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2005-09-16 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-16 00:23|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If you look at the vast number of attacks that Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia claims credit for on websites like SITE Institute there are only 2 explanations for its ubiquity. Either it claims responsibility for attacks it has nothing to do with (possible, but they often provide videos of their attacks) or they have an extremely well developed network accross the country that is able to withstand constant degradation.

I think a great many of the Mukhabarat elements are probably inside Zarqawi's organisation, and Izzat Ibrahim Al Douri's reputed pledge of allegiance probably deserves more attention from some of the 'experts'.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-09-16 00:57|| 2005-09-16 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 That's been my contention all along, Paul. I also think a lot of people have wanted to downplay the role of al-Qaeda in Iraq and/or split as many hairs between them and the Baathists as possible, which has led to a number of perception problems as far as who the bad guys are and what they want.

We here at Rantburg have Zark as Public Enemy #1 since at least the time of Sammy's capture, so we're considerably ahead of the bell curve.

Posted by Dan Darling">Dan Darling 2005-09-16 01:38|| http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com]">[http://www.regnumcrucis.blogspot.com] 2005-09-16 01:38|| Front Page Top

#3 I am getting so good at this, I can spot a MSM article by the time I read the first phrase, first paragraph.

They have one thing in common. The opening phrase begins with some variation of "world is going to hell fast."

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-16 02:15|| 2005-09-16 02:15|| Front Page Top

#4 IMHO let's make Izzy PE#1. His apprehension or "death under mysterious circumstances" would send a powerful message to the Baathists that the jig is up. It would also get Basher's undivided attention as well.

Posted by doc 2005-09-16 07:38|| 2005-09-16 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 ...the daring and lethal nature of their attacks...

Sorry MSM, blowing up civilians and children is NOT daring. Lethal yes, but more along the cowardly lines of attack. Daring would be a midnight raid on US or Iraqi bases, seizure of a weapons depot and theft of items, kidnapping the president of Iraq during an assembly of their congress, things like that. Things which the terrorists have proven over and over again that they don't have the nerve/smarts/long range planning/hutzpa to pull off, so they attack children.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-09-16 09:24|| 2005-09-16 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 So how does this square with the article about it being harder to be a bad guy in Iraq?
Too many of these stories are exact opposites of each other.

Posted by 3dc 2005-09-16 10:35|| 2005-09-16 10:35|| Front Page Top

#7 It looks simple to me, they set a theme and anything that does not "Fit" is simply ignored, one guy says "We're doing good" another says "Brave Freedom Fighters" and a third says "Cowardly Scum" then they sort the same data and simply do not "See" the whole.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-16 11:28|| 2005-09-16 11:28|| Front Page Top

#8 why would they sign up too blow their own families and tribe members up?

Posted by Uninetle Hupating2229 2005-09-16 11:43|| 2005-09-16 11:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps the pool of outside talent and hire-a-RPG is drying up, so they're consolidating with the diehards from the other existing groups?

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-16 11:56|| 2005-09-16 11:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, or it could be the LA Times. Like Capt. American, but not so quick, it took me a couple of paragraphs to figger out it was not a Strategy Page article.

Every half-empty glass is also half-full. Oops. Other way around. See ? Even I get confused!

Every half-full glass (us) is also half-empty (MSM).

Posted by Bobby 2005-09-16 12:29|| 2005-09-16 12:29|| Front Page Top

#11 Remember, too, that poor, angry Saudi lad who ended up in hospital with burns all over his body. He'd been told only that he was to drive the tanker to the target position, not that he'd still be in the driver's seat when his handlers blew it up around him. There may be lots of that going on these days... shocking, I know, that terrorist masterminds might lie to their minions, but things have so degenerated since I was younger... *sigh*

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-16 12:30|| 2005-09-16 12:30|| Front Page Top

#12 it took me a couple of paragraphs to figger out it was not a Strategy Page article.

Strategy page paragraphs are a string of sentences that coherently amplify and analyze a central idea contained in the topic sentence of the paragraph. MSM paragraphs are single sentences.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-09-16 14:55|| 2005-09-16 14:55|| Front Page Top

#13 #11: Remember, too, that poor, angry Saudi lad who ended up in hospital with burns all over his body.

That one fact, that he survived, then talked, had to hurt recruiting something awful.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-16 15:41|| 2005-09-16 15:41|| Front Page Top

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