https://freerepublic.com/tag/abedalmahmud/ en-us Sun, 30 Mar 2003 01:46:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879603/posts Part three: The Fedayeen have vowed to step up their suicide bombings. Neil Mackay reports that they are just one string of militias ready to fight to the death for Saddam YOU'LL have seen one of their number already -- a middle-aged man in a blue serge suit with a keffiyeh scarf wrapped around his head. As the TV cameras rolled, he triumphantly waved his Czech-made assault rifle in the air while Iraqi villagers in the distance behind him stripped down the US Apache helicopter he'd just shot down. This avuncular-looking farmer, Ali Obeid, now praised as a national hero... Sunday Herald https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/879603/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2003 01:46:54 GMT