Posted on 06/18/2006 10:54:57 PM PDT by Sam Hill
Followers of the Haditha news will recognize the name Abdul-Rahman Al-Mashhadani as the "Chairman" of the newly formed Hammurabi Organization for Human Rights and Democracy Monitoring.
("Budding journalist" Thaer al-Hadithi, 43, is Hammurabi's founder and only other member. He serves as its "Secretary-General.")
Online references to this humanitarian Al-Mashhadani are few and far between. Though he was mentioned as a poll watcher in October and then again in December of 2005.
Photos of al-Mashhadani seem to be non-existent, except for this one of his worthy hands.
Abdul-Rahman al-Mashhadani, head of the Hammurabi Organization for Human Rights and Democracy Monitoring, points out locations of the events and witnesses of the alleged massacre of 24 Iraqis by U.S. Marines last year, on a satellite map of the western Iraqi town, to an Associated Press reporter at the offices of the group in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, June 6, 2006.
The question arises why a "human rights monitor" would be so mysterious, even to the point of refusing to even show his face.
Is because of his shame at writing poetry that gives us some idea of his true agenda? -- And worse yet, bad poetry.
For someone named Abdul-Rahman Al-Mashhadani has put up a poetry page called Arab Dream on a free hosting site in the United Kingdom.
And he has at least a rudimentary command of English:
Poetry : Abdul-Rahman Al-Mashhadani
©A D 2004
Occupation is not Liberation
O My Country
O My Country
I Write You PoetryBecause I See Your People Cry
When Thier Children DieThey Fight In The War
And Die More And MoreThe West With Their Fame
Are The Ones To BlameAnd I Will Find The Track
To Save Iraq
Palestine
O Palestine
I Write You A RyhmeOccupied By The Xionist Jews
The Day Will Come When They Will LoseYou Will Be Freed
And I Will Be The One To LeadThe Army That Will March
To Al-Aqsa's ArchJerusalem, Some Day Will Blossom Like The Rose At Sunrise
And The Land Will Be Free Of Fraud And LiesThis Is A Fight Of Right
Against The Terrorism MightO Palestine I Will Free You
And Any Other Islamic Land Too
The page displays an Iraqi nationalist crest and a map of Iraq, as well as a playing card of President Bush as a joker.
The page also links to a site called the National Priorities Project, which has an active ticker representing the cost of the Iraq War to US taxpayers.
Which does seem like the kind of thing that might appeal to a man who is reported to lecture on economics at Baghdad's al-Mustansiriyah University,
But maybe Abdul-Rahman Al-Mashhadani is just a common name among English speaking Iraqis.
An "ist it possible?" ping.
If it's the same guy he's pure jihadist, judging from that hideously bad "poetry"...... everything about the Haditha story continues to stink.... thanks for keeping on top of the research to expose these fraud artists!!
Thanks, Enchante.
I actually came across this when I first saw his name listed as Hammurabi's other member.
Back then I thought it was a little too far-fetched, and probably just a coincidence.
But since the Marines' lawyers have claimed that both of the Hammurabi members have family members in jail for terrorist activities, I'm not so sure he didn't write it.
In fact, I suspect he did.
difficult to tell unless we have his surname...
Thanks for the links!
The question arises why a "human rights monitor" would be so mysterious, even to the point of refusing to even show his face....is a silly statement!
Do you speak Arabic?
Intresting to note number 46 on the Iraqi Most Wanted list was a Bathist big wig named Al-Mashadani. Relative perhaps?
Nope, it is a legitimate question. Why will he not show his face? #46 on the Iraqi Most Wanted List was an Al-Mashhadani. Wonder if they are related?
McGirk is taking over the Time bureau in Israel. Be prepared for more articles of this nature.
Reuters Photo: Reuters journalist Ali al-Mashhadani (R), a television cameraman, embraces a colleague in Baghdad January 15,...
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:S6ej82RMJFMJ:news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/ts_nm/iraq_reuters_dc+%22Al-Mashhadani%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5
Among Mashhadani's recent stories was reporting from the town of Haditha in March.
Sorry about that, here's the link:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:S6ej82RMJFMJ:news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/ts_nm/iraq_reuters_dc+%22Al-Mashhadani%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5
- Ali Mashhadani, Reuters. Mashhadani, a freelance photographer and
cameraman for Reuters news agency, has been held incommunicado and
without explanation by U.S. forces since August 8. Mashhadani was
taken from his home in Ramadi during a general sweep of the
neighborhood by U.S. Marines who became suspicious after seeing
pictures on his cameras, Reuters quoted his family as saying. He is
being held in Abu Ghraib Prison. Reuters reported last month that a
US-Iraqi Combined Review and Release Board (CRRB) had determined that
Mashhadani posed a "threat" and ordered his continued detention. U.S.
officials told Reuters that Mashhadani would be denied access to
counsel or family for 60 days, but would be granted a review of his
case within 180 days. Officials have yet to substantiate the basis for
his continued detention.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.activism.progressive/browse_thread/thread/830d79ba9da4f6aa/72720b9f7ffced3a?lnk=st&q=%22Ali-Mashhadani%22&rnum=1&hl=en#72720b9f7ffced3a
Moody said one Iraqi cameraman working for the agency, Ali Mashhadani, was arrested in August after US troops conducted a house-to-house search and saw footage of insurgents on his camera, Moody said. According to Moody, he was taken to Abu Ghraib prison, where he was not allowed visitors for two months, and had no idea why he is being held.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/11/18/journalists_perils_in_iraq_highlighted/?page=full
It's a legitimate question, of course! But the statement implied that it's suspicious for a human-rights monitor to remain anonymous. Anyone who follows the world scene knows that many thugs don't like "human-rights monitors"...and I'm not implying the Marines would be the baddies.
Do I think that's why he's mysterious? No... I think that he's a baddie himself. My comment was only that it's not odd, nor does it indicate guilt, that he's anonymous.
The plot thickens
Schwei-Schwei...
There are probably about 100,000 al-Mashhadanis in Iraq. It isn't a surname, it's the name of the place where they're from -- like Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti...
But this Ali al-Mashhadani is a Reuters reporter/cameraman.
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