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| 80% of al-Qaeda in Iraq disrupted |
| 2005-09-26 |
| The U.S. military has determined that 80 percent of the Al Qaida network has been captured or killed. Officials said the breakthrough against Al Qaida took place over the last four months. They said a series of strikes in northern and western Iraq have eliminated senior Al Qaida commanders as well as disrupted the flow of insurgents and weapons from neighboring Syria. Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, deputy commanding general of Multinational Force-Northwest in Iraq, told a Defense Department teleconference on Sept. 23 that U.S. and Iraqi troops have disrupted about 80 percent of Al Qaida's network. Bergner, an army officer, based his assessment on the detention and killing of the leadership as well as the disruption of the group's resources. "Eighty percent of the network has been affected by our operations, and when I say affected I mean in terms of either disrupting the flow of resources to them, disrupting the flow of people that participate in those terrorist acts, disrupting the leadership, and so forth," Bergner said. "Now the challenge is, you've got to keep them from reconstituting and continue to keep that pressure on." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 bake the Tater. Now, before anyone really pays attention. |
| Posted by: molokai_man 2005-09-26 18:56 |
| #2 We'll be able to judge by the level of attacks over Ramadan. It is, however, interesting that Sadr is acting up again. It may be an indication that he believes Al-Qaeda is on the ropes and he can now make his own moves. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2005-09-26 11:35 |
| #1 After all these body blows, it's time to go for the head. |
| Posted by: doc 2005-09-26 08:41 |