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Iraq
Al-Qaeda suspects held in Iraq
2003-09-27
US forces in Iraq are holding 19 suspected members of the al-Qaeda network, the US administrator in Iraq has said. The suspects are among 248 foreign fighters being held in Iraq, Paul Bremer told reporters in Washington. The largest number of fighters - 123 - came from Syria, with large numbers coming from Iran and Yemen, he said. Mr Bremer said most of the "terrorists" were getting in via "ratlines" from Syria.
Heh - the French connection?!
The US has repeatedly accused Syria of blocking US efforts to restore order in Iraq - charges that Syria denies.
"Lies! All lies!"
The flow of fighters into Iraq was the biggest obstacle to the peaceful reconstruction of Iraq, Mr Bremer said. But he insisted the fighting had not stopped the reconstruction efforts, which were seen as crucial to the US-led war on terror. "We don’t want Iraq to become a breeding ground for terrorism in the future," Mr Bremer said.
But a terrorists’ charnel house would be AOK.
The US administrator said he did not have the nationalities of all the foreign fighters captured in Iraq. When pressed on how he knew 19 of the detainees were al-Qaeda members he told reporters: "That’s been a matter that has come out in their interrogations or in their documents." Mr Bremer said some of the suspects were members of Ansar al-Islam, an al-Qaeda-linked group whose base in northern Iraq was destroyed early in the Iraq conflict. Possibly several hundred Ansar members had managed to regroup and re-enter Iraq, he said.
Posted by:Bulldog

#5  US forces in Iraq are holding 19 suspected members of the al-Qaeda network, the US administrator in Iraq has said.

Put the bastards at the top of an empty multistory building and collapse it.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-9-27 1:31:54 PM  

#4  Iraq: the Bug Zapper of the Middle East™?

Steve and I get a nickel every time it's used? Crap, that leaves out all the democrats...wish I'd trademarked "Quagmire!" and "it's all about the ooiiillll!"
Posted by: Frank G   2003-9-27 1:08:58 PM  

#3  I haven't heard this mentioned yet on any TV network other than FOX news.
Posted by: g wiz   2003-9-27 12:58:31 PM  

#2  "Iraq: the Bug Light of the Middle East"
Oooh, I like that much better than the flypaper image. Although Bug Zapper would be better. We should promote that as a new meme.
Posted by: Steve   2003-9-27 12:16:40 PM  

#1  aahhhh, Iraq: the Bug Light of the Middle East
Posted by: Frank G   2003-9-27 10:21:04 AM  

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