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Zarqawi now seen as primary threat in Iraq | |
2005-09-28 | |
The top U.S. military intelligence officer in Iraq said Abu Musab Zarqawi and his foreign and Iraqi associates have essentially commandeered the insurgency, becoming the dominant opposition force and the greatest immediate threat to U.S. objectives in the country. "I think what you really have here is an insurgency that's been hijacked by a terrorist campaign," Army Maj. Gen. Richard Zahner said in an interview. "In part, by Zarqawi becoming the face of this thing, he has certainly gotten the funding, the media and, frankly, has allowed other folks to work along in his draft." The remarks underscored a shift in view among senior members of the U.S. military command here since the spring, as violence, especially against civilians, has spiked and as Zarqawi, a radical Sunni Muslim from Jordan, has aggressively promoted himself and his anti-U.S., anti-Shiite campaign. U.S. military leaders say they now see Zarqawi's group of foreign fighters and Iraqi supporters, known as al Qaeda in Iraq, as having supplanted Iraqis loyal to ousted president Saddam Hussein as the insurgency's driving element. Even with Zarqawi's growing significance, Zahner and other officers stressed that Iraq's insurgency remains a complex mix of elements. It includes a variety of factions, often with differing political, religious or tribal aims and sometimes with simply criminal intentions.
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Posted by:Dan Darling |
#4 Zark is dead. He's dead Jim. Do you know something we don't? |
Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-09-28 23:34 |
#3 Zarqawi now seen as primary threat in Iraq Other "remarkable" headlines from WaPo Sky is blue Grass is green Sun is hot Water is wet Day is 24 hours Week is 7 days etc. |
Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-28 13:11 |
#2 I think that's a standing headline... |
Posted by: Raj 2005-09-28 09:10 |
#1 Zark is dead. He's dead Jim. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-09-28 03:53 |