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To: reagan_fanatic

“While al-Douri is an s.o.b., if he keeps to his word and helps defeat alQuaeda and the insurgency, he should be given a pardon and incorporated back into the government.”

Excuse me?!? Given a pardon? incorporated back into the government.??

Do you know who you’re talking about?

“He had a well-deserved and well-known reputation as a killer. As Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, he was complicit in launching two wars of aggression against Iran and Kuwait, invading Saudi Arabia and attacking the town of Khafji in January 1991. He was involved in the brutal repression of the Uprising which followed the Gulf War in 1991 including mass executions, torture and wanton destruction. He was complicit in the deliberate destruction of the Marsh Arabs’ way of life. He was also complicit in the genocidal Anfal campaigns waged against the Kurds, including chemical weapons attacks, the destruction of rural villages and infrastructure, and mass executions.”
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/al-douri.htm


33 posted on 08/22/2007 2:19:24 PM PDT by nuconvert ("Terrorism is not the enemy. It is a means to the ends of militant Islamism." MZJ)
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To: nuconvert

In war you use any asset that will bring you closer to victory. You don’t let emotions dictate how you react to a potential intelligence coup. People who change allegiances in war can be very useful. Don’t execute him because you dislike his previous actions.


43 posted on 08/22/2007 2:24:06 PM PDT by U.S. Raptor (Conservatism vs. Socialism: Where we were and where we're going.)
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To: nuconvert
" Given a pardon? incorporated back into the government.??"

Of course you'll have to pardon this guy if he's going to work with us. NOT to give him any excuses but he was under the command of Saddam. After the fall of Baghdad he was on the run....I wouldn't have come out and surrendered either, we shot Saddam's kids full of holes and hanged their dad till his head popped off. If this is true it's good news. War is a Bitch then you win. If this helps us win so be it, I don't think this is a "I've sold my soul issue". I'm sure something can be worked out

47 posted on 08/22/2007 2:27:31 PM PDT by PEACE ENFORCER (One Needs to Have the Capability of Using Deadly Force at Any Moment.....:))
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To: nuconvert
I know his background. Finding anyone who can effectively govern Iraq without bloody hands is fantasy. The next ruler of Iraq who will rule with any effectiveness at all will be someone who's just as ruthless and cutthroat as al-Douri and Saddam.
48 posted on 08/22/2007 2:29:20 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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