Iraqi Sheik Wants to Get Bin Laden NEXT
Sheik Ahmed Fateh Khan al-Rishawi (pictured left) has a toothy grin and a pocket protector in his jacket that makes you think that he has more in common with a “geek” than a soldier. But the Hero of Anbar is known in his home province in Iraq as the “conqueror of Al Qaeda,” and “friend of General Petraeus,” among other formal titles.
“Al Qaeda is an ideology,” Sheik Ahmad said. “We can defeat them inside Iraq and we can defeat them in any country.” The tribal leader arrived in Washington last week. All of his meetings, including an audience with President Bush, have been closed to the public, in part because the Anbari sheiks, while likely to win future electoral contests, are not themselves part of Iraq’s elected government.
Amad has prepared a guide to all of the local tribes and Chieftains on the Afghan/Pakistani Boarder and has volunteered to help turn around that area the way he helped to turn around Anbar. This friend of the US wants to help us take the battle to Bin Laden: