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[Messopotamian.blogspot.com] THE MESOPOTAMIAN: . Saddam realized very clearly what was going to happen and had no illusions about it. You must give him at least credit for that. If you saw him those days in public appearances he seemed to be almost in a trance. For someone like me who had the misfortune to observe this man for many years, it was clear to me personally that he was in a state of total despair and a kind of fatalist acceptance of his fate. So indeed, he was planning for the aftermath about which he had no illusions, for quite sometime before 2003. Thus, the presence of Al-Qaeda types, the Zarqawis and their alliance with the baathists were prepared carefully long before the events of April 2003. He laid the grounds and foundations for something that was going to grow and develop into the horror that we see today. These suicide volunteers were the unconventional weapon that Al-Sahaf, the famous and comical information minister of Saddam, boasted about so often before and during the military campaign. Well, this weapon may not have been very effective at the time, but it sure played a devastating role later on. Saddam knew that he had no immediate defense against a direct American assault, so he prepared for a different kind of response, a kind of posthumous revenge against all his enemies both American and Iraqi..
[Blogs.csmonitor.com] Christian Science Monitor Blog | Notebook: Iraq Archive March, 2005: A main concern among Iraqis then was getting hold of a satellite phone, which most journalists had, to tell relatives they made it through the war. I remember one enterprising Iraqi standing in the famous Ferdos Square with a satellite phone charging a dollar a minute to use it and a long line of people waiting to pay. We could wade into the crowds of people in front of the Palestine and Sheraton hotels, who came seeking various kinds of help from the soldiers surrounding the buildings housing journalists and contractors, and interviewing anyone without fear, openly telling them I was an American reporter.
[Americanthinker.com] American Thinker: Democrats' Bait and Switch Election Strategy: The removal of troops, though, could cause the opposite and render it tougher for the Iraqi government (even with much U.S. assistance) to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and to train a worthwhile military and police force--particularly if other nations, including those of the region, do not become more involved in repairing Iraq. These opinions espoused by the Washington editor of one of the most liberal magazines in America were the byproduct of a breakfast meeting that incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) hosted for reporters on Thursday shortly before the House vote on Hoyer.
[Appletreeblog.com] appletree » Blog Archive » American News: Dec. 8, ”˜06: In a federal courtroom today, nine former prisoners at U.S. military prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan will seek through an unusual lawsuit to hold outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and top military commanders personally responsible for the torture they say they endured.
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