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2007-02-08 Terror Networks

This Just In: Al-Q in Iraq Demands US Surrender..

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Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-08 12:05|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Crud...this is partially a duplicate post. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Mods, please delete.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-08 13:49|| 2007-02-08 13:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Same article, different angle, it stays. This thread is for discussion of alQ's exit strategy.

You can find a slightly different look at alQ's month over at the Jawa Report.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-02-08 14:01|| 2007-02-08 14:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Seafarious,
Thank you.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-08 14:02|| 2007-02-08 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 So how do you say "Nuts!" in Arabic?

ps: the global security linky is foo'ed, although it cut & pastes just fine.

Posted by SteveS 2007-02-08 14:07|| 2007-02-08 14:07|| Front Page Top

#5 It doesn't sound like an exit strategy to me. Rather, lots of sound and fury, like apes beating on a hollow log to scare away the tiger. Especially since the Jawa Report says the most recent of the Al Qaeda senior managers picked up had admitted to speaking to the big boss only the day before. The changed ROEs are having some effect already, it seems.

After all, Al Qaeda has staked a lot on labelling Iraq as the critical battlefield. How could they withdraw without a fatal loss of face? For that matter, where could they withdraw to? Iran is already in America's sights, Syria ditto, the Saudis aren't likely to welcome American attention for sheltering a mass of fleeing terrorists, Yemen seems to me to be inherently hostile to non-blood relatives of the locals, and Jordan has been unwelcoming to Al Qaeda since that local boy sponsored the chemical delivery trucks some time back.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-08 14:22|| 2007-02-08 14:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Baghdadi is just forwarding the DNC their talking points in advance of the Sunday talk shows. This briefing was meant for, among others, Chris Matthews.

Posted by Mark Z">Mark Z 2007-02-08 16:18|| 2007-02-08 16:18|| Front Page Top

#7 They're not just demanding the US leave BUT ORDERING US TO LEAVE, PLUS FOR THE USA TO LEAVE BEHIND ALL HEAVY WEAPONS FOR USE BY THE NEW ISLAMIC = RADIC ISLAMIST STATE OF IRAQ. Can use our infantry vehix-carriers + aircraft to skiddle from Iraq, but anything else stays behind. * BBC > Iran Leader warns THAT IFF ATTACKED BY USA, IRAN WILL RESPOND BY ATTACKING AMER'S WORLDWIDE INTERESTS, TO INCLUDE IMPLYING NEW ATTACKS WITHIN CONUS-NORAM ITSELF. ALso, FREEREPUBLIC/LUCIANNE > AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ CRUMBLING. Masr on the run???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-08 22:02|| 2007-02-08 22:02|| Front Page Top

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