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Iraq Said to Release Hezbollah Operative
New York Times ^ | Nov. 16, 2012 | By MICHAEL R. GORDON

Posted on 11/16/2012 12:46:37 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee

WASHINGTON — Senior Iraqi officials have informed the United States that Baghdad has released a Hezbollah operative who has been accused by American military prosecutors of the killing of American troops, terrorism and espionage, among other crimes, American officials said Friday.

The prisoner, Ali Musa Daqduq, was released despite the entreaties of the Obama administration. In a phone call on Tuesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden told the Iraqi prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, that the United States believed that Mr. Daqduq should be held accountable for his actions and that Iraq should explore all legal options toward this end, an American official said. . .. Maliki told Mr. Biden that Iraq had run out of legal options to hold Mr. Daqduq, who had been ordered released earlier this year by an Iraqi court. . .

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Biden's visit to Iraq in 2009 was anything but diplomatic. When he spoke it was like a tourist haggling with a trinket seller in a market.
1 posted on 11/16/2012 12:46:44 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Obama won and now all veils are dropping.


2 posted on 11/16/2012 12:51:54 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Ah the latrine sludge gets deeper more viscous... and pungent..


3 posted on 11/16/2012 12:52:47 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe

Very graphic...I like it.


4 posted on 11/16/2012 12:57:54 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Brad from Tennessee

An now, it is discovered, the Paper Tiger is also full of hot air.


5 posted on 11/16/2012 1:12:13 PM PST by Dapper 26
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To: Brad from Tennessee

I guess Ali’s R&R is over - time for him to join the fray as the the war is on.

Back to work preparing the way for the return of the Mahdi and the great final battle.


6 posted on 11/16/2012 2:50:52 PM PST by BeauBo
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