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2004-07-13 Iraq-Jordan

Strategy Page: Why al Qaeda is Fleeing Iraq

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Posted by Mike 2004-07-13 12:51:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, the title should maybe be,

"Why Al Qaeda is sequestering itself in Fallujah"

although actually I think Al Q is in a few other cities in the sunni triangle

Posted by mhw 2004-07-13 1:03:45 PM|| 2004-07-13 1:03:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Attrition of Al Qaeda forces is the name of the game. Just like the Paleos, they lose their most rabid and fanatic, leaving intellectually challenged cannon fodder. Great comments, also, Mike.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-13 1:21:01 PM|| 2004-07-13 1:21:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I think that in all of Iraq, the arrogant pinworm Sunnis have been and were long suspected of being the most annoying. It is one of the hardest things to do: convince someone to surrender power that they have held for years.
So why not the abject lesson of the alternative? How do these people like being under the thumb of their Moslem brothers? Do they feel more empowered under what is effectively Sharia Law, or really, The Law of the Gun?
It will really start to put pressure on them when the see the elections getting closer, with them on the outside, getting the worst of both worlds--disenfranchisement because of the troublemakers *and* being lorded over by them at the same time.
The clock is ticking if they wish to retain any power at all in the new Iraq. The prospect of coming in a far #3 behind Shiites *and* Kurds must really make them shudder.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-07-13 2:16:46 PM|| 2004-07-13 2:16:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 For a bunch of guys who have sworn to fight to the death, the AQ guys sure know how to execute a retrograde maneuver. French advisors?

Posted by Matt 2004-07-13 2:59:22 PM|| 2004-07-13 2:59:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 French advisors, with the Spanish and Phillipinos covering the flanks.

Posted by anymouse 2004-07-13 3:36:03 PM|| 2004-07-13 3:36:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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