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| StrategyPage: Picking Al Qaeda Apart |
| 2007-11-16 |
| First, there was the growing list of al Qaeda leaders that had been killed or captured. This grew from a few a month early in the year, before the surge offensive began in June, to 19 in July, 25 in August and 29 in September. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 God help me but I actually understood everything Joe said. What's more, I agree. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-11-16 19:03 |
| #4 Again, where Osama is concerned, the ultimate focii of his Islamist Apocalypse is a WAR/BATTLE FOR IRAN. World Islam = Radical Islamism will be made or broken in this perceived apocalyptic, all-out, Euro-Wester = non-Euro-Western decisive battle under God-Heaven. Once the West is defeated, the rest of the non-Islamist Muslim World will surrender or be destroyed. NO US-ISLAMIST BATTLE FOR IRAN = WOT AGZ US-WEST WILL CONTINUE INDEFINITELY AS LONG AS OSAMA, etc. HAS ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT IT. A high-profile US-Western defeat in IRAN, coupled wid US-Western destabilizations via never-ending Terror attacks and Local-Regional "brush wars", ultimately "justifies" Islam + Islamism forever. IMO, ASSUMING THAT THIS OSAMIAN APOCALYPSE VV US-IRAN DOES NOT TAKE PLACE BEFORE JAN 2009 [Dubya leaves WH], AMERS SHOULD NOT EXPECT MORE THAN A SHORT "LULL" ONLY IN INSURGENT/ISLAMIST VIOLENCE. Lastly, as a reminder, anti-US Lefties, Globalists, Anarchists, Govtists,etal. agendists make little to no distinction between per se US DEFEAT = per se US VICTORY WHEN IT COMES TO IMPOSING/ENTRENCHING BIG[GER] GOVT. + REGULATORY ANTI-DEMOCRACY/LEFTISM-TOTALITARIANISM IN AMERICA. A "Fascist" = well-meaning but errorful LIMITED LEFIST = LIMITED COMMUNIST = LIMITED GOVTIST = LIMITED TOTALITARIANIST, .........etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-11-16 17:56 |
| #3 As the surge offensive continued to tear apart the terrorist infrastructure, the leaders put the organization into survival mode. Planning and carrying out attacks became less important than keeping remaining leaders and key people out of jail, or a grave. This is why the number of terror attacks has plummeted. The remnants of al Qaeda have fled to northern Iraq, around Mosul and areas near the Iranian border. If worse comes to worse, the terrorists know they can flee into Iran, and have a chance of bargaining their way out of an Iranian jail. Within Iraq, however, capture is either a long jail sentence, or execution. Al Qaeda is the most hated organization in the country, and may have to abandon Iraq altogether if the pressure doesn't ease up. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-11-16 17:45 |
| #2 AQ cleansed? GOOD. An evil on earth. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-11-16 12:53 |
| #1 The obvious response to al-Qaeda "going dark" is to essentially cordon off the region they have fled to, and create a strict internal passport regime in it until it has been cleansed. This includes US-quality ID cards, biometric data on everybody, including children that can be used for couriers, and is run by the Iraqi government. It is the first part of a detailed national census, which can be used for innumerable purposes by the government. In turn, it would also be fair warning to Iraqis living outside Iraq to get home ASAP for the census. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-11-16 09:50 |