George Michael and the Mukhabarat

Thanks to Dahlia for this Agence France-Presse piece with a revealing insight into the lives of the Iraqi secret police. The Mukhabarat, tasked with quashing any “careless whispers”, had a particularly “hard day” after being tomahawked by the United States. They quicly left their “battlestations”, “praying for time”. In addition to their “father figure”, the US found a number of posters on the wall. Among them: “mother’s pride” and “love machine” George Michael. Nothing looks the same in light.