Ahmed Khaled al-Rawi person
also: Aidan Krala, Kerala, Kraywala, Krayola, King Jordan, defense minister
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Saddam Hussein ordered_assassination_of
Ahmed Khaled al-Rawi book_quoted
“Apparently, that is exactly what Saddam feared because he finds out that they want Kerala as his replacement. With the war against Iran going well and the U.S. now firmly in his pocket, Saddam gave the order and Kamal made certain it was ca…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 32 @ 30:12
Hassan Kamal carried_out_attack
Ahmed Khaled al-Rawi book_quoted
“Apparently, that is exactly what Saddam feared because he finds out that they want Kerala as his replacement. With the war against Iran going well and the U.S. now firmly in his pocket, Saddam gave the order and Kamal made certain it was ca…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 32 @ 30:12
Mentions (10)
▶ 13:06
I guess that's what you get when you deal with convicted felons. Defense Minister Kerala warned Sarkis that Bull had had several meetings with Hassan Kamal, Saddam Hussein's son-in-law and enforcer. Bull was trying to sell Kamal on a scheme…
▶ 13:58
of losing a war with Iran because it did not have enough conventional artillery to stave off a massive human wave attack, this was unacceptable. Sarkis confronted Bull. I told him that he was playing a very dangerous game, going around the …
▶ 14:24
and removed him from Iraq. Hassan Kamal was furious when he found out, and Sarkis' friend Krala felt the pressure. Meanwhile, Saddam's tailor, the guy that started the whole thing, and go-between, was pressing Sarkis for his commission. Sar…
▶ 17:20
surveillance of Sarkis and his family on a 24-hour basis. He did the same with Kraywala. He was convinced we were both U.S. spies, but they were clumsy and we found out about it, Sarkis said. As much as Hassan Kamal came to detest Sarkis, t…
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Sarkis successfully took a large share of credit for the visit. Rumsfeld was so taken by Saddam's anti-communist stand that he recommended that the Reagan administration make a deeper investment into Iraq. Iraq was thrilled. In January 1984…
▶ 24:12
which involves production of military uniforms, will be a successful and long-lasting one. I can assure you that Colonel Brennan and former Attorney General John Mitchell will be responsible and constructive in working with your representat…
▶ 27:20
was still demanding commissions on some of the earlier deals. He just refused to pay him. He would not even consider it. I think he thought it was a shakedown. In 1987, Sarkis learned that Hassan Kamal had brought Jerry Bull back into the c…
▶ 27:53
I told him whatever it was, it was not real, Sarkis said. Crayola showed Sarkis some CIA satellite pictures of the project. The photographs look like a ski lift under construction. Sarkis said, I told Kamal that there was a lot of money bei…
▶ 29:42
and had begun working directly with the Bush operation. That's Vice President Bush. But the CIA's main hope for the change in Iraq was not Kamal, but Kraywalla. The popular defense minister, King Jordan, had kept in constant contact with Kr…
▶ 30:12
Apparently, that is exactly what Saddam feared because he finds out that they want Kerala as his replacement. With the war against Iran going well and the U.S. now firmly in his pocket, Saddam gave the order and Kamal made certain it was ca…