The first Arab ambassador to Iraq is abducted and taken hostage. The types of demands made for his release will depend on which group took the Egyptian ambassador.
The fact that it was the Egyptian ambassador increases the probability that the terrorist group responsible is a nationalist one rather than a Salafist Islamist one. Why? Because Egypt is run by an Arab Socialist party with strong ties to the Baathism of Saddam Hussein and Syria.
It should be remembered that the short-lived great Baathist experiment of a unified greater Arab nation was the unification of Syria and Egypt under the banner of the UAR between 1958-1961. That Egypt would be the first Arab nation to upgrade its diplomatic mission in Iraq to sending a full ambassador may be seen as a betrayal of one Arab Socialist state against another.
If such is the case, there is a chance that Ihab Sherif will be found alive. On the other hand, if one of the Islamist terror organizations such as Ansar al-Sunna (not likely since the group rarely operates in Baghdad), al Qaeda in Iraq (possibly), or The Islamic Army in Iraq (possibly) then there is close to zero chance for his survival. In either case, we should see a hostage video soon.
Of course, to the warped minds in the Islamic lands this could only be the work of the Zionists.
The abduction of the head of the Egyptian diplomatic mission in Baghdad sends a strong message from Iraqi resistance groups to Arab countries set to follow the Egyptian lead by sending ambassadors to occupied Iraq, Egyptian experts have said.
“Sending an ambassador to an unstable Iraq was a wrong decision that prompted resistance groups to kidnap Ihab El-Sherif as a warning shot for willing Arab countries,” Abdallah El-Ashaal, a former Egyptian assistant foreign minister, told IslamOnline.net.
Egyptian and Iraqi officials said Monday that Kidnappers who seized Sherif on Saturday, July 2, have not yet contacted authorities or presented any demands.
The envoy, a father of two, was cornered by gunmen in cars while on a short trip to buy a newspaper near his home and had not been heard from since.
His white four-wheel vehicle was found undamaged near a newspaper stand...
Iraq announced last week that Egypt would become the first Arab country to give its Baghdad envoy the full title of ambassador since US forces toppled Saddam Hussein more than two years ago....
But former Egyptian ambassador to Afghanistan Ahmad El-Ghamrawi offered a different version of the abduction.
“Iraq has become an open arena for intelligence services and there is a strong possibility that Sherif was kidnapped by a foreign body to pit the Egyptians and the Iraqis against one another,” he told IOL.
He said SherifÂ’s latest post as Egyptian charges dÂ’affaires in Tel Aviv substantiate the theory that he might have been abducted by the Israeli intelligence services Mossad.
“Sherif has come to know a lot about Israel,” Ghamrawi said.
“Israel also wants to tarnish the image of the Iraqi resistance in the eyes of the Egyptian people,” he added.
The retired diplomat did not rule out a possible collaboration between the Mossad and the US occupation authorities to deprive the Iraqi resistance of the sympathy and solidarity of the Egyptian people.
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Top U.S. Army analysts believe Israel's intelligence agency, the Mossad, is "ruthless and cunning," "a wildcard" that "has [the] capability to target U.S. forces and make it look like a Palestinian/Arab act."
This eye-opening assertion about America's supposed closest ally was reported in a front page story in The Washington Times on September 10-just one day before the terrorist attacks in America that are being blamed on "Arabs."
The Times reported that this serious charge by U.S. Army officers against the Israelis appeared in a 68-page paper prepared by 60 officers at the U.S. Army's School for Advanced Military Studies, a training ground for up-and-coming Army officers.
'By way of deception, we shall make war'
The motto of the Mossad.
Posted by: greg at July 04, 2005 12:04 PM (5PyOd)
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Or maybe he was just kidnapped by insurgents to destabilize the current government and see it fail. The U.S. and the Israelis have a greater interest in a successful democratic Iraq than in "tarnishing tarnish the image of the Iraqi resistance in the eyes of the Egyptian people."
Posted by: Carlos at July 04, 2005 12:20 PM (8e/V4)
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Greg, you asshat-idiot-moonbat, did you remove the tin-foil from your head on July 4th of all days?
Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at July 04, 2005 12:29 PM (JQjhA)
Posted by: Carlos at July 04, 2005 12:37 PM (8e/V4)
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Sorry Rusty, there's no AC here in Italy. It may be affecting my thought process.
One of the benefits of being on vacation is that I can read as much as I want. I was moved by the following passage.
'If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated. The party could not be overthrown from within. Its enemies, if it had enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos or threes. Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflection in the voice; at most, an occasional whispered word. But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it.'
George Orwell, '1984'
The 'multi-colored' revolutions that have been occuring lately around the world, give this passage the ring of truth. Let freedom ring. May the people of the world be inspired by our nation's birthday. Happy 4th of July everyone!
Posted by: greg at July 04, 2005 01:36 PM (hpPDK)
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Those punks are going for more diplomats...
Posted by: Downing Street Memo at July 05, 2005 05:58 AM (ScqM8)
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Witnesses reported the terrorist that abducted him were driving BMW's. hmmm.......
snippet taken from http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MOR505A.html
Back in 2002, following the trauma of 9-11, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld predicted there would be more terrorist attacks against the American people and civilization at large. How could he be so sure of that? Perhaps because these attacks would be instigated on the order of the Honorable Mr. Rumsfeld. According to Los Angeles Times military analyst William Arkin, writing Oct. 27, 2002, Rumsfeld set out to create a secret army, "a super-Intelligence Support Activity" network that would "bring together CIA and military covert action, information warfare, intelligence, and cover and deception," to stir the pot of spiraling global violence.
According to a classified document prepared for Rumsfeld by his Defense Science Board, the new organization--the "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group (P2OG)"--would actually carry out secret missions designed to provoke terrorist groups into committing violent acts. The P2OG, a 100-member, so-called "counter-terrorist" organization with a $100-million-a-year budget, would ostensibly target "terrorist leaders," but according to P2OG documents procured by Arkin, would in fact carry out missions designed to "stimulate reactions" among "terrorist groups"--which, according to the Defense Secretary's logic, would subsequently expose them to "counter-attack" by the good guys. In other words, the plan is to execute secret military operations (assassinations, sabotage, "deception") which would intentionally result in terrorist attacks on innocent people, including Americans--essentially, to "combat terrorism" by causing it!
hmmm......... can someone say Operation Northwood?? I knew you could ;o}
Posted by: root at July 06, 2005 11:14 AM (dAUUf)
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root,
These neocons haven't the slightest idea what Operation Northwood is, even though I have posted on the subject twice. They have constructed an impenetrable fantasy world that only allows in news which reinforces the fantasy. Anything else is conspiratorial. You could grab them by the neck and shake the stuffing out of them and still they wouldn't become aware. You're wasting your time with these folks.
Posted by: greg at July 06, 2005 12:50 PM (rxZRr)
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All together now: It's the JOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooos!
Heh, I'll have to get a friend (he's a Jooooo) to show me his Mind Control Device, or maybe just shoot lazer beams from his eyes. Of course I'll have to wear my foil beanie, but that's the price of safety.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at July 07, 2005 03:08 PM (0yYS2)
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