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Hunting Hussein Led U.S. to Insurgent Hub - Five Families Believed to Direct Attacks
Washington Post ^
Posted on 12/25/2003 9:01:59 PM PST by Happy2BMe
TIKRIT, Iraq -- As U.S. forces tracked Saddam Hussein to his subterranean hiding place, they unearthed a trove of intelligence about five families running the Iraqi insurgency, according to U.S. military commanders, who said the information is being used to uproot remaining resistance forces.
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TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: iraq; saddamhussein; terrorists; tikrit; viceisclosed
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Perhaps some of the less favorite wives chose to express their gratitude?
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:02:00 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
To: Happy2BMe; MeeknMing; SJackson; JohnHuang2
At the heart of this tightly woven network is Auja, Hussein's birthplace, which U.S. commanders say is the intelligence and communications hub of the insurgency. The village is where many of the former president's key confidants have their most lavish homes and their favorite wives. Perhaps a select few of the "less favorite wives" decided to show their gratitude ping!
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:04:04 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
To: Happy2BMe
Dean is wrong.... we (including the brave US military who are stationed in Iraq) are a lot safer with Saddam out of his hole and into our hands
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:07:01 PM PST
by
woofie
To: Happy2BMe; CheneyChick; vikingchick; Victoria Delsoul; WIMom; kmiller1k; mhking; rdb3; ...
Hey, very well done. By linking to the printer version of the article, you've bypassed the Washington Post's "Free Republic Filter," thus enabling us to read the article without logging into the WPost. Very, very cool. Slick and easy. If this has been accomplished before, I was not aware of it. Pinging everyone.
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To: Happy2BMe
The five families/ "It was barzini all along."
To: Sabertooth
But...but...there's no connection to Iraq and terrorism. The people of Iraq were better off with Saddam. Americans are no safer now. Bush is just a big dumb, bully, and he should quit picking on dictators and tyrants.
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:29:51 PM PST
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: sheik yerbouty
The Inner Circle
A trusted lieutenant of Hussein, who ultimately pointed U.S. interrogators to the former president's hideout, was one of at least five brothers in Hussein's inner circle, Army officers said. Though U.S. officials have not released the informant's name, they described him as a senior officer in Hussein's elite Special Security Organization with roots in the village of Abu Ajeel, just north of Tikrit.
A longtime confidant, this senior security official emerged as Hussein's "right arm" after U.S. forces captured Hussein's personal secretary, Abid Hamid Mahmud Tikriti, in June, a U.S. military officer said. Tikriti was not replaced, and his duties as Hussein's de facto chief of staff were divided among those in the inner circle, in particular the senior security official and his brothers. The official served as a direct liaison between Hussein and the broader resistance organization.
Hussein himself was a rallying symbol, an irreplaceable "icon," according to Col. James Hickey, whose 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division captured him. But U.S. commanders said they had no evidence that the former president, who moved from one safe house to another and rarely stayed longer than a week in one place, played a role in directing the insurgency.
The loyalists with access to Hussein numbered no more than 40, including those who cooked for him and the drivers who transported him between his estimated 30 hideaways in aging taxis, pickups and riverboats, according to U.S. intelligence estimates.
These inner-circle loyalists, largely middle-aged men referred to by U.S. officers as the "42-inch waistband guys," usually insulate themselves from capture by keeping their distance from attacks on U.S. and allied troops. To avoid detection, they rarely travel with weapons or large amounts of money, slipping to clandestine meetings at modest farmhouses and nondescript cafes.
Their underlings are trusted members of their own families, which can number in the hundreds because men in this region of Iraq frequently take more than one wife and may father more than a dozen children.
Below the top tier are the mid-level operatives who organize specific attacks on U.S. and allied forces, providing arms and arranging financing. At the lowest level are the fighters, who U.S. officials said carry out the ambushes, prepare bombs and fire mortars in return for payments of $250 to $1,000, getting bonuses when they succeed in causing casualties.
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:32:07 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
To: Happy2BMe
the "42-inch waistband guys," Now wait just one minute....I don't know how to take that!
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:39:28 PM PST
by
gg188
To: Sabertooth; All
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posted on
12/25/2003 9:48:22 PM PST
by
Cindy
To: Sabertooth; All
The interrogations and documents uncovered in the raids, coupled with electronic and other intelligence, repeatedly revealed the involvement of the same extended families and marked the way toward the inner circle.
He he he he
To: Sabertooth
Bumpity, bump, bump, bump! Thanks so much for the link.
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:15:44 PM PST
by
Victoria Delsoul
(Freedom isn't won by soundbites but by the unyielding determination and sacrifice given in its cause)
To: gg188
"Now wait just one minute....I don't know how to take that!" It may help you feel better all the 42" waist guys had camel breath.
:~)
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:18:22 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Bumpity, bump, bump, bump!
Four?
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Did you notice these pukes averaged 12 kids apiece!
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:19:19 PM PST
by
Happy2BMe
(2004 - Who WILL the TERRORISTS vote for? - - Not George W. Bush, THAT'S for sure!)
To: Sabertooth
"Very, very cool. Slick and easy." "Put Neidermeyer on it. He's a sneaky little shit just like you." - Animal House
To: Sabertooth
Thank you so much for pinging me to this incredible article.
I hope the "Hopeless 9 1/2" pick up a copy today.
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:26:35 PM PST
by
Gracey
(Clark/Clinton 2004... Don't say I didn't tell you... Be Vigilant and take seriously)
To: Happy2BMe
some local guerrillas are demanding higher payLOL, I would imagine spiralling life insurance premiums have impacted the Guerilla's salary negotiations of late. BTTT!
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:27:47 PM PST
by
sleavelessinseattle
(Militant Islam is a political movement NOT a religious one...What does it take to wake up the media?)
To: Sabertooth
Cool, wonder if this works with the LA Times as well?
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:38:30 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: farmfriend
Haven't checked it out. I'm quite behind the curve, apparently.
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To: Happy2BMe
Thanks for the ping, and Merry Christmas, good buddy.
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posted on
12/25/2003 10:43:47 PM PST
by
JohnHuang2
("GW is driving the Rat Lunatics into a deeper (QUAGMIRE OF) insanity every day," says Grampa Dave)
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