Posted on 01/13/2007 12:19:57 PM PST by Ironfocus
Al-Qaeda predicts US defeat
Dubai - The Iraqi branch of al-Qaeda predicted on Saturday the "defeat" of US military forces in Iraq, in its first reaction to US President George W Bush's new strategy to end the ongoing conflict.
In a statement posted on the internet, it said Bush's change of tack - including 21 500 troop reinforcements - "is only a prelude to news of a defeat and a flight from the hell of Iraq".
"Increasing the number of troops will not in any way change the nature of the battle," added the statement, signed by "a spokesperson of the Islamic State of Iraq" - an entity declared by al-Qaeda in Iraq in mid-October.
"Reinforcements in the past had no effect and did not swing the battle in favour of the Crusaders."
The statement was seen by AFP on Islamist websites, but there was no way to firmly establish its authenticity.
Al-Qaeda is the global Islamist militant network led by Osama bin Laden.
It is held responsible for the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001 that prompted the Bush administration to launch its transnational "war on terror".
In a recording posted on the internet in mid-December, the head of an al-Qaeda-dominated group in Iraq offered to give US troops a month to withdraw without fear of attack.
Saturday's statement said the Islamic State of Iraq was "at its best and in good control of the situation".
It continued: "The media frenzy surrounding the security plan for Baghdad and the new Bush strategy will change nothing..."
"The enemy is trying to save face at least in Baghdad; the security plans for Iraq from now on are limited to Baghdad."
Bush's new Iraq strategy, announced on Wednesday in Washington, centres on putting more US troops in Baghdad to wrestle control of the capital from a stubborn insurgency.
It also calls for the Shi'ite-dominated Iraqi government to assume control of all Iraqi provinces by November or risk losing US support.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki has separately announced a security plan for Baghdad, which is expected to be implemented in the coming days.
Just parroting what pelosi is saying and hoping for.
True, to a point. However, there are alot more clueless sheeple who will break and bow at the first sound of the guns and other people living off of this country's wealth and resources who harbor no allegiance to our sovereignty. I agree with your sentiment and it still gives me hope, but we're not the same nation we were in 1941- unfortunately.
Come 2008 - after the election when it won't matter - we will certainly hear this same gaggle of cretins demand war crimes trials for Bush while thugs in ski masks continue to behead people on the Internet. It's inevitable as the day.
How many times do we need to poked in the eye before we start acting like REAL CRUSADERS?
They are only repeating the platform of the "Democrat Party of America" and Nancy Pelosi.
They will try with their chapter here in the USA, the press.
That's a great point. Victory seems to be relative in the minds of the left. I don't think they will admit an American victory even if Dick Cheney was named president of Iraq and the Baptists had a church on every corner.
The media and the Dems have been demonizing this war since the day Allied forces crossed the border, and now they have finally succeeded in defining and putting into action what defeat looks like. They could never define what victory looks like for America, just AQ.
"Bush's escalation is only a prelude to news of a defeat and a flight from Bush's hell of Iraq.
"Increasing the number of our kids (Bush's escalation) will not in any way change the nature of the battle.
"Escalations in the past had no effect and did not swing the battle in favour of our kids.
"Iraq has become an Islamic State, thanks to Bush's blundering prior escalations, and in control of the situation.
"The White House frenzy surrounding the escalation plan for Baghdad and the new Bush escalation will change nothing.
"Bush is trying to save face at least in Baghdad; the escalation plans for Iraq from now on are limited to Baghdad."
A statement being prepared for release by Al Qaeda:
"Bush's escalation change of tack is only a prelude to news of a defeat and a flight from Bush's the hell of Iraq.
"Increasing the number of our kids (Bush's escalation) troops will not in any way change the nature of the battle.
" Escalations Reinforcements in the past had no effect and did not swing the battle in favour of the our kids Crusaders.
"The Islamic State of Iraq was at its best and in good control of the situation.
"The White House media frenzy surrounding the escalation security plan for Baghdad and the new Bush escalation strategy will change nothing.
"Bush The enemy is trying to save face at least in Baghdad; the escalation security plans for Iraq from now on are limited to Baghdad."
[End of Al Qaeda statemnt]
Sure seems to me that the DNC would copyright their stuff, or at least block Al Qaeda from the DNC site.
The terrorists agree with the Democrats.
We need to record the Al Queda message and the Hillary message from this date 1/13/07. Sounds mighty similar.
No, you see, there was not. But after the unprovoked occupation of a peaceful sovereign nation by the demonic forces of the Great Satan, they were forced to take up arms for the preservation of their normally pacifist and peace-loving religion. Or something like that.
There will be no history to study.
-----Our leaders will justify this by saying that a US military presence is no longer needed as the Iraqis are well trained and can secure their country. ====
What if this is factually correct by that time?
Al-Qaeda, congress, and the media are not going to do this. My younger Brothers and Sisters are the ones that will Accomplish this Mission. They are the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coasties. God Bless America and All of them.
But the liberals and the drive by media told use there was no al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Al Quaeda predicts US defeat. Not for the first time, they are on the same page as the democratic party--minus Senator Lieberman.
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