(British) Ministers were told premier (Allawi) was seen as stooge

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/24/wus124.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/09/24/ixhome.html

British officials gave warning more than two years ago that Iyad Allawi, the interim Iraqi prime minister, was seen as "a western stooge" who "lacked domestic credibility", secret documents seen by The Telegraph reveal.

The Cabinet Office told ministers a year before the war in Iraq that the external opposition, made up of Mr Allawi's Iraqi National Accord and Ahmad Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress, was "weak, divided and lacks domestic credibility".

Mr Allawi, who was closely aligned with the CIA, and Mr Chalabi, who was initially the choice of many within the administration as Iraqi leader, were regarded by most Iraqis as "western stooges", warned a "Secret UK Eyes Only" options paper.

A coup attempt in 1996 allegedly organised by Mr Allawi, a neurosurgeon who was trained in Britain, in tandem with the CIA ended in "wholesale executions", according to the paper, which was prepared by the Overseas and Defence Secretariat in March 2002.

[jrthin]

1. Well, talk about stating the obvious.

I certainly didn't need secret documents to tell me that. Just look at Shrub and Co, do you honestly think they would associate themselves with independent thinkers? I think not.

[xchrom]

2. the brits do have a way for with words

"a western stooge", "lacked domestic credibility","weak, divided and lacks domestic credibility" -- indeed -- can't think of a better way to put it.

[0007]

3. The real stooges are the ones in congress that gave Allawi

standing ovations.

Didn't we prop up Saddam Hussein and give him military weaponry and WMD to fight Iran? And gas to for the Kurds?

Then we had the answer and propped up Ahmed Chalabi, gave him a ton of money for false information and even brought him before Congress.

Why isn't congress starting to feel like a bunch of rank suckers? But you heard them the other day, standing and applauding, standing and applauding, standing and applauding and standing and applauding.

Why not Mickey Mouse?

[2Design]

4. exactly and again congress rolls over for bushCo

[Disturbed]

5. Most of Congress...

are stooges of the Oligarchy. If Dems had any spine they would have walked out as soon as the Neo Fascist stooge starting spouting the usual lies. In my view, the reason that the Neo Fascists have so much power is because most the Dems gave it to them.

[2Design]

9. exactly - our goal has to be to replace all of the ones who continue

to vote for rethug ideas that are not good for the whole of humanity

[Eye and Monkey]

6. "Mr Allawi, a neurosurgeon" - so, shooting prisoners in the head -

qualifies as "neurosurgery"?

[4dsc]

7. Allawi is loved by 2% of his fellow countrymen

according to the latest polls!!

[saigon68]

8. He will "WIN THE ELECTION" with 95% of the vote

Can you say voter fraud

[Minstrel Boy]

10. Walden O'Dell "committed to delivering Fallujah" to Allawi.

Diebold makes democracy fun!

[saigon68]

11. kick

[trueblew]

12. Iyad Allawi -- Shah of Iraq

[Bozita]

13. Two men with axes attacked Allawi in his room ... and he lived

Axes, not hatchets.

Tell me another good one.