Architect of Latin American Atrocities Slips Into Baghdad To Advise Junta

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November 03, 2006 – 7:33 AM

U.S. intelligence chief on unannounced visit to Iraq

U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte was in Baghdad today for previously unannounced talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Iraqi leader's office and Iraqi state television said.

Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte met today with the Iraqi prime minister, in the second visit this week by a top U.S. official amid spiraling violence that included four American deaths and the discovery of 56 bodies bearing signs of torture.

The unannounced Negroponte visit comes five days after the arrival of National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, who flew to Baghdad after the Iraqi leadership issued a series of bitter complaints about U.S. tactics in the country.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Negroponte in the Iraqi leader's office in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, according to the prime minister's spokesman.

The spokesman, Yassin Majid, said the visit was part "of a continuing series of meetings between the Iraqi government and the U.S. administration.'' He did not elaborate. U.S. Embassy officials confirmed Negroponte was in the capital but would not comment further.

Video from the prime minister's office showed Negroponte and U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad greeting al-Maliki, with three kisses on the cheek.

Hadley, whose visit also was unannounced, also presented some proposals concerning the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces as well as security plans.

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[grizmaster]

1. Everywhere Negroponte goes, death squads follow

No coincidence that the death squads started when Negroponte was in charge over there.

[madokie]

5. evil evil man, you can just see the evil in his eyes, hear it in his voice

feel it in his presence.

[acmavm]

2. He's probably got more dirty tricks up his sleeve that involve

bullets, blood, and dead civilians.

[Dhalgren]

3. He is the Merchant of Death...

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6. He's clearly there to tell Maliki who to kill

who to use the guns and weapons we're funneling into Iraq against. Who to kill. That's his job.

[malaise]

4. al-Maliki better write his will

He may disappear.

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7. not enough of a dictator?