Allawi forgets Fallujah - goes touchy/feely

bbcnews: The former Iraqi prime minister, Iyad Allawi, has called for immediate action against human rights abuses.

Such abuses are as bad today as they were under Saddam Hussein, Mr Allawi told Britain's Observer newspaper.

Militias are operating within the Shia-led government, torturing and killing in secret bunkers, he said.

... "People are doing the same as (in) Saddam Hussein's time and worse," Mr Allawi told the newspaper.

"It is an appropriate comparison. People are remembering the days of Saddam.

"These were the precise reasons that we fought Saddam Hussein, and now we are seeing the same things." Read more

db: Is this the same great humanitarian and former CIA asset who turned the 'worlds greatest ever fighting force' and it's chemical weaponry on the City of Fallujah?:

Deliver Zarqawi men or else, Allawi warns Fallujah

Iraq's interim prime minister warned Fallujah on Wednesday it must hand over foreign militants or face a major operation to root them out.

Iyad Allawi's comments set a tough condition for negotiators seeking to defuse a months-long standoff between US forces and their Sunni Muslim foes in Iraq's most rebellious city.

Repeated US air strikes have targeted buildings the military say are used by America's top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi.

"If Zarqawi and his group are not handed over to us, we are ready for major operations in Fallujah," Allawi told Iraq's interim national council. "I hope they (people in Fallujah) will respond. If they don't, we will have to use force."

Allawi delivered his ultimatum shortly after Fallujah's chief negotiator said a peace deal with the government was near. Link