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2006-04-10 Iraq

Al-Qaeda in Iraq losing loyalty of senior commanders

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-04-10 02:43|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I would say that Zarky may be short on cash.

Posted by twobyfour 2006-04-10 03:30|| 2006-04-10 03:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Officials said the attackers were disguised as women and struck a Shi'ite mosque.

Cause----I'm a lumberjack and I'm O.K.!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2006-04-10 08:14|| 2006-04-10 08:14|| Front Page Top

#3 The "Lions of Islam", dressing up as women and blowing up soft targets. How very ispirational.

Posted by Crairt Anginesing8770 2006-04-10 08:50|| 2006-04-10 08:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Say what you will about the U.S. military, but I spent 20 years in it and never once dressed up like a girl.

Posted by Fred 2006-04-10 10:51|| 2006-04-10 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Well the senior commanders may be decaying but the terrorist cells are still functioning well enough to carry out significant operations.

So maybe the senior commanders aren't that important to the operations.

Posted by mhw 2006-04-10 11:05|| 2006-04-10 11:05|| Front Page Top

#6 LOL Fred.

Posted by lotp 2006-04-10 11:10|| 2006-04-10 11:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Say what you will about the U.S. military, but I spent 20 years in it and never once dressed up like a girl.

Guess that rules out the Navy.

Posted by Luther Billis 2006-04-10 11:15|| 2006-04-10 11:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Luther, the cocoanut brassiere was a fashion classic, let me tell you.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-04-10 11:38|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2006-04-10 11:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Say what you will about the U.S. military, but I spent 20 years in it and never once dressed up like a girl.

Big deal. I spent longer than that outside of the US army, and I've never dressed up as a girl either.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-04-10 11:43|| 2006-04-10 11:43|| Front Page Top

#10 heh.

I suspect the story may have its roots in two different causes. First, Zarqawi is an illiterate thug who has overreached in some ways.

But also, some of the better operatives reportedly left Iraq for Afghanistan and Europe. This may not all be good news.

Posted by lotp 2006-04-10 11:47|| 2006-04-10 11:47|| Front Page Top

#11 sometimes, I dress up, ..when I feel pretty... but nothing in white after Labor day, dammit

Posted by Frank G 2006-04-10 11:48|| 2006-04-10 11:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Fire ants do the same thing... hard to kill. They just re-deploy and the process starts all over again.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-04-10 11:49|| 2006-04-10 11:49|| Front Page Top

#13 Actually, Isn't Zark an engineer lopt? Not that I want to be an argumentative bastard, but he should know better.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-04-10 12:38|| 2006-04-10 12:38|| Front Page Top

#14 Gotta have standards Frank. Rules are rules.

Posted by 6 2006-04-10 16:01|| 2006-04-10 16:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Whatever Zark is, he is definitely pushing the envelope of the Peter Principle.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-04-10 16:33|| 2006-04-10 16:33|| Front Page Top

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