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...about 9,000 members of the military and security services who are former Baathists. With Chalabi being mentioned as the next deputy Prime Minister for Security, many current members of the Iraqi security services who were Baathists are getting nervous. "Not every officer was pro-Saddam," said Gen. Adnan Thabit, who left Saddam's army and the party in 1984, dismayed over the direction Saddam was taking. Today he commands the Ministry of Interior's Special Forces. From his office decorated with pictures of himself with Jay Garner, the first U.S. Iraq administrator, he boasted that two-thirds...
...four months, half its members have been outside the country. Some continue to have primary homes where they lived in exile, and few have bothered to travel around Iraq to build support for the body's authority. On the Iraqi street, the council has never garnered much support. Mohammed Thabit Rifat, an accountant in the Ministry of Finance, reflects a common perception among Iraqis that the council is dominated by exiles who enjoyed life abroad while everyone else suffered under Saddam. "They lived outside the country in luxury," he says, "and came here without knowledge of the traditions and habits...
...want Saddam. We don't want the Americans," said Hamid Thabit, who drove 15 miles to the house many times last week. "We want someone who will look after the Iraqi people." Asked if he had anyone in mind, he replied, "No. There is no one now." Nearby, a young history student who had driven three hours to the site placed bits of rubble in a small plastic bag. "I will put it in my home," the student said. "It is holy." --Reported by Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, Matthew Cooper, Michael Duffy, Mark Thompson, Douglas Waller and Adam Zagorin/Washington...
...Iraqi Governing Council: Full of 'Prima Donnas' On the Iraqi street, the Iraqi Governing Council has never garnered much support. Mohammed Thabit Rifat, an accountant in the Ministry of Finance, reflects a common perception among Iraqis-that the council is dominated by exiles who enjoyed life abroad while everyone else suffered under Saddam. "They lived outside the country in luxury," he says, "and came here without knowledge of the traditions and habits of the country...
Although Saudi Arabia keeps stoning on its books, human-rights groups are not certain whether it is still carried out there. Yemen brought back the practice in 2000 for the brutal case of Mohammed Thabit al Su'mi, who raped and murdered his 12-year-old daughter. Witnesses reported that al Su'mi took four hours...