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2005-04-06 Iraq-Jordan

Abu Ghraib attack shows insurgency still deadly

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-04-06 12:08:45 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Unfortunately Dubya gave them the line from which they could easily spin things in a misleading way. Dubya's point, it would seem, was to reaffirm that the enemy in Iraq are amoral killers. But of course the MSM take is that the "insurgency" retains the military potency .... that it never had. The Abu Ghrayb attack failed to achieve any objectives, and inflicted light harm (most US WIAs, fortunately, appear to have had Kerry wounds). The nitwits are welcome to undertake as many of those "complex" operations as they want. Looking at how the terms are used here, I think there's a decent case to be made that the label "complex attack" is an implicitly racist snub. Anything more complicated than somebody inaccurately firing what is likely a dud round in our general direction is termed a "complex attack." Given the amount of ordnance available, the low quality level of the security forces, and the utterly indiscriminate attack methods, the "insurgency" is actually rather mediocre when it comes to being "deadly".

Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2005-04-06 4:37:26 AM|| 2005-04-06 4:37:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 What he said, heh. Spot on, ViI...

Posted by .com 2005-04-06 5:34:50 AM|| 2005-04-06 5:34:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Verlaine, you echo a point I've made before that given the men, money and resources they have, the Iraqi Sunnis make poor 'insurgents'.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-06 7:07:17 AM|| 2005-04-06 7:07:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 LOL "Kerry wounds" -- then I guess they'll all get the Silver Star with V for Valor.

If we had attacked an insurgent position and been repulsed with heavy casualties, I'm guessing Rooters wouldn't have described the attack as "brazen."

Posted by Matt 2005-04-06 1:28:36 PM|| 2005-04-06 1:28:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 ...the Iraqi insurgency remains deadly

Yeah. Mostly for the "insurgents"...

Posted by tu3031 2005-04-06 1:47:23 PM|| 2005-04-06 1:47:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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