INSURGENTS

For those who are waiting for the war in Iraq to be over may have a long wait. According to the International Tribune over the weekend, the insurgents are being re-supplied with guns, ammo, men and equipment by three of Sadam Hussein�s cousins. One of them is Fatiq Suleiman al-Majid, former officer in the Special Security Forces in Iraq and cousin to Sadam. He fled to Syria last year and may still be living there. The speculation of a supply chain from Syria was sparked by an influx of cash and goods in out of Syria.



But he is just one of the many cousins in Sadam�s family. Hussein�s full name is Saddam Hussein al-Majid. The al-Majid family was the most feared part of the Tikiriti tribe. They made up the security forces, body guards, law enforcement and secret police. They also have tens if millions of dollars that they have diverted from oil revenues to smuggle military equipment into the country.

Fatiq al-Majid is said to be the money man and is Sadam�s son Qusay�s cousin and the nephew to General Ali Hassan al-Majid, AKA, Chemical Ali.



Another member of this family that may be involved in the pipeline is Izzadin al-Majid, who was a major in the Republican Guard fled with two more members of the al-Majid family, but those two returned back to Iraq and were later killed, leaving Izzadin holding the purse strings. He was granted asylum in Great Britain and he still has a home in Leeds.



The revelation of the al-Majid clan being involved with the insurgents was made by Samir Shaker Mahmoud al-Sumeidi, when he spoke in Washington last month. The US officials refused to comment because the report that states this information is a �95 report that is still classified. It is even believed that the al-Majid clan is sponsoring Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. So, until this pipeline is shut off, we will have to stay there and fight the insurgents.



Izzadin al-Majid makes frequent trips between Europe, Jordan and Iraq and denies any involvement in the insurgency stating that he hasn�t see his cousin Fatiq since �94 even though he admitted talking to him by phone last year.

Another member of the family, Ezz al-Dain al-Majidi al-Tikriti, own a printing plant and maybe producing the funds needed to supply the insurgents



The al-Majid family is like a ant colony, kill one there are hundreds to take his place. Until this family�s supply lines are cut, we will have a long, hard fought war ahead of us.