US shows concern over Iraq's mass arrest of Al Qaeda-linked suspects

[sabra]

Source: CS Monitor

The US military has raised its concerns with senior Iraqi officials about why US forces were not consulted on an operation to arrest 38 suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), an Al Qaeda affiliate.

The US military says it is concerned by a lack of coordination in the high-profile arrests of Islamic State of Iraq suspects by the Iraqi Interior Ministry, which has called the operation a major blow against the Al Qaeda-linked group.

On Thursday, Interior Minister Jawad Bolani and top Iraqi generals paraded 38 suspects they said included some of the senior leaders of the Al Qaeda affiliate.

In the news conference carried live on state-run television, a man said to be the long-sought senior leader of the group was brought in wearing a black hood, which was whipped off to show his face to the cameras.

The US military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, said Iraqi security forces who carried out the arrests had not notified their US counterparts about the major operation against suspects sought by both the United States and Iraq.

“These were unilateral Iraqi operations, and so there’s goodness in that. There’s also some concern,” Buchanan told the Monitor in an interview Saturday.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/1205/US-shows-concern-over-Iraq-s-mass-arrest-of-Al-Qaeda-linked-suspects

[leveymg]

1. "When they stand up, we'll stand down." Or, so they used to say.

[enlightenment]

2. Indeed.

Apparently what we meant was "when you stand up, we'll slap you down for trying".

gads.

[Angry Dragon]

3. So they want the Iraqis to take back their country

but the US gets pissed when they do

Seems like the US plans/wants to stay for ever

[conspirator]

4. As long as there is oil to plunder and Israel to protect. Yes, it's gonna be forever n/t

[leveymg]

5. I believe, in this case, it's the Saudis who object most.

They think Iraq is now insufficiently hostile to Iran.

[Crowman1979]

6. Basically the DoD wanted a perpetual war that goes on for decades.

Along with never-ending profits for the contractors. If all of the terrorists were arrested, then these scumbags stealing our tax dollars would be out of business.