Posted on 02/17/2004 12:24:11 AM PST by LibWhacker
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:19:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
February 17, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda's chief terrorist in Iraq is trying to bring in hundreds of hardened Islamic fighters from Chechnya to help launch his offensive against U.S. forces, The Post has learned. Documents discovered on a computer disk of a captured high-level al Qaeda courier revealed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the military commander of Ansar al-Islam, has proposed transferring up to 2,000 jihadi veterans from Chechnya to Iraq over the next few months, U.S. officials said.
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Great news, if true. Let al Qaeda expend their deadend resources and send them wholesale into the gristmill of Iraq. Saves us from tracking them down, one by one all over the planet. Strategery.
I know that Jomini has been learning about the situation in Chechnya since Fusion was unceremoniously removed. Perhaps he can comment on why Chechens would attack American military.
"hundreds of hardened Islamic fighters from Chechnya to help launch his offensive against U.S. forces,"
This refers to veteran Eastern Holy Warriors (to quote Mr Fusion) who have come to Chechnya to fight a jihad. They should not be confused with Chechen nationalists that continue to stun Russian conscript forces on a daily basis.
The author later makes the same mistake by referring to these fighters as "Chechens" despite their different nationalities.
I think it would be obvious why he is requesting these forces -- and why he will get them. These troops are veteran fourth generation fighters that can inflict damage as well as incite revolution. They are the Islamic entente equivalent of American green berets...
There job will be not so much to kill western forces as to collapse the Coalition Provisional structure (or whatever it is called these days in Iraq). They can easily reach Irag now by exfiltrating through Baku. Western intelligence there has been compromised for several years now...
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Mr Fusion was a big fan of McSorley's I think. In a pre FR online incarnation he always had his "fictional" characters meet there for a few ales. The Albanians, the handfull of America's best and assorted hangers on always gathered there to reshape the Balkans. When he first wrote about the KLA in 1997 most of us had no idea who they were but we knew McSorley's.
He too mentioned the place had no women's room until "a few years ago" in an early piece. I always thought that was just a little literary license.
As I learn more about things, I understand Mr Fusion had quite the eye for detail. In early 1998 when he wrote about the KLA's coming victory we thought he was nuts. Now it is six years later and nobody is laughing...
I suspect it will be the same way about Chechnya in 2010...
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Wraith, Wonders
It is said Mr Fusion may have wandered off on that Dulles-Zagreb flight during the past few days. I suspect Dr Radovan Karadzic had better find himself a Saddam Hussein hole and get in it. Word on the street is that the GOP types have indicated to Mr Fusion they would like the good Doctor apprehended before the November election.
This is a very bad set of circumstances for Mr Mladen Ivanic I would suspect.
Westerby
Which is you...so what is difference, Fusion?
Eastern Holy Warriors == blood lusting, mass murderers of Allah who rape and pillage Christian...your friend?
Mr Fusion was a big fan of McSorley's I think. In a pre FR online incarnation he always had his "fictional" characters meet there for a few ales. The Albanians, the handfull of America's best and assorted hangers on always gathered there to reshape the Balkans. When he first wrote about the KLA in 1997 most of us had no idea who they were but we knew McSorley's
Except for you, Fusion reincarnation...or D.
Been busy to cheering mass murdering Islamics lately?
As I learn more about things, I understand Mr Fusion had quite the eye for detail. In early 1998 when he wrote about the KLA's coming victory we thought he was nuts. Now it is six years later and nobody is laughing... I suspect it will be the same way about Chechnya in 2010...
Ahhh, showing of your fancyfulness for KLA islmo-narco terrorist again...how absolutely Fusion of you.
Funny thing for person who know so much about Fusion writings but appear only in 2002...oh and not say thing about Islamics till 1 hour after Fusion banned for cheerleadering of Islamic mass murder of Christian women/children...funny how that happen, Mr. Jihad.
Oh, and Fusion, first Karadzic situation is no big news or secret...but I wonder, when your hero to reach Moscow? You said 1st...hmmm seem two weeks late.
The only real downside I can see here is that the chechens are "hardened", and geared toward kidnapping and mutilation for sport.
Of course when the first video of an American solier having his read removed circulates on the net, then the anger will really be intense. People were mad enough about the Russian soldier who was killed.
LOL. Fusion would be proud.
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