The Command Post - Iraq - Dan's Winds of War Excerpts, July 10

July 10, 2003

Dan's Winds of War Excerpts, July 10

Winds of Change.NET runs "Winds of War" every Monday & Thursday - a fast, convenient, high-powered round-up of global developments that matter in the War on Terror.

Thanks to a scheduling glitch, we have 2 editions today. Venemous Kate's Winds of War: 2003-07-10 is up right now on Winds of Change.NET. As a bonus, I'm posting excerpts from Dan Darling's Winds of War bulletin here in relevant areas of The Command Post.

Iraq Report

According to the British government, the UK is standing by the claim that Saddam Hussein's government tried to buy uranium from Niger, citing other evidence than the now infamous forged documents.
Whatever one may think of the current Turkish government or its policy decisions in regard to the US, no one should question the right of the Turkish military to defend themselves against terrorists. The PKK or KADEK as it is now calling itself these days, is every bit as nasty as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Lashkar-e-Taiba, or any other organization that one wishes to name. They've established a really freaky enclave in northern Iraq that appears to be serving as their main base and now it seems that their leadership has decided to reject the Turkish amnesty offer and go back to Armed Struggle(tm). This appears to have taken the form of an attack on the governor of Tunceli and other attempts to cross the border that have thus far been stopped by Turkish troops. In addition, KADEK appears to be threatening German Kurds publicly critical of their agenda and tactics.
The Coalition Provisional Authority appears to be taking the first steps towards restoring self-government in Iraq.
Iran appears to be moving its border posts into Iraq. This makes a certain degree of sense, as the ayatollahs likely plan on annexing the southern region of the country in toto as soon as SCIRI is in power there.

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meanwhile, back at the ranch, centcom reports:

COALITION FORCES SEIZE STOLEN IRAQI ARTIFACTS

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Soldiers from the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion seized 12 Iraqi artifacts while conducting a raid on a residence of a suspected smuggler here on July 7.

The artifacts consisted of miniature statues, a skull and a clay bowl. A local archeologist determined one of the artifacts to be pre-Samarian, dated 3000 – 3200 BC. According to the archeologist, all of the pieces had been previously at the Baghdad Museum.

The artifacts were found wrapped in towels in a rice bag in the residence along with AK-47s, grenades, several million Iraqi dinar and communications equipment.

Coalition forces also detained two prospective buyers. All individuals are being detained pending further investigation.

Posted by: Bubba at July 10, 2003 02:10 PM

A few years in the brig ought to "mend the fences", while the smuggler needs a loooonggg sentence. All that hardware is a little much for him to claim he was merely keeping it for self defense purposes. This might set an example for other citizens who might consider stockpiling for terrorist acquaintances or for any anti coalition, or civilian criminal enterprises, that might present an opportunity.

Posted by: Seth at July 10, 2003 11:48 PM