Just call us paranoid here at RBO, but there ARE things that grab our attention—like, for instance, the mention of Kurdistan and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the same sentence.
Gulf News‘ Basil Adas reported July 22, 2008, that, according to Kurdish political sources, U.S. forces “could be stationed permanently in Kurdistan as part of a long-term security agreement.”
The Iraqi government and head of northern Iraq’s regional Kurdish administration, Massoud Barzani, along with the leadership of US forces in Iraq have started to suggest that American forces be permanently based in Kurdistan. [...]
Iraqi and US negotiations continued in Baghdad to conclude a memorandum of understanding to sign this agreement, which will allow the US military to stay permanently in Kurdistan, and Iraqi and US negotiators agreed to focus these negotiations on the issue of determining a timetable for the agreement.
Adas added that his sources said Sen. Obama “welcomed” these ideas:
Obama “believes the survival of US combat forces in Kurdistan does not pose any real danger to the lives of US troops and therefore it would be appropriate to redeploy US troops there in the future.”
So, you ask, what’s the deal with Kurdistan? Well, it just so happens that Chamchamal in Northern Kurdistan is the location chosen in 2003 for a power plant by convicted political fixer—and Obama political patron and personal real estate fairy—Antoin “Tony” Rezko and his partner, former Minister of Electricity Aiham Alsammarae who was convicted October 2006 in an Iraqi court for the theft of $650 million in Iraqi reconstruction funds.
Coincidence? Maybe. But everytime you put Sen. Obama’s name in play with any of these corruption schemes and bona fide thieves, it raises a red flag.
You are studs on the political research. Hats off to you.