Not is all as it seems
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Clyde
11:19 AM
Iraqi city tamed-at a price
FALLUJAH, Iraq - The city's police chief, Col. Faisal Ismail al-Zobaie, a husky man with a leathered face and a firm voice that resonates with authority, ordered an aide to shut his office door. He turned to his computer. Across the screen flashed a video, purportedly made by the Sunni insurgent group Al Qaeda in Iraq.
In the video, branches are thrown into a pit, then doused with kerosene and ignited. The camera pans to three blindfolded men, kneeling, mouths sealed with tape. Six armed men in black masks stand behind. One declares: "These three men fought and killed Al Qaeda. We will punish them according to Islam." The masked men then kick the three into the burning grave.
Al-Zobaie angrily turned off the video. "How can we show mercy to those people?"
Al-Zobaie, 51, knows the nature of the men in black masks. He is a former insurgent. Now, as the police chief, he has turned against the insurgency, especially Al Qaeda in Iraq. The U.S. military showcases Fallujah as a model city where U.S. policies are finally paying off.
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