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Meet The New Boss, pt. 2
Jul. 18th, 2004 11:25 amIraq seems to be returning to normal, with serious allegations against the new Prime Minister:
Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days before Washington handed control of the country to his interim government, according to two people who allege they witnessed the killings.
( Full text of the story, for those who don't have a SMH login: )
More on this story from Lateline. A few points of note:
- Paul McGeough has a long and distinguished career in journalism. He was previously the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, and has won Australia's most prestigious award for journalism.
- After hearing rumours of these executions, McGeough used personal connections to seek out the two sources he used for this story; he did not rely on volunteers, making it unlikely that this was a plant.
- Neither of these two sources was aware McGeough was talking to the other one; both gave detailed and largely consistent eyewitness accounts.
Iyad Allawi, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, pulled a pistol and executed as many as six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station, just days before Washington handed control of the country to his interim government, according to two people who allege they witnessed the killings.
( Full text of the story, for those who don't have a SMH login: )
More on this story from Lateline. A few points of note:
- Paul McGeough has a long and distinguished career in journalism. He was previously the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, and has won Australia's most prestigious award for journalism.
- After hearing rumours of these executions, McGeough used personal connections to seek out the two sources he used for this story; he did not rely on volunteers, making it unlikely that this was a plant.
- Neither of these two sources was aware McGeough was talking to the other one; both gave detailed and largely consistent eyewitness accounts.
