[lit-ideas] Re: Al Zarqawi
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:40:44 -0700 (PDT)
It is an interesting article, actually. Would
recommend reading it through.
O.K.
--- Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mary Weaver's article in the Atlantic magazine,
> which
> Hitchens references, can be found here:
>
> http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200607/zarqawi
>
>
> The Short, Violent Life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
>
> [from page 4]
>
> ?We know Zarqawi better than he knows himself,? the
> high-level Jordanian intelligence official said.
> ?And I can
> assure you that he never had any links to Saddam.
> Iran is
> quite a different matter. The Iranians have a
> policy: they
> want to control Iraq. And part of this policy has
> been to
> support Zarqawi, tactically but not strategically.?
>
>
> ?Such as?? I asked.
>
> ?In the beginning they gave him automatic weapons,
> uniforms,
> military equipment, when he was with the army of
> Ansar
> al-Islam. Now they essentially just turn a blind eye
> to his
> activities, and to those of al-Qaeda generally. The
> Iranians
> see Iraq as a fight against the Americans, and
> overall,
> they?ll get rid of Zarqawi and all of his people
> once the
> Americans are out.?
>
>
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