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2006-01-16 Iraq

Al-Qaeda in Iraq sets up umbrella body to coordinate insurgency

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-16 00:33|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Can I join? What are the satellite coordinates?
Sincerely,
JDAM

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-01-16 08:11|| 2006-01-16 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 By "defend the opressed" does he mean the part where they blow up innocent people???

Posted by bgrebel9 2006-01-16 15:27|| 2006-01-16 15:27|| Front Page Top

#3 does the coordinating body have a cool nickname

Posted by mhw 2006-01-16 15:38|| 2006-01-16 15:38|| Front Page Top

#4 The United States, hopefully with the permission of the Iraqi government, needs to make an example of someone. We need to find a town or village where the islamonazis are holed up and welcomed, and level it - grind it into dust and blow away the dust. We need to demonstrate just how nasty we can be. Use maximum non-nuclear force - JDAM, MOAB, ARCLIGHT - whatever it takes, a real "Shock and Awe" moment. Let the Iraqis know we've been working with kid gloves, and if we really wanted to get nasty, there wouldn't be a manmade object in their shitty little country left standing. Also let the rest of the world know just how powerful - and precise - we can be. Put the fear of the US into their "hearts and minds". Let them know we make a good friend, and a horrible enemy. We haven't done that yet, and we're taking a lot of flack from everyone because of it.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-16 16:08|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-16 16:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Al Qaeda in Iraq and some other militant groups have set up an umbrella body to coordinate their fight against U.S.-led forces and the Iraqi government

This sounds to me like it isn't only Al Qaeda that's had entirely too rapid turnover in the #3 spot. This is actually a really good sign, I think, that the many groups are trying to share management across "divisions", in the hope that they can cover the holes in one another's organizations. Problems come, however, when upper management isn't firmly involved in shaking down the new arrangement, to ensure that the most desired skill sets aren't stretched to thinly before they can train assistants, or concentrate on the urgent before the necessary (or get themselves killed1). Also, in such situations, unless upper management takes a very firm hand, division heads tend to be distracted by quarrels and scheming -- negative involvement with their peers that distracts from managing their areas of responsibility. Oh, yes, and this lot will make lots of cell phone calls, that can be traced.

I don't see the upper management of A.Q., et al having the skills needed to make this a success. On the plus side, I do see our guys having an excess of the skills needed to make their effort a blatant failure. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-16 21:08|| 2006-01-16 21:08|| Front Page Top

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