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2004-09-26 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by headland 2004-09-26 11:22:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I started to look through this, and I'm wondering if there's a bit of overanalysis going on: as near as I can tell from previous discussion here, groups (F), (G), and (I) are all different names for the same group: the remnant of Ansar-Al-Islam that Zarqawi is working with.

Also, this post only seems to discuss the killings of foreign hostages. More locals are dying from this; I suspect the main reasons these groups sometimes change to taking foreigners hostage is money, hence their actions in taking French hostages despite that country being at odds with the US already. Kind of like what Willie Sutton said about bank robbery: he did it because that's where the money was.

Kidnapping Iraqis gives them power, but kidnapping foreigners gives them an income stream.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-09-26 11:54:07 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-09-26 11:54:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe this is under-analysis, but it looks like the short answer is: Not Sunni, not Shia'i, just more of those "Saudi-educated" type of Muslims.

Posted by Tom 2004-09-26 12:21:37 PM|| 2004-09-26 12:21:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 A witches brew of terrorists. Maybe overanalyzed but "headland" seems to have a handle on the various groups. I found it interesting. Seems like the name of the game is intelligence.

We need to never ever forget 911! The Japanese beheaded our guys in WW2. They paid dearly in the island campaigns for what the did. The Japanese understood that we were capable of inflicting pain beyond their beliefs--that is the key phrase "beyond their beliefs."

Posted by The Ol Prof 2004-09-26 12:59:44 PM|| 2004-09-26 12:59:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 You can add SCIRI to section II. They're just biding their time.

The name of one group does sort of resonate however.... Black Flag..... hmmmmmmm

Posted by Mercutio 2004-09-26 6:34:08 PM|| 2004-09-26 6:34:08 PM|| Front Page Top

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