The good and the bad
The good and the bad
Debka reports on some positive elements in todays Iraqi election in Secret US Diplomacy Brings Hoped-for Sunni Turnout but also reports,
"[...]While Iraq’s feet are treading the road to democracy as a nation, little has improved in the lives of Iraqis as individuals. The level of terrorist violence is higher than ever, Shiite-Sunni rivalries are acute; hundreds of cases of abuses have been uncovered in at least two detention centers under the aegis of the Shiite-led interior ministry where Sunni prisoners were held in subhuman conditions. This was confirmed two days before voting by US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, who promised the American government would accelerate the investigation to determine who was responsible.
Furthermore, the Kurds of northern Iraq are quietly pressing ahead with the building of a semi-autonomous enclave based on a grab for the region’s oil riches. Despite the optimistic forecasts coming from Bush administration officials, the New Iraqi Army is taking shape far too slowly for any informed party to venture a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops.
The massive deployment of many thousands of Iranian sleeper cells across Iraq provides a sinister backdrop to overt events in Iraq. Although warned off, Tehran is liable to activate those cells at a time and in a manner of its choosing – without notice.
Already, according to DEBKAfile’s sources, Iranian agents are extending substantial logistical aid to Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s al Qaeda in Iraq, to some of the Sunni insurgent groups and to radical Shiite militias.
Even Saddam Hussein’s trial, which alongside the general election was meant to symbolize Iraq’s transition from a corrupt, repressive tyranny, to a stable, enlightened democracy, was a flop that was played out publicly to the Iraqi people and Arab world." MORE
Posted by Ted Belman at December 15, 2005 08:34 AM
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The good and the bad
Debka reports on some positive elements in todays Iraqi election in Secret US Diplomacy Brings Hoped-for Sunni Turnout but also reports,
"[...]While Iraq’s feet are treading the road to democracy as a nation, little has improved in the lives of Iraqis as individuals. The level of terrorist violence is higher than ever, Shiite-Sunni rivalries are acute; hundreds of cases of abuses have been uncovered in at least two detention centers under the aegis of the Shiite-led interior ministry where Sunni prisoners were held in subhuman conditions. This was confirmed two days before voting by US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, who promised the American government would accelerate the investigation to determine who was responsible.
Furthermore, the Kurds of northern Iraq are quietly pressing ahead with the building of a semi-autonomous enclave based on a grab for the region’s oil riches. Despite the optimistic forecasts coming from Bush administration officials, the New Iraqi Army is taking shape far too slowly for any informed party to venture a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops.
The massive deployment of many thousands of Iranian sleeper cells across Iraq provides a sinister backdrop to overt events in Iraq. Although warned off, Tehran is liable to activate those cells at a time and in a manner of its choosing – without notice.
Already, according to DEBKAfile’s sources, Iranian agents are extending substantial logistical aid to Abu Musab al Zarqawi’s al Qaeda in Iraq, to some of the Sunni insurgent groups and to radical Shiite militias.
Even Saddam Hussein’s trial, which alongside the general election was meant to symbolize Iraq’s transition from a corrupt, repressive tyranny, to a stable, enlightened democracy, was a flop that was played out publicly to the Iraqi people and Arab world." MORE
Posted by Ted Belman at December 15, 2005 08:34 AM