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...between "Ahmed," an Iraqi guerrilla, and U.S. Staff Sergeant Richard Bear [Nov. 17]. But it would be misleading to believe the two have equally valid goals and beliefs. That would be like equating the American liberators of concentration camps with the Nazi murderers who created them. Ahmed was a commando in the Fedayeen Saddam militia before the war. There can be no true similarity between a supporter of Saddam Hussein's and a soldier in the U.S. Army. Maybe Robinson should put down his pen or laptop, stop hiding behind his press pass and pick up an M-16. Then...
Under the Saddam Hussein regime, "Ahmed" was an insider, a commando who served in the feared Fedayeen Saddam militia. Now he's a guerrilla battling the American occupiers who rule his homeland. He spends his days plotting new ways to kill U.S. soldiers and his nights carrying out those deadly raids. His base is Fallujah, the town 30 miles west of Baghdad that has become the epicenter of the insurgency. Ahmed, 40, who won't allow his real name to be published for fear of leading the Americans to him, looks more like a simple farmer than a killer: deeply...
...Palestine;” the mufti was “taken on a tour of Auschwitz by Himmler;” “The grand mufti of Jerusalem was personally responsible for the concentration camp slaughter of thousands of Jews;” the mufti organized a commando unit “to poison Tel Aviv’s wells”; “The mufti was apparently planning to return to Palestine in the event of a German victory and to construct a death camp modeled after Auschwitz near Nablus...
...wanted. TF20, as it is called within the military, is a shadowy group that avoids the press. Military spokesmen in Iraq have no authority to comment on the unit or its activities. It is built around the Delta Force, the military's storied special-operations force, and bolstered with commandos from other services, aviation units detached from the army, and paramilitary teams on loan from the CIA. Spotted in Tikrit last week, TF20 fighters had the classic commando look: scruffy beards, unkempt hair, distinct black body armor and tiny walkie-talkies. --By Michael Ware and Brian Bennett/Tikrit
...Number of women in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu that have been commissioned to be the country's first all-female police commando unit...