Posted on 01/17/2007 9:11:20 PM PST by FairOpinion
Al Qaeda terrorists are fleeing Baghdad in advance of President Bushs 21,500-man troop surge, a senior military intelligence officer told Pajamas Media today. Under orders from the al Qaeda commander in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, fighters are streaming toward the Diyala region of Iraq.
The apparent evacuation of Baghdad by al Qaeda forces comes from direct orders issued by al-Masri, the former soldier who took control of the Iraqi wing of al Qaeda following the June 2006 bombing death of Zarqawi.
Initially, the intelligence officer informed Pajamas, the Baghdad-based AQ fighters did not want to leave. Al-Masri had to send unequivocal orders for their retreat, adding that one of the lessons from the Fallujah campaign was that Americans have learned how to prevail in house-to-house fighting. Masri said that remaining in Baghdad was a no-win situation for the terrorists.
Al-Masri has ordered al Qaeda forces to regroup in the Diyala province. This might be an attempt to lure American troops away from the Iraqi capital, forcing America to hunt al Qaeda in the province while the terrorists slowly slip behind them and return to Baghdad, he said.
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Gee, why arn't they going to Anbar? O yes, because we are winning in Anbar! Gee. Don't tell Katie Couric that?
......speaking only politically of the position of POTUS of course.......
Fallujah in November 2004 will be mentioned by future US Marines in the same breath as Hue City is now. Fallujah was as dangerous, dirty, and lethal as Hue City, given the numbers involved, and in particular the advance notice the US media gave to the enemy that the USMC was coming.
The troop surge is making a difference already!
Sounds like we were kinda noticing them leave too...
'They're trying to take away talk radio as a counterpoint to the MSM right now, the so called "Fairness Doctine"'
Thanks for the reminder. I can not stand that piece of legislation. Do you know of a petition anywhere to sink that rotten idea? If you do, please let me know. I will sign it.
The enemy within the msm and the rats...our troops are well aware of this enemy.....
Al Qaeda is in Iraq.
Meanwhile, Chuck Hagel, Ron Paul, Hillary Clinton and almost her entire Democrat party want us to leave Iraq.
Dangerous...all of them.
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