Journalist who reported on Allawi's alleged killings flees Iraq.

[rooboy]

This was just reported on Australian tv. Paul McGeogh, who wrote the article which alleged Iraqi PM Allawi personally executed six Iraqis shortly prior to his promotion, has had to flee Iraq in fear of his life. Apparently pissing off brutal dictators can be a health hazard...

[thebigidea]

1. hopefully at some point the US media might wake from their dazed slumber..

... and maybe ask a few questions.

Nah, its probably easier to just listen to some goofy General and forget about that whole "investigation" thing.

[the Kelly Gang]

7. here is a link

http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694601886.html?oneclick=true

[gatlingforme]

15. Thanks for the link

[flordehinojos]

2. Bush just replaced one criminal dictator with another!

:P :* }(

[thebigidea]

3. yes, but this one has adorable, kindly grandfather glasses

surely that makes up for the CIA hijinks...

[IndianaGreen]

6. Lavrenti Beria also wore "kindly grandfather glasses"

Alawi is as much a tool of the CIA as Beria was of Stalin.

[thebigidea]

8. but he's so beloved by his people...

what with constant Blackwater body guards preventing any actual Iraqis from getting close... freedom needs space!

[the Kelly Gang]

9. goddammit Allawi was an assasin hand in hand with Saddam

and got the creep into power in the first place, now he's taken over.

Why the hell is he now running the place ?

[IndianaGreen]

4. The new American Saddam

We love Alawi in America! Not even the Democrats criticize him!

Meanwhile, an independent journalist has to flee for his life while the subservient lapdogs that we have for the press in America remains strangely silent about the entire affair.

[thecrow]

20. It's like the silence in Abu Ghraib

at night... broken only by the screams of the detainees being tortured and raped...

[the Kelly Gang]

5. this is terrible..Paul McGeoh is one of the most respected journalists

in Bahgdad at present ( well not at present)..if he has gone that leaves Robert Fisk and how long before he goes.

i F****** mad at all this..how come those at the BBC , the editor of The Mirror, now Paul McGeoh , the intelligence officers who told the truth have all gone yet the lying scum who made war, Bush ' Blair Howard all get of scot free !

[Disturbed]

10. Will this story ever be confirmed or firmly debunked?

Cau you imagine a Pres of the US murdering six men, accused of terrorism, who have not had a trial?

I feel that most of our Presidents weren't the most moral of men but this I cannot imagine.

[clydefrand]

18. Our president has

but only in a different way.

[Matilda]

19. There is a difference between pulling the trigger yourself

and getting hired guns to do it, but the end result is the same.

[rooboy]

14. I'm sure you've read the local press (e.g. SMH)...

Labor and the Greens are putting real pressure on Howard and Downer over this now... in fact, it might play a big role in getting the Libs kicked out of power if the story is true.

[0007]

22. Sounds like good news to me. Howard & Downer must be

thrown out of office, same as junior & cheney.

[Darranar]

11. So much for freedom of the press...

It seems that "Operation Iraqi Freedom" has brought the Iraqis an unelected, repressive, dictatorial regime.

[colonel odis]

12. "unelected, repressive, dictatorial regime." hmmm. sounds familiar. n/t

[IndianaGreen]

13. America fears true freedom on the part of the "peasants and workers"!

We loved the tyrant Pinochet and hated the democratic Allende. We never criticized the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua, but went bonkers when the Sandinistas won power. We loved Noriega and Saddam, until they stepped out of line.

America fears true freedom on the part of the "peasants and workers"!

[kodi]

16. look, we're trying real hard to keep our hired killers on a shorter leash

have some patience will you?

[Geo55]

21. Yep

While BushCo probably admires his "shoot from the hip" attitude , they're going to have to school this former Saddam thug in the ways of a more sutle murdering style.....and for craps sake , dummy , NO WITNESSES !

[susu369]

17. "let freedom reign"

Sorry to hear about Mr. McGeogh's unfair persecution. Thanks to DU for keeping me informed (I don't even turn on my television set for "news").

[quaoar]

23. Here's an interview with the reporter

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1156119.htm