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| 2004-11-12 |
| Five days of fighting in and around Fallujah have left 25 American and Iraqi troops dead, as well as over 600 anti-government gunmen. There appears to be some coordination among the anti-government forces. There have been attempts by the anti-government fighters to break the cordon around Fallujah, so that hundreds of trapped gunmen can escape. So far, this has not worked. In Mosul, and elsewhere in central Iraq, gangs of anti-government gunmen attacked police stations and began openly prowling the streets. Coming out into the open like this, makes it easier to kill off the hostile gunmen. The anti-government forces are partially run on illusions. For example, the halting of an American offensive in Fallujah last April is portrayed by anti-government forces as a military victory. This ignores the fact that the fighting was stopped in order to allow for a negotiated return of government control to Fallujah. The anti-government forces never intended to honor any pledges that came out of the negotiations, and portrayed their deception as a victory as well. This shows the cultural differences between the thugs who have run Iraq, and are trying to regain control, and reality. Flushed out of their bases, the anti-government forces are much more easily killed, and a lot more quickly. This has an adverse impact on recruiting for the anti-government gangs. Battles like this are a reality check for the young men who have become mesmerized by the pro-Sunni propaganda, which portrays the gangs as valiant freedom fighters who are taking back control of Iraq for the Iraqis. That message is getting harder to sustain, as more and more evidence of Sunni Arab Iraqi atrocities come to light. Pro-Sunni media like al Jazeera find it difficult to shift their editorial slant, but are being forced to by public opinion, and the rather different portrayal of events by Iraqi media. The Sunni Arab gunmen in Iraq have been attacking and killing Iraqi journalists who do not tow the party line, and al Jazeera people are uncomfortable with that as well. Seeing the Sunni Arab gunmen quickly rolled over by American and Iraqi troops is also a hard story for al Jazeera to cover. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 "Seeing the Sunni Arab gunmen quickly rolled over by American and Iraqi troops is also a hard story for al Jazeera to cover." Yeah, truth is harder than fiction. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-11-12 12:21:35 PM |
| #5 Don't run away Jihadi. Don't show your cowardice. Stand and face the infidel. Come to heavan Jihadi! The Virgins await you. Unable to satisfy your women folk on earth, the Virgins in heavan happily await your arrival. Fortunately for you, they ARE Virgins and have low expectations of your ability to satisfy them. Come to heavan Jihadi. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2004-11-12 12:14:00 PM |
| #4 Seeing the Sunni Arab gunmen quickly rolled over by American and Iraqi troops is also a hard story for al Jazeera to cover Ya, hard to recruit people to be a small speed bump. Arabs (like most other people in the world) like a winner. Most Osama Tshirts stopped being bought after the fall of Tora Bora, 'cause Osama was seen as a looser. Same problem here. As long as the asshats kept killing people, they were popular with the other asshats. As soon as they start loosing, you will quickly see a huge drop in the amount of people coming across the border because a) they want to be with the winners, not losers and b) they really don't want to die that badly. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2004-11-12 11:43:10 AM |
| #3 "There is no God but Allan and Mo...OW! Hey, that hurts!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-11-12 11:10:59 AM |
| #2 Flushed out of their bases, the anti-government forces are much more easily killed, and a lot more quickly. This has an adverse impact on recruiting for the anti-government gangs. C'mon, guys! Allah will protect you! No, really, he will! Trust us! Really, he will! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-11-12 11:04:51 AM |
| #1 "There have been attempts by the anti-government fighters to break the cordon around Fallujah, so that hundreds of trapped gunmen can escape." AIEEEEE!!!! OH ALLAN! I DON'T WANNA DIE!!!! I DO NOT WANT TO DIE!!! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!! (Large group breaks into chant) "Al-Zaqawi lied and insurgents died!" |
| Posted by: 98zulu 2004-11-12 11:01:55 AM |