And, yes, I DO take it personally: An inside look at the recent break-up of Baghdad terrorist cells

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Saturday, November 26, 2005

An inside look at the recent break-up of Baghdad terrorist cells

juan cole always offers fresh insight into iraq goings-on with bits and pieces of news that don't get covered by the msm... this particular bit of background, i agree, is far from comforting...

Iraqi authorities announced that they had busted up 3 terrorist cells operating in Baghdad. Two of them were being run by 2 officials of the Ministry of the Interior! The MoI in Iraq is equivalent to the US FBI, so this would be like having J. Edgar Hoover unwittingly employ at a high level members of the Weathermen bombers back in the 1960s. The third was being run by the head of an investment firm. You wonder if he was manipulating the market with his bombing targets. The cells were operating in the Ghazaliyah and al-Jihad districts of the capital. Although the announcement was probably made to show progress in identifying and breaking up terror cells, I don't find the news that the Baathists continue to penetrate the Iraqi government very hopeful.