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ALLAWI / ANOTHER SADDAM
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." : George Washington
Havn't we gone down this road before ? Where Washington handpicked a ruthless thug named Saddam Hussein to do their bidding in Iraq ~ at the expense of the citizens of Iraq.
A story broken by Sydney Morning Herald correspondent Paul McGeough claims Washington appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi " personally executed six Iraqis imprisoned for taking part in the resistance to the US occupation " just prior to being appointed to his interim position this summer.
Excerpt: " This explosive story did not "fade," it was deliberately buried by the US media, which has shown little interest in probing the ugly reality behind the Bush administration's democratic pretensions in Iraq."
Allen L Roland
MEDIA TOADIES TO ALLAWI
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/sep2004/alla-s24.shtml
BILL VAN AUKEN, WORLD SOCIALIST - Congressmen and senators as well as members of the Bush cabinet and the Joint Chiefs of Staff repeatedly leapt to their feet in standing ovations as the "interim prime minister" of Iraq proclaimed his commitment to "freedom and democracy," and praised the US occupation as the country's liberation and a decisive blow in the "worldwide war against terrorists."
The news media, with very few exceptions, treated Allawi deferentially, accepting his status as a visiting head of state and quoting him at length on the policies of his government.
Allawi's visit was marred by one minor detail: his right arm was in a cast, providing for awkward moments as Democrats and Republicans reached out to shake his hand following the speech.Asked about the injury by New York Times correspondent John Burns, Allawi replied: "I've been shooting people, didn't you know?" It was subsequently reported that he had broken his wrist by slamming it against his desk while screaming at Iraqi subordinates.
Burns noted that Allawi's sardonic remark referred to reports that, shortly before he was installed as interim prime minister in June, he personally executed six Iraqis imprisoned for taking part in the resistance to the US occupation. "The story quickly faded," Burns wrote, "with American officials saying they had no information to confirm it."
The story was broken by Sydney Morning Herald correspondent Paul McGeough, a former editor of the paper, who based the report on two independent witnesses who said they were present at the killings and provided detailed and mutually corroborative accounts.
"The prisoners — handcuffed and blindfolded—were lined up against a wall in a courtyard adjacent to the maximum-security block in which they were held," McGeough wrote. "Informants told the Herald that Dr. Allawi shot each young man in the head as about a dozen Iraqi policemen and four Americans from the prime minister's personal security team watched in stunned silence."
This explosive story did not "fade," it was deliberately buried by the US media, which has shown little interest in probing the ugly reality behind the Bush administration's democratic pretensions in Iraq.
The man greeted with stormy applause on Capitol Hill is, to put it plainly, a sadistic thug. Another report that received scant attention in the press involved Allawi personally chopping off a prisoner's hand in an attempt to force a confession to "terrorist" activities.
Allawi was handpicked by Washington for both his unwavering loyalty and his cold-blooded ruthlessness. Though he has been accurately described by one of his former CIA handlers as a man with "blood on his hands," members of Congress had no compunction about grasping his one good hand in theirs.
Allawi got his start as an agent of the Iraqi secret police, first intimidating fellow students in Iraq and then, after being sent to London, assuming the title of president of the European chapter of the Association of Iraqi Students Abroad. In this capacity, he functioned as a hit man for the Baathist regime, hunting down and killing dissidents.
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