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Iraqi Politician of a Rare Kind Talks Iraqi Politician iyad Jamal Al-Din: "The Arabs Use Israel as a Pretext for Their Backwardness, But Don't Really Want Democracy"... (How come this country [Israel] has developed a democracy despite being surrounded by enemies...?) Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai), Al-Fayhaa TV (Iraq/UAE) - 11/30/2005 - 00:02:29http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=46e8c8caeb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z10AivMgu60 Backward Arabs Use Israel as a Pretext http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/2005_12.shtml

Saddam killed his top commander as Marines stormed Baghdad SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMSunday, May 4, 2003 LONDON — Iraqi President Saddam Hussein killed his leading military commander on charges of treason as U.S. forces captured Baghdad. The London-based A-Sharq Al Awsat daily said Saddam and his younger son, Qusay, executed Gen. Seif Eddin Al Rawi on April 8. The newspaper said Al Rawi, commander of the elite Republican Guards, was accused of treason and shot in the head and back. Al Rawi was summoned by Saddam and executed on the day U.S. marines captured the Iraqi capital. The newspaper...

REBUILDING PLAN AGREED Free Iraqis have drawn up a 13-point plan to rebuild their country following the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. The plan was agreed at US-hosted talks at Ur, the birthplace of the biblical prophet Abraham. The delegates also voted to meet again in 10 days' time. In a statement they said a future Iraqi government must be democratic, no leader must be imposed from outside, and the Baath party must be dissolved. As the meeting began, hundreds marched through the streets of nearby Nasiriyah protesting about US involvement in their country's future. They were concerned that the...