Aziz went by several names in Philadelphia. Sometimes called "Joe Aziz," he started calling himself Aziz al-Taee in the late 1990s, around the time he formed the Iraqi American Council. He said al-Taee was his tribal name and - in speaking out against Saddam - he was worried about relatives in Baghdad.
The group has an address in Washington's Virginia suburbs and a national board of directors, but there were differing claims of how many members or how much clout the group really had.
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The six degrees of separation of Nick Berg are beginning to creep me out bigtime. I think this Aziz 'partner' is the man who spoke so movingly at the DC Chapter's Support the Troops rallies last year.
I am totally creeped out that Nick's father was across the National Mall at the A.N.S.W.E.R. rally when Aziz was speaking about his appreciation for his adopted home and for our troops. (I know I already said this once earlier but I can't help myself.)
I'm wondering if Berg's goal was to infiltrate Aziz's anti-Sadaam group or something similar.