pressure and international pressure and above all, time pressure but this response still does not rise to the level of the challenge, which are least described as enormous. http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

Here is a story that won't get musch air time in the west. It shows that the media concentrates on the bad and ignores the good. U.S. Military Asserts Most of Iraq Peaceful By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer 42 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military spokesman in Iraq asserted Thursday that major violence is largely confined to just three of the country's 18 provinces, but fighting there raged on with at least 58 people killed in execution-style slayings, bombings and gunbattles. For the third straight day, Sunni insurgents hit a major police and jail facility — this time with a suicide car bombing that killed 25 in central Baghdad. ... ... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060323/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq More at the link. Are the freedom fighters losing? If they are attacking Iraqi police stations and blowing up jails.....they ( Iraqi police) must be catching the real trouble makers. So, if the insurgents want to bust people out of jail... maybe their insurgent numbers are shrinking ?

Would you please explain and give concret example on each of the above ineresting qualifications of Iraq new born political system "ignorant people that ellect bad representatives"!.. I think what "moron" is hinting at is the "30 minute" government workout we in the west witnessed not long ago. As was mentioned in the western media, the Iraqi government adjourned 30 minutes after comming to order. this must not be allowed to happen again. Americans do support the Iraqi people. We've spilled our blood and voted to "stay the course" in 2004. We didn't abandon the Iraqi's then,we still support them but we are not a crutch for the Iraqi government officials to lean on as a right to exist. The Iraqi people have to stick a red hot poker into the elected government officials. There are a few very important seats left to be filled. Those seats will be very powerful. ...and nobody wants to give up power after they have tasted it. ( I think that is what the problem is ) Somebody has to get the government to sit down and get the process of taking responsibility for what has been happening the past several years, what must be done to fix it and who is going to take charge of the counrty and see it gets done. This must be done as soon as possible.

Tonight I saw a national news program. I never watch the "CBS" network news much. Usually, anything said on TV is taken from internet stories that have been on line for a few hours if not a day or two. What was said on TV was outrageous ! I searched the internet for stories to verify what they had said. Guess what? Nothing on the internet about their "breaking news" story. They are making up stories ! Making up stories is making up LIES to incite panic! They said US troops will be sent into Iraq. There will be an increase of troop levels due to the "civil war" outlook ! The only story I found was one completely opposite! Airstrikes increase as troop numbers decrease; http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...aq/14098141.htm If Iraqi's are going to convene their new government and make decisions on purging "occupiers" out of their country with words and negotiations, I say; "Fine, start talking to each other on how it will be done. The US and coalition forces can't stay as "government proctors". The less all sides talk, the less of a chance the coalition troops should stay as protectors of the new government. The more the Iraqi's talk to each other, the more coalition forces will not be needed on the ground. The forces must fade into the desert, out of Iraqi sight,out of Iraqi mind until the Iraqi people se only Iraqi police,Iraqi army.

al Jazeera article on al Sadr. He goes on to blame the US occupiers are more responsible than the al Queda occupiers for the recent bombings in Sadr city. I don't know what goes through his mind but is he wanting to offer a truce to the Sunni fighters? Is he asking them to purge their own militias of al Queda and in retun, He will not mistakenly attack innocent Sunni's ( who are trying to expel al Queda ) Again, maybe al Sadr is only making a political move. He offers a truce to heal,regroup, reorganize and redeploy his own militia's ?