Our Man in Baghdad - Iraq

Nov 2004
To his critics, he's a ruthless strong man with little interest in democracy. So how did Iyad Allawi rise to become leader of the new democratic Iraq?

"To hell with all those who get killed. Be strong," advised Iyad Allawi as he unleashed 20,000 troops on Fallujah. To those who know him, this comment came as no surprise. "He's a pragmatist. He knows that in order to rule Iraq, you have to kill people," explains former CIA agent Bob Bauer. But Allawi was quick to deny reports that he had personally shot six prisoners prior to the handover of power in Iraq. Allawi first emerged as one of Saddam's spies in London in the late 70s. As a high ranking Ba'athist official, he "was part of a machine which did monstrous things." He is believed to have colluded in or sanctioned the murders of Saddam's political rivals before switching sides in the early 80s and working against Hussein. He set up the Iraqi National Accord (INA) which provided some of the bogus intelligence used to justify the invasion of Iraq. Prior to this, the main achievement of the INA was the bombing of a series of public buildings in Baghdad which left up to a hundred dead. Now, he's widely tipped to retain his position as ruler of Iraq after next January's elections. But former colleague, Dr Haifa Azawi, has serious concerns about the nature of any Allawi government. "Iyad Allawi will have another Saddam style government in Iraq. He's so power hungry.

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[DRUGMONEYMILLIONAIR1]

this is the truth

[AngryIraqi]

they're all the same shit, once in power they become a different person. i dont trust politicians, lawyers.. they are all afed up in the head and for their own self richness.

[womaninrisk]

Vincent Cannistraro, the former C.I.A. officer, said. He was a paid Mukhabarat agent for the Iraqis, and he was involved in dirty stuff.

If youre asking me if Allawi has blood on his hands from his days in London, the answer is yes, he does,

The New York Times

March 30, 2010

[kingakad]

we will be in black period with this allawi,he is worse than saddam,he is a man with promisses but will never do any good to anyone,remeber iraqies who voted for him,we will pay the price of mess in death if he is in power ,juts remember

[SIUIIRAQ]

نفس الطاس و نفس الحمام

لن يتحسن الوضع للعراقيين المساكين و سيصبح العراق ساحة قتال دامية لحرب طائفية في المنطقة

[SNDEBAD68]

ايهم السامرائي والشعلان وفلاح النقيب هذولة هم سرقوا العراق بزمن علاوي..فهمه كلهم في الهوى سوى.. ماكو واحد شريف والشريف ميخلوه يشتغل صح..

[iraqimaqam1]

مهما ذكر على علاوي في هذا التقرير ومهما فعل علاوي في الحقبة السابقة.

يبقى افضل بكثير من الجعفري والمالكي وكل هؤلاء الجلاوزة العملاء بالفطرة السراق المجرمين بالوراثة الذين يلعبون على مشاعر المواطن من خلال الدين والطائفية المقيتة التي مزقت البلد شر تمزيق

[hussainfares]

At 20:40..."Total bullshit...total crap, not going to happen... there won't be elections in January"

hahahaha... I think history just proved how wrong this video is!!!!

[hussainfares]

The fact that Allawi received over 350,000 votes just in his name alone, and overall nearly 25% of the national vote, while Chalabi received some 12,000 votes in his name shows real facts!

Keep NOTE how this video presents no evidence!!

[hussainfares]

"There is no hard evidence to show Allawi planned attacks" - says the interviewer.

This is a clear smear campaign, and my bet is Ahmed Al-Chalabi funded this. This becomes even more clear when Cockburn is brought into the picture, as Patrick Cockburn is of course a well-known pro- Ahmed Chalabi. And Al-Chalabi wishes to put the spotlight on others while he was dealing with Saddam's regime during the 1980s.