[Peace-discuss] US recruiting Iraqi agents

[C. G. Estabrook]

I didn't see it in the N-G either, but it was in the NYT and elsewhere
last month.  The following is from News notes 030727:

"HEY, WE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE NAZIS. The United States has moved to
resurrect parts of Iraq's once-feared intelligence service, with the
branch that monitors Iran among the top priorities. The Iraqi National
Congress, which is led by Ahmad Chalabi, the longtime exile who is now a
member of the Iraqi Governing Council, says its senior officials have met
with senior members of the so-called Iran and Turkey branch of the
Mukhabarat, or Iraqi intelligence, over the past several weeks. [NYT
0722]"

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Ricky Baldwin wrote:

> [Now, folks, here's another excellent letter-writing opportunity.  
> The US has a proud history of doing this kind of thing, as in Germany
> after WW2.  Readers of the News-Gazette and other papers should
> certainly know of this.  Might even raise a few more hackles.  I
> didn't see it in the paper, so I'd suggest beginning a letter to the
> editor by noting its omission. Any takers?  -RB]
> 
>  U.S. Recruiting Hussein's Spies
>  
>  By Anthony Shadid and Daniel Williams
> 
> Washington Post
>  
>   BAGHDAD, Aug. 23 -- U.S.-led occupation authorities have begun a
> covert campaign to recruit and train agents with the once-dreaded
> Iraqi intelligence service to help identify resistance to American
> forces here after months of increasingly sophisticated attacks and
> bombings, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials...