Tuesday, October 24, 2006
IRAQI MAYHEM PLANNED
I was cleaning out a file of news clippings recently and came upon this 2003 article about Iraqi intelligence:
A document from the Iraqi intelligence service in Basra — which was captured in April as coalition forces gained control — orders agents to start campaigns of sabotage, looting and murder should Iraq lose the war.
The document, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, also orders intelligence agents to infiltrate political parties and religious institutions, should the Saddam Hussein regime be toppled.
The document, stamped "Extremely Confidential," described itself as an "Emergency Secret Plan" and is signed, unintelligibly, by "The Head of General Intelligence".
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Night after dreary night the carnage commands our attention via the evening news. There seems to be interminable political discussion about how to fix the mess we've made, with no end in sight. Meanwhile Americans die. A commentator last night claimed that the carnage won't go away because the U.S. presence prompts it, and until we leave nothing will change. This 2003 article looks to have been prophetic.
