January 13, 2004
POOR BABY
The Washington Post take empathy to a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11404-
2004Jan12.html">bizarre extreme today with a sympathetic account of
the hardships that a former Mukhabarat, or secret policeman, and high-
ranking Baathist now faces in post-Saddam Iraq. The Mukhabarat were
the worst of the worst in fascist Iraq. When one hears tales of eyes
being gouged out, obscene torture, summary executions, mass graves, and
the thirty-year reign of terror that froze Iraq in poverty, that was
the Mukhabarat doing Saddam's bidding. In exchange, they were accorded
priveleged status in the country and a comfortable living. Now that
the gravy train is over, some are unhappy. I think this guy is lucky
that he and his fellow secret policemen weren't rounded up and hung
from lampposts.
Posted by Lexiphane at January 13, 2004 11:04 AM
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