Told You So
On March 25, in my story “Leverage”, I gave you all something that no other news agency on the planet gave you: the name of the specific individual that Iran had most likely kidnapped the hostages for. In fact, I told you that I had almost reported the guy’s story two whole months earlier on Fox News, but ran out of time in the segment. I told you the incredible tale of this terrorist/diplomat’s mysterious broad-daylight kidnapping by 30 armed men. I let you know that the Iraqi and American governments were still denying his capture. I let you know that he was perhaps the top Iranian terror-master in Iraq, and that he was likely spilling the beans on the entire structure of Iran’s war machine in Iraq…down to names, addresses, and phone numbers. He was a lynchpin in our new gameplan for victory. I even gave you something that few people in the world knew. His real name.
Lo, and behold, it was reported in the press yesterday that suddenly the U.S. and Iraq had not only reversed course and acknowledged his detainment, but were immediately and mysteriously returning him to Iran. Today, the hostages were released.
On stories linked by the Drudge Report and elsewhere, he was identified as Jalal Sharafi. I identified him in my story by that name as well. I also let you know that that was his nom de guerre, his real name being Mohammed Javad Sharaf-Zadeh.
I also let you know that his links to terror were revealed in documents found during a succesful raid on an Iranian facility in Irbil. Yesterday, the Drudge Report linked a story in the British paper The Indpendent with the headline, “Botched U.S. Raid Leads To Iran Hostage Crisis”. The Drudge Report did a good job with both headline and story. Unfortunately, the Independent did not, because both the story and headline were untrue. They claimed the raid was a failure, and that two other men, who went uncaptured, were the only meaningful targets. As I flatly stated in my story, the raid was succesful and Mr. Sharafi, who became a prime target, was indeed captured. Although, the Iraqis and U.S. were still denying his detainment.
Yesterday, I was borne out. And a week ago, my prediction of one of the main motives for the hostage crisis, down to the specific man that the Iranians wanted back, was entirely correct.
Yet nowhere else in the mainstream media or blogosphere were you given much of a clue as to all of this.
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Word up, Pat.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:02 amThe truth is such a beautiful thing! Thanks for all you are doing, Pat!
April 4th, 2007 at 8:08 amWHAT THE FUCK IS BUSH THINKING?
This fuckstick was in our hands! Ours! He was fucking ours! Not the British’s hands, our hands!
WHAT THE FUCK?!
Are we serious about actually winning this war and changing the Middle East? I don’t know that we are, and that scares the living shit out of this recruit.
I’m so mad right now I could punch Nancy Pelosi. And then their’s Harry Reid–I’m going to prick my finger and send him a few drops of my own blood on a letter that says, “Fuck you, you fucking dick. You are not a man of your word, and thus you are a man of a turd.” Something like that. He doesn’t want any more American blood spilled?
THEN GET YOUR FUCKING FAT AS BACK TO WORK!
April 4th, 2007 at 8:10 amI forgot to include this above, sorry;
FUCK THIS SHIT
I’m done.
April 4th, 2007 at 8:11 am[…] And Pat Dollard gives us the bad news - it looks like they got just what they wanted. Next question - how long […]
April 4th, 2007 at 8:13 amI definately will keep coming back. Thanks for doing what you do Pat. cheers
April 4th, 2007 at 9:12 amSo Pat, the big question is, “How far up the chain of command in the U.S. did the decision go to trade this piece of shit to the Iranians for the British hostages?” In other words, “What Neville Chamberlain-minded, appeasing motherfucker decided to reward the British government’s pacified, pussified, lame-ass, non-response to “the country of assasins and hostage takers” act of war on (used to be)Great Britain.”
April 4th, 2007 at 11:51 amSomething will never know is how much intel did they get out of Mr. Sharafi and if he will prove to be of further use.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:02 pmMaybe they strapped a bomb to his ass, and will set it off when Imanutjob comes in the room. It’s the only good that could come from this.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:10 pmI TOLD YOU SO…. Yes you did Pat, because you’re the only combat journalist who knows what the hell he talking about. You’re the only one who tells the real story and doesn’t stab the troops he’s imbedded with in the back. Well maybe not the only one, but one of the very few.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:23 pmThanks Pat.
When Bush minced his words as “No Quid Pro Quo” I guess he meant we wouldn’t give up ALL Iranians — just the ones Iran deems important.
Right now, I refrain from judgemment because I have faith that there is some rational end result - other than just getting 15 brits out of a situation. A situation that the brits got themselves into due to lousy protocol.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:59 pmJ
There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
If an injury has to be done to your enemy….it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
April 4th, 2007 at 1:16 pmJust a theory here, so please feel free to tear it up as you see fit. I have no doubt we got a lot of intel from this guy using illegal torture, water-boarding and whatever else we deemed necessary. The left has yet to learn that knocking on doors and asking politely doesn’t work.
What if this guy was returned to Iran knowing it would cause infighting amongst themselves when they see what we learned based on our actions? They would probably hang him for treason, right? That way we have the intel, caused the infighting so they end up taking care of themselves in some small way even if it is temporary disruption, and the left can be happy WE didn’t kill him. Of course, they will still scream we caused it.
April 4th, 2007 at 5:11 pmSounds like Marine Dad’s quoting Macchiavelli.
Good work, Pat. If there was ever proof-positive required to show how utterly fucking USELESS the mainstream media is, you nailed it!
