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Wednesday, April 23, 2003"I went to the Fedayeen group because I didn't want to study anymore," he said. "I hated studying and I wanted to be in the army." But the army paid poorly and the prestige of working in a unit commanded by Uday was alluring. "The Fedayeen was special and I knew that Uday took care of them very well, not like the army." By 1996, Ali said, he was chosen to join an elite 18-member squad within the Fedayeen called the Staff, which effectively served as special forces. At the end, he was being paid 150,000 Iraqi dinars a month, or roughly $70, a decent salary in Iraq, plus bonuses for assignments ranging from hundreds of thousands of dinars to 3 or 4 million, depending on the mission. Life as a member of the Fedayeen made him a special man in Baghdad; his badge opened virtually any door. "They respected me so much," Ali said. "Everyplace I wanted to go into I could with my badge. Any place of Uday's or Saddam's I could go because I had my badge." Could be any inner-city gang member or wise guy. Never underestimate the glamour of evil. posted by Sydney on 4/23/2003 10:20:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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