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| This Just In: Al-Q in Iraq Demands US Surrender.. |
| 2007-02-08 |
| No, I'm not kidding - YJCMTSU. And an Al Qaeda offensive is exactly what al-Baghdadi promises in his February 2 speech, posted as an audio file on several jihadist Web sites, and which may be read in full at my blog, talismangate.blogspot.com. Al-Baghdadi says that his Dignity Plan is supposed to counter President Bush's "surge" and that it will only end when Mr. Bush signs a treaty of surrender. And what would this surrender look like? Al-Baghdadi spelled out the terms in an earlier speech: "We order you to withdraw your forces immediately. But the withdrawal must be via troop transport trucks and passenger planes whereby each soldier is allowed to carry his own weapon only. They may not withdraw any of the heavy military equipment and the military bases must be handed over to the mujaheddin of the Islamic State and the duration of the withdrawal may not exceed a month." Not very favorable terms, but I wonder whether some in the Senate would go for it anyway: Too many in the congressional chamber seem to think that surrender is the only option left. Was just thimking about the last time some a*shole with Delusions of Grandeur(tm) started ranting about dignity: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/just_cause.htm Mike |
| Posted by:Mike Kozlowski |
| #7 They're not just demanding the US leave BUT ORDERING US TO LEAVE, PLUS FOR THE USA TO LEAVE BEHIND ALL HEAVY WEAPONS FOR USE BY THE NEW ISLAMIC = RADIC ISLAMIST STATE OF IRAQ. Can use our infantry vehix-carriers + aircraft to skiddle from Iraq, but anything else stays behind. * BBC > Iran Leader warns THAT IFF ATTACKED BY USA, IRAN WILL RESPOND BY ATTACKING AMER'S WORLDWIDE INTERESTS, TO INCLUDE IMPLYING NEW ATTACKS WITHIN CONUS-NORAM ITSELF. ALso, FREEREPUBLIC/LUCIANNE > AL-QAEDA IN IRAQ CRUMBLING. Masr on the run??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-08 22:02 |
| #6 Baghdadi is just forwarding the DNC their talking points in advance of the Sunday talk shows. This briefing was meant for, among others, Chris Matthews. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2007-02-08 16:18 |
| #5 It doesn't sound like an exit strategy to me. Rather, lots of sound and fury, like apes beating on a hollow log to scare away the tiger. Especially since the Jawa Report says the most recent of the Al Qaeda senior managers picked up had admitted to speaking to the big boss only the day before. The changed ROEs are having some effect already, it seems. After all, Al Qaeda has staked a lot on labelling Iraq as the critical battlefield. How could they withdraw without a fatal loss of face? For that matter, where could they withdraw to? Iran is already in America's sights, Syria ditto, the Saudis aren't likely to welcome American attention for sheltering a mass of fleeing terrorists, Yemen seems to me to be inherently hostile to non-blood relatives of the locals, and Jordan has been unwelcoming to Al Qaeda since that local boy sponsored the chemical delivery trucks some time back. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-08 14:22 |
| #4 So how do you say "Nuts!" in Arabic? ps: the global security linky is foo'ed, although it cut & pastes just fine. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-02-08 14:07 |
| #3 Seafarious, Thank you. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-08 14:02 |
| #2 Same article, different angle, it stays. This thread is for discussion of alQ's exit strategy. You can find a slightly different look at alQ's month over at the Jawa Report. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-02-08 14:01 |
| #1 Crud...this is partially a duplicate post. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Mods, please delete. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-02-08 13:49 |