Apparently the Coalition had intelligence about pending suicide bombings to be carried out within the fortified Green Zone. From news sources provided by a commenter on "Iraq the Model": Guard Khudhir Farhan was taken into custody Friday at the home of Adnan Al Dulaimi, the head of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, Al Dulaimi told The Associated Press.You might recall al-Dulaimi's name being associated with the Jill Carroll kidnapping. That was the man she was going to visit when the militants grabbed her. By the way, if Dulaimi was partly to blame for the lockdown it wouldn't be the first time. It also wouldn't be the first time we've searched his residence.
The commenter also pointed to a raid conducted September 22nd by Coalition Forces against a safe house where a terror suspect had already fled to the "National Dialogue Office", which was a no-go zone for troops.
When asked about all this al-Dulaimi said:
That individual joined my residence as a guard no more than a month ago, therefore I haven’t got complete data about his background,’ Al Dulaimi said. Anyhow, they are only suspicions about his involvement, which have not been proved.’Sounds kinda weird to hire a guard without a full background check, doesn't it? Yet press stories about al-Dulaimi paint him as someone trying to bring unity to Iraq through the political process. Then again, Saddam has also called for unity. So who's lying? More and more it looks like anyone opening their mouths.
By the way, Saddam's lead lawyer's name is Khalil al-Dulaimi, who made an interesting prediction at the beginning of his trial last year. Just another coincidence, I reckon.
MORE 10/2/06
Point, counterpoint. I think it's fair to say Hitchens was not the player firing the air ball on this one.
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