April 4th, 2007 at 5:45 pmI’m sure we would never have given him back if he had anything more to offer.
Iran still has a Phrench hostage they’ve “detained” since January. Caught taking pictures of a parade in a sensitive area I believe.
April 4th, 2007 at 7:05 pmI’m thinking that they’re trying to twist Phrance’s arm over some shady dealings that we’ll never hear about.
Probably has something to do with the Oil 4 Fraud program that Phrance orchistrated from the UN.
I guess I need the new rule book. My old one says we don’t negotiate with terrorists.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:48 amCalm down everyone, i have from a reliable source in the cia that our people cut off that faggot ass Iranians dick telling him if he wants it back he needs to return to iraq asap. The iranians code name in jail was Betty Bone me, i believe.
April 5th, 2007 at 1:08 amDear Pat,
You said we really did capture Jafari & the British paper
the Independent & others were wrong.
Is there any source to corroborate that?
April 5th, 2007 at 4:58 amThanks.
Joatmoaf–”anything more to offer?” How about his life! God forbid we kill our enemies in a war!
April 5th, 2007 at 5:04 amTruthful news reporting like this is the exact reason I have told everyone who will listen about this site.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:42 amRummy47,
April 5th, 2007 at 12:12 pmAny spy who’s cover is blown is a good as dead, especially in Iran.
Bush should be impeached if this is true. Absolutely shameful to debase oursleves to save the British soldiers who were doing everything they could to look like pawns.
If we have actually turned over this scum then we have given the finger to those who wasted their efforts to catch this scum.
April 5th, 2007 at 5:46 pm[…] something to really piss you off just go take a read of Patrick Dollard who is saying that we traded� one of the top officers in the Iranian Quds Force,� for […]
April 5th, 2007 at 5:53 pmJoat, I don’t follow your logic. If he is as good as dead, why would the Iranians want him back so badly they’d risk World War 3 by kidnapping 15 British hostages?
His cover may have been blown, but that’s not the only thing of his getting blown right now, I’m sure.
April 5th, 2007 at 6:56 pmGosh…you must have a crystal ball (not). You’ve just proven to those of us who know better that you are a shill. Thanks for the confirmation, worm.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:12 pmshould the US should use nukes
April 6th, 2007 at 5:16 amon Iran? or launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike?
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April 6th, 2007 at 5:23 amI would have expected British Troops to have more balls, and not go marching up on tv and thanking that Iranian dude for releasing them. I can’t say what I would have done in their situation, but I expected better from them.
April 6th, 2007 at 8:04 amWhere’s all this “British Pride” I keep hearing about.
I bet the Cricket World Cup got more news than the Hostages over in England. Europe needs to grow some balls, and I’m going out to buy a gun, just in case…
It really depends on what perspective you view this matter from.
From a news media or average citizen point of view it would seem that Iran came away a winner. The reason it seems that way is because we don’t know what, exactly, was at stake, what elements were involved, what the ulterior motives of both sides were, and no of us will ever know what the real consequences could have been had this drama run its course.
The nature of diplomacy demands that the dynamics of “resolved” situations such as this remain squarely in the covert, or “need to know” domain.
It’s an intensely played covert game of chess with the stakes being different for everyone, depending on their point of view.
The Iranian’s stakes were obvious for the most part.
By getting their spy back from the Great Satan they gain a huge PR advantage among other muslims. They can say they stared us in the eye and we blinked.
On the surface what they say is factual and true, and the surface of this matter is all the media and most of the world will ever see, which is all that matters to Iran.
But the surface is only a very small part of this little drama and in the scheme of things, the least important.
We already drained the spy of all he knows. We know what he know, we know his “people” and we know the methods they use, so all in all he has become useless to us.
What has kept him alive so far is that, in diplomacy, you always need pawns.
His status as Iran’s top spy makes him an important bargaining chip. Not because Iran is loyal to him or because we could get more info, but only as a PR move and nothing more.
The tactical and strategic information that the US gained from this little squabble was excatly what we were trying to discover for years.
This whole episode was a huge intelligence boost for the Allies.
One example that doesn’t get much play is that many of Iran top generals were on the verge on rebellion over this.
Another example is that during and shortly after this, Iranians of different political persuasions than the current regiem have openly announced their intention to run in elections.
The average Iranian citizen who until then had been rather complacent about their government, has now been galvanized into open and vocal opposition to it.
These are all uncommon in Iran due to the governments control of everything, and that they happened when they did and in such a scope is very significant to us from an intelligence standpoint if nothing else.
It shows that the Iranian government isn’t in such complete control as they would have everyone believe.
It also showed to the world that the majority of Iranians aren’t of the same political opinion as their government.
Those are some of the things we gained from this. Not all by a long shot, but it gives you an idea of why it was no big deal for us to give back their spy.
April 6th, 2007 at 12:19 pmPR can’t beat good, reliable intelligence.
Hmmm, anyone ever thought that whenever we catch people like this, we knock them out, install a satellite tracking device in their spine and follow them VIA computers?? God Bless Technology! Its the New World Order anyway, by way of GPS, EZPass, credit cards, and those driving direction thingys. we’re all being cataloged, get it?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:02 amhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200704/s1894881.htm
Iranian television says Jafari was tortured by the
April 11th, 2007 at 2:49 pmAmericans.
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