Iraqis Exact Revenge on Baathists; Police Shrug Off Killings of 50 Hussein Loyalists

WashingtonPost ^ | 12/20/03 | Alan Sipress

[Pikamax]

Iraqis Exact Revenge on Baathists Police Shrug Off Killings of 50 Hussein Loyalists by Unknown Gunmen

By Alan Sipress Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, December 20, 2003; Page A01

BAGHDAD -- Basil Abbas Taee never saw the slip of paper entitled Final Warning.

The note, which his sons said was tossed over the gate of his house in southeast Baghdad, cautioned that he was being watched. "If you go out of your home or have connections with other Baathists, you and all your family will be killed as a lesson to all criminal Baathists," the message threatened. It was signed the Committee for Retribution.

Taee, 59, a former local official in Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, had received an earlier written warning in September and menacing phone calls, his brothers recalled. But after two months of staying home, he began to brave the streets again. When his wife found the final warning note in late November, she hid it from him, afraid it would aggravate his ailing kidneys and high blood pressure.

Two weeks ago, as Taee sat alone in his small real estate office, a lone gunman shot him in the chest, according to his brothers, citing witness accounts. He died before reaching the hospital.

[X-FID]

I haven't read the rest of the article yet, but either his wife was stupid or she wanted him dead.

[SAJ]

Nima said the assassinations have centered on Hussein followers implicated in violence, not all former party members. The murders seem meticulously planned, and the perpetrators leave behind no clues, he said. With few leads, detectives have made little progress in figuring out who is killing the Baathists, but Nima said this does not trouble him.

"There's only a limited number of them. Once they're all dead, this will have to end," he said.

You have to like the way this guy thinks...

[freedumb2003]

she hid it from him, afraid it would aggravate his ailing kidneys and high blood pressure.

Good call -- no chance of his dying from those problems now.

[reed_inthe_wind]

Maybe she didn't have much use for him once he lost his kidneys and his paycheck.

[Diogenesis]

[bjcintennessee]

"For each one they kill," said a mourner, "we'll kill four."

I keep tyring to dredge up some sympathy for Saddam's henchmen, but it's not working.

OTOH, the stage is now set for Iraq's version of the Hatfields and McCoys. It has to end at some point, so I guess their new court system would be a better choice before it gets too out of hand.

[fhayek]

Iraqis Exact Revenge on Baathists; Police Shrug Off Killings of 50 Hussein Loyalists

What goes around....

[lepton]

Iraq : A vengeful Iraqi killer stalks Saddam's men - From May.

[matrix2225]

Comes around! Beware of you who persecuted innocent and those who didn't do anything but tried to live normal life. Saddam is gone so is his party, Iraq can brief now with full lungs of fresh air. Of course, it will take time, but we are on right track.

[vbmoneyspender]

The killings of Baath security officials have revealed fissures in Iraqi society, not only between supporters and opponents of the Hussein government but also between some Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Most of the security chiefs were Sunnis like Hussein; the suspected killers are Shiites.

I had absolutely no idea that the Sunnis were aligned with Hussein and the Shiites weren't. I think Mr. Sipress deserves a Pulitzer for this insight into Iraqi society.</sarcasm off>

[lonevoice]

Police Shrug Off Killings, "Shiite happens. Got Baath?"

[Rome2000]

So the socialists, I mean "Progressives", at the Washington Post are now attempting to portray the Baathist homicidal maniacs as victims.

It's getting pretty pathetic.

Amin Al Husseini seen inspecting his Hanzar Division made up exclusively of Muslims, mostly from the Crotia/Bosnia/Serbia region. They actively lead the genocide against Serbs, Serbian Jews and Gypsies.

Amin Al Husseini meets with Adolf Hitler in November 1942, weeks before the decision to implement the Final Solution which sent Europe's Jews to the gas chamber. The Third Reich provided Amin Al Husseini with a salary and appointed him Head of the Hanzar SS Division. The Hanzar Division was made of Nazi Muslims and implemented the genocide of 250,000 Serbs, Gypsies and Jews during WWII.

Amin Al Husseini shown here on a Nazi poster recruiting fellow Muslims to join Hitler in the fight against the West and the Jews. His disciples today include Yasser Arafat, Saddam Hussein and the leaders of Hamas, Al Qeida and Islamic Jihad.

Amin Al Husseini, future President of the World Islamic Congress (1961) and founding father of the Arab League (1944) inspects his Muslim Nazi troops, the Hanzar Division. Amin Al Husseini making the traditional nazi salute.

Yasser Arafat became a disciple of Amin Al Husseini since the age of 17. Here: recent picture of Palestinian soldiers under the leadership of Arafat making the traditional Nazi salute.

[Billthedrill]

Yeah, that's what we pay reporters for, to be our "experts." Why, the other day one of them informed me that there's sand in Iraq. Who knew?

[paul51]

The murders seem meticulously planned, and the perpetrators leave behind no clues, he said. With few leads, detectives have made little progress in figuring out who is killing the Baathists, but Nima said this does not trouble him

CIA

[Gritty]

Oppressors should take note....

[river rat]

"Police Shrug Off Killings of 50 Hussein Loyalists by Unknown Gunmen"

Why is everyone assuming the "locals" are finally taking revenge on the Bathists...
They were armed but too frightened to kill their tormentors before the Americans arrived...

I suspect that some of these assholes are getting whacked by the "Coalition of the Willing" - to settle the area and remove some of the prime troublemakers....cheaply.

Semper Fi

[SAJ]

Perhaps, but if this set of events were of CIA origin, they would be exhibiting an absolutely shocking level of competence. Very uncharacteristic.

[squidly]

I don't see a problem here.

[Squantos]

Agree......poor mans phoenix program........Stay Safe RR !