...U.S. intelligence agencies have not been able to get a good estimate of the numbers. However, Gen. John Abizaid, the commander of the U.S. Central Command, which is in charge of forces in Iraq, told Congress recently that initial estimates put the number of insurgents at about 5,000. But Gen. Abizaid noted that U.S. and coalition forces have killed up to three times that number...
Despite the suggestion that the appearance of more foreign 'jihadists' is "bad news", I propose just the opposite is true. We are luring hundreds or even thousands of the worst, most fanatical trouble-makers to their deaths. |