Abdullah al-Sawani person
also: General Abdullah al-Sawani, Sawani, Shawani
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“General Sawani saw failure all around and aborted his own effort. He took his family and fled to Syria. Robert Baer, ordered back to Washington, endured an FBI investigation for a potential violation on the ban on assassinations since the I…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 52:07
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▶ 45:30
First tasked after his arrival, Baer met with an Iraqi defector, General Abdullah al-Sawani, a former commander of Saddam's special forces and of the Turkmen ethnicity from Mosul. Sawani had defected earlier, but had several brothers still …
▶ 46:00
Here lay potential answers to the CIA's dilemma on how to neutralize Saddam's best troops. Sawani popped the great question, would the U.S. support a coup if he launched one? Willing to take all the risks, the Iraqis nevertheless needed sec…
▶ 47:33
The other was Jalal-Talibani. They were at each other's throats. Shalabi decided the only way to bridge the differences was to have everyone fight Saddam. He activated his scheme for an uprising. Project Achilles. Baer put Shalabi's initiat…
▶ 51:32
Versus the CIA. They don't even like Iran, by the way. They like the CIA even less. At least one faction. At the last moment, Barsani pulled out of the uprising. Talabani, furious, made only small efforts. Shalabi went ahead and his group r…
▶ 55:16
Stephen Ritker also convinced General Shawani to try his coup again and had him coordinate plans with Alawi. Langley told Congress in May that Saddam's chances for holding power were diminishing. They haven't done anything, but Director Deu…