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Monday, September 12, 2005

Coalition of the Bribed

As free Iraqi troops backed by Americans sweep through Tal Afar, the jihadi enemies of democracy send out the call to fight back:

The statement offered $100,000 for killing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari; $50,000 for Interior Minister Bayan Jabr; and $30,000 for Defense Minister Sadoun al-Dulaimi.

Ah, so that's what legitimate, indigenous resistance to imperialism looks like. I seem to recall my grade school history teachers noting how the Minutemen of 1775 picked up their gold bars before standing at Lexington and Concord. But I guess America was only worth fighting for before we declared our independence.

Interesting that the glorious "resistance" must be paid hefty bonuses to fight. And just a minor question: So how much do those Iraqi soldiers rooting the jihadis out of Tal Afar get paid? Must be a lot to be "Iraq's traitors, the tails of the infidels."