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2004-08-09 Iraq-Jordan

Syrians, Jihadis pushing for a united Sunni resistance

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-08-09 12:26:02 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whoever wins, the more disturbing development is that some Iraqi jihadis, hoping to take their fight beyond Iraqâs borders, are threatening to launch a terrorist campaign in the U.S. "If America continues to shield its people from the truth," says an al-Zarqawi loyalist, "we shall transport the battle to where their public cannot but see it."

Gee, TIME finally figured out that we're really, really, REALLY in a war with Islamofascist terrorists. Wow. How do you think Kerry's supporters will take this astonishing bit of news. And here, we thought that Bushitler was just making all of this up!

Posted by RMcLeod 2004-08-09 4:45:40 AM|| 2004-08-09 4:45:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Isnât if funny that Time fails to mention a word about Taterâs militia getting mashed? Then TIME tells us about a âvexing problemâ that sounds move vexing for AQ than it does for us, but then, of course, Time "would" see it that way.

The way I read this article is:

jihadis who have ties to Al-Qaeda are trying to unite the areas disparate militants, who have conflicting goals, under a single Zarqawi command. But the Iraqiâs âalready has[ve] a defense minister, an army chief and an operations commander of sortsâ and âtheir rise has alienated some insurgents, especially the Baathists and nationalists, who resent the influence of foreignersâ.

Sooo what Time seems to be REALLY saying, (if you read between the lines), is that despite efforts and cash from Al-Qaeda and the Syrian intelligence agents, the Iraqiâs Baathists and nationalists donât like them much and thus the effort to unite them under Zarqawi is going poorly.

Doesn't sound like good news for AQ to me. Funny how TIME manages to make lemonade out of lemons.

Posted by B 2004-08-09 9:54:55 AM|| 2004-08-09 9:54:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The more they centralize the easier it becomes to whack them. The timing is good as well with the Iraqi leadership seemingly intent on using the required force to crush the terrs. Najaf today, Fallujah tomorrow.

Posted by remote man 2004-08-09 12:44:32 PM|| 2004-08-09 12:44:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The Syrians really like uniting, like their former ruler France... at one point they were united with Egypt (United Arab Republic, 1958-61 R.I.P.), but that didn't work very well, either, because the Egyptians didn't understand why everything had to benefit Syria.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-08-09 20:11|| 2004-08-09 20:11|| Front Page Top

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