Iraqis fear informants with a grudge - Democratic Underground

UpInArms

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Tue Mar-09-04 07:45 AM
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Iraqis fear informants with a grudge

Edited on Tue Mar-09-04 08:16 AM by UpInArms

http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp?:404db249:77de6fa36ea5605?type=worldNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4526803

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Mohammad Dulaimi says that when an American colonel called at his house asking him to inform on his neighbours, his first reaction was anger.

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Some Iraqis say the system of using informants is the same as during the rule of Saddam, when people would report on their neighbours, friends and sometimes even family members to the Mukhabarat secret police.

And they say that in some cases, informants who prospered under Saddam are prospering again by offering information to the Americans.

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Tue Mar-09-04 08:14 AM
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1. Meet the new boss ...

... same as the old boss ...

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