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WHAT IS FISK TRYING TO SAY?

Is it my imagination, or is The Independent's Robert Fisk (subscriber only) trying to detect a conspiracy theory in the murder of Margaret Hassan? If "nobody" is suggesting that Ayad Allawi's government had a hand in her death, why bother even mentioning it? No doubt voices in the souk are already muttering that the blame lies with those all-purpose villains, Mossad:

"So, if anyone doubted the murderous nature of the insurgents, what better way to prove their viciousness than to produce evidence of Margaret Hassan's murder? What more ruthless way could there be of demonstrating to the world that america and Allawi's tinpot army were fighting 'evil' in Fallujah and the other Iraqi cities that are now controlled by Washington's enemies.

Even in the topsy-turvey world of Iraq, nobody is suggesting that people associated with the government of Mr Allawi had a hand in Margaret Hassan's death. Iraq, after all, is awash with up to 20 insurgent groups but also with rival gangs of criminals seeking to extort money from the hostage-taking.


But still the question has to be answered: who killed Margaret Hassan?"

UPDATE: I'm not alone. Tim Blair is equally puzzled.
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