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| Al Baghdadi says Iraq a "university of terror" |
| 2007-04-17 |
| The head of an al Qaeda-led group in Iraq said the country has become a "university of terrorism" producing highly qualified warriors since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. In an audio recording found on the Internet on Tuesday, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, leader of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, also sought to mend fences with other anti-U.S. insurgent groups in Iraq following reports of tensions between them. The authenticity of the tape, issued to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, could not be verified. But it was posted on Web sites used by al Qaeda and other insurgent groups in Iraq. "From the military point of view, one of the (enemy) devils was right in saying that if Afghanistan was a school of terror, then Iraq is a university of terrorism," said the leader of the group set up last year by al Qaeda's Iraq wing and some other Sunni groups. I believe that actually Al Baghdadi's group was formed by the remnants of A.Q.'s Iraq wing and those other Sunni terror groups. A slight but meaningful difference, that impacts strongly on the validity of the simile. "The largest batch of soldiers for jihad in the path of God in the history of Iraq are graduating and they have the highest level of competence in the world." Perhaps those that survive do, although that's debateable. But then, so few survive long enough to achieve even minimal competence. "The fear of the American Marines has disappeared from the hearts of the people of the world, as the mujahideen have become thousands from the few they were after the fall of the infidel Baath regime," Baghdadi said. "These are just some of the achievements of four years of jihad." He has to say something, but all he has is parroting the words of the enemy devils. Pathetic. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Yes Verlaine, you are on topic, and I quite agree the Islamo-tard grads are mostly dead, mangled or in one of the huge camps in the desert. So much for the finishing skool. It's more like the finished skool. I cut and pasted GolfBravoUSMC's topic and was expounding on it. >:: |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-17 23:52 |
| #6 mine was tongue in cheek Verlaine, they [MSM & Terrorist] are soul mates in craven spirt in that the terrorists sell copy and programing,.. that said I doubt if they [MSM] EVER have had even one conference call with the Islamo-puds. ;-) although I swear that MSM, Pols and Academe have their EGOS on the line big time having bet long ago that the WOT is a big fat failure..not enuff nuance you see... |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-17 23:45 |
| #5 Hold on, it's not just Dem talking points, it's the preposterous s**t that is sometimes "leaked" to the WaPo/NYT by someone in the "intelligence" community. Curiously, they never cite any facts, or even concrete assumptions, that might underly the conclusion that war in Iraq "creates terrorists". It's a "university" where 1) most of the "graduates" probably die or end up in custody; 2) we learn as much or more than they do through their presence and activities (probably more - while the enemy constantly comes up with new ways to inflict casualties that are not material to the military outcome, they've done bupkis to change their utter inability to confront us conventionally); 3) good luck applying your "degree" against opponents who, unlike the US, still believe that war is about will and use of force - not many Jordanian or Moroccan or Indian or Chinese interior security types would ever blab something like "there is no military solution" - they know there is, and unlike us they'd take decisive action. Besides, a few guys who know how to rig truck bombs is literally no big deal - the elimination of the most likely source of WMD capacity for non-state actors is a huge, huge deal. Kinda the whole point - not that you could get an administration official to explain it, even at gunpoint ..... |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-04-17 23:26 |
| #4 Hold on, it's not just Dem talking points, it's the preposterous s**t that is sometimes "leaked" to the WaPo/NYT by someone in the "intelligence" community. Curiously, they never cite any facts, or even concrete assumptions, that might underly the conclusion that war in Iraq "creates terrorists". It's a "university" where 1) most of the "graduates" probably die or end up in custody; 2) we learn as much or more than they do through their presence and activities (probably more - while the enemy constantly comes up with new ways to inflict casualties that are not material to the military outcome, they've done bupkis to change their utter inability to confront us conventionally); 3) good luck applying your "degree" against opponents who, unlike the US, still believe that war is about will and use of force - not many Jordanian or Moroccan or Indian or Chinese interior security types would ever blab something like "there is no military solution" - they know there is, and unlike us they'd take decisive action. Besides, a few guys who know how to rig truck bombs is literally no big deal - the elimination of the most likely source of WMD capacity for non-state actors is a huge, huge deal. Kinda the whole point - not that you could get an administration official to explain it, even at gunpoint ..... |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2007-04-17 23:26 |
| #3 It sounds like democrat political talking points! Maybe al-Bundie Baghdadi watches Bill Marh on HBO or reads the NY Times. Op Editors and News Editors for NYSLimes, BBC, MSMBC, cBS, ABC, PBS, al-Rooters, CNN, allah-AP etc. Hold regular Round Table negoiations with their Islamic Terrorist Media Counterparts, [sic Political Organs of the Islamic Why may you ask.. to get Hilda-Beast elected Prez of the United States of America. |
| Posted by: RD 2007-04-17 19:42 |
| #2 It sounds like democrat political talking points! Maybe al- |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2007-04-17 17:45 |
| #1 "The largest batch of soldiers for jihad . . . in the history of Iraq are graduating and they have the highest level of competence in the world." Actually what is happening is similar to the what happened on the Western Front during WWI: Any Jihadi who sticks his head up is getting it blown off. People have been predicting that all these "expert terrorists" would return from Iraq to their home countries. It hasn't happened. How could that be? If all these Jihadis are so enthusiastic, why do they have to be handcuffed to the steering wheel of their VBIEDs? Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-04-17 17:41 |