Departamento 50 also revealed a dream of the chief saboteur that never came off: to destroy the Panama Canal by exploding a Chilean ship in one of the locks.
To the Arabs, they are freedom fighters in the best guerrilla tradition, skilled in the arts of the commando and the saboteur.
But history is a potent saboteur in this part of the world and talks have collapsed before under its weight.
Ibrahim al-Jaafari in EastDay.com Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said during the news conference that "we will hit with iron fist to get rid of the saboteur groups and restore the security and stability to Tal Afar."