Omar at Iraq the Model sees disturbing similarity between the Mullah’s capture of the British troops and Saddam’s 1990 arrest, trial and execution of Iranian-British journalist Farzad Bazoft on charges of spying. Saddam, Omar says, was playing to his national audience, rather than the international one. So, he thinks, are the Mullahs to the Iranians, rather than the Brits or Americans. But he hopes the captives aren’t similarly treated. Some of Omar’s commenters are playing the old "he’s really CIA" song. Probably because President Bush recently endorsed the blog’s perceptivity.
The Syrian dictatorship, meanhwile, prepares to welcome House Speaker Pelosi, who apparently is running for the Dem nomination for president, or else she thinks foreign policy is made by the House.
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