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Iraqi Tribes Turn on al Qaeda
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| September 22, 2006
| Harold C. Hutchison
Posted on 09/22/2006 8:36:32 AM PDT by jmc1969
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:36:32 AM PDT
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Look for this to be Page D-19 news on the NY Times.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:37:39 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(This tagline has been photoshopped)
To: jmc1969
Terrorism is everybody's enemy. Iraqi tribal leaders get it. Now if only Democrat tribal leaders would realize it.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:39:31 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(If at first you don't succeed, squeeze, squeeze again.)
To: dirtboy
Yeah, if there are 16 pages in the D section.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:40:50 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(If at first you don't succeed, squeeze, squeeze again.)
To: jmc1969
We rejoice over this good news. Let the MSM die completely now.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:45:02 AM PDT
by
RoadTest
(- as he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit - so it is now.)
To: jmc1969
Important information that will never reach us via the "drive-by media."
To: jmc1969
good news . wonder what it means for central authority though. having a local 30,000 man militia isnt exactly a step toward a unified iraq, if i understood the article
To: jmc1969
In essence, the tribal leaders have slowly been won over by a combination of coalition perseverance and al Qaeda strategic ineptness. In other words, "Stay the course," the president's mantra, has actually worked. Go figure, DUmmies.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:49:51 AM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: jmc1969
Constant Arab casualties in al Qaeda attacks and al Qaeda's desire for a caliphate have not helped matters any, either. The demoncrats say we should be in Afghanistan looking for Bin Laden. They say this Iraq thing will just turn the Arabs against the US.
In 6 - 10 months when the MSN picks up on this they'll have to come up with some more excuses but hey Hillary will say she was always for the war anyway.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:52:36 AM PDT
by
BeAllYouCanBe
(Animal Rights Activist Advisory: No French Person Was Injured In The Writing Of This Post)
To: beebuster2000
There is no central government authority in Western Iraq.
If you want to stabilize the country without the creation of local militias you would have had to send in a large number of US troops in 2003 or keep the Iraqi Army in tact.
Since we did neither we really don't have any choice. The stalemate we have had with al-Qaeda in Anbar has been maddening. This could finally break that stalemate.
And, if the US and the tribes break al-Qaeda we may be left with a militia, but this one unlike al-Qaeda won't be focused on causing a civil war or killing Americans.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:54:00 AM PDT
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Can't be true Harry Reid just yesterday explained there is an all out civil war.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:54:34 AM PDT
by
JIM O
To: jmc1969; Coop; Just A Nobody; bert
Whoa, somebody must be wrong. This IS NOT what the democrats, and John Murtha are saying. They say we are losing this war and Iraqis are in a Civil War.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:54:53 AM PDT
by
girlangler
(Fish Fear Me)
To: jmc1969
AWESOME!
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:55:13 AM PDT
by
Eagle of Liberty
(If you speak against your own, you have chosen the wrong side.)
To: domenad
Didn't Screamin'-Howie just refer to "Bush's failed 'stay-the-course' policy" in his New Direction "plan"?
It must suck (for them, not us) to have such consistently bad timing all the time.
And we would not be seeing this good news if KerryMurtha had their cowardly way...
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:55:15 AM PDT
by
kromike
To: jmc1969
BREAKING on CNN now!!!!! /s!?
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:56:58 AM PDT
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: kromike
It must suck (for them, not us) to have such consistently bad timing all the time.
Yep. Smacking the door into their face once again! HA!
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:57:22 AM PDT
by
Eagle of Liberty
(If you speak against your own, you have chosen the wrong side.)
To: jmc1969
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:58:20 AM PDT
by
maryz
To: jmc1969
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:59:24 AM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: jmc1969
....When a force knows the terrain, it can make life miserable for its enemies. ......
I would carry that one step further..... when a force knows each and every house the enemy has no place to hide.
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posted on
09/22/2006 9:00:16 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. Slay Pinch)
To: jmc1969
Many of the Sunni leaders have decided that the Shia-dominated Iraqi government is not going away any time soon, nor is the democratic process. As such, the tribal leaders have now decided that it is better to be on their good side rather than to be seen as uncooperative. So, it seems that al Qaeda, the Democrats and the liberal news media are the last holdouts trying to destroy democracy in Iraq.
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posted on
09/22/2006 9:02:46 AM PDT
by
Polybius
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