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Al-Qaeda faces rebellion from the ranks
The Times Online ^ | July 23, 2007 | Deborah Haynes in Doura

Posted on 07/22/2007 9:33:14 PM PDT by NordP

Sickened by the group’s barbarity, Iraqi insurgents are giving information to coalition forces

Fed up with being part of a group that cuts off a person’s face with piano wire to teach others a lesson, dozens of low-level members of al-Qaeda in Iraq are daring to become informants for the US military in a hostile Baghdad neighbourhood...

"They are turning. We are talking to people who we believe have worked for al-Qaeda in Iraq and want to reconcile and have peace,” said Colonel Ricky Gibbs, commander of the 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, which oversees the area..."

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; iraq; military; spartansixdelta; wot
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Yeah...like you'll read about THIS in the paper tomorrow...SCORE MORE FOR THE GOOD GUYS!!! This is GREAT NEWS!!!!
1 posted on 07/22/2007 9:33:16 PM PDT by NordP
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To: Wolfstar; DrDeb; snugs; SnarlinCubBear; pissant; silent_jonny

((((ping))))


2 posted on 07/22/2007 9:38:21 PM PDT by NordP (HUNTER: "The real question for Mexico--Why are your people crossing burning deserts to get away?")
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This cannot be true, Nord. tsk tsk tsk.

:)


3 posted on 07/22/2007 9:39:22 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (See HiJinx's tag line....then DO it!!!!)
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To: Brad's Gramma

Yeah...the Dems told us we’re losing, so we must be losing....Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Glad you saw it BG!


4 posted on 07/22/2007 9:42:54 PM PDT by NordP (HUNTER: "The real question for Mexico--Why are your people crossing burning deserts to get away?")
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To: NordP

The brit papers will cover it but the US MSM will be silent.


5 posted on 07/22/2007 9:47:26 PM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: NordP

A good example of humans mixed in with human-looking animals. (No offence to any animals)


6 posted on 07/22/2007 9:50:17 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: pissant

So sad that our MSM wouldn’t be for a winning outcome. I just don’t get it.


7 posted on 07/22/2007 9:50:18 PM PDT by NordP (HUNTER: "The real question for Mexico--Why are your people crossing burning deserts to get away?")
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To: NordP
Posted here too.
8 posted on 07/22/2007 9:57:59 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: NordP

The Surge is Working and terrorist cowards are being Killed

Pray for W and Our Troops


9 posted on 07/22/2007 10:02:10 PM PDT by bray (Member of the FR President Bush underground)
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To: NordP

Democrats, by and large, hate the idea of American Exceptionalism. That is why they viewed the US and the USSR as equal, just different systems. The roots of this rot are long and deep.


10 posted on 07/22/2007 10:04:30 PM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: NordP

So let me get this straight,al-Qaeda is turning on itself and the WOT is about over,Yaaaaaaaaaaah right !!!


11 posted on 07/22/2007 10:06:14 PM PDT by Obie Wan
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To: NordP

I got side-tracked and forgot what I was going to write!

Grrrrrrr.......


12 posted on 07/22/2007 10:06:40 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (See HiJinx's tag line....then DO it!!!!)
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Are you doubting the Dems' patriotism? How dare you!!

You're right, of course, but they are the voice of the people( gag).

13 posted on 07/22/2007 10:12:42 PM PDT by Mark (REMEMBER: Mean spirited, angry remarks against my postings won't feed even one hungry child.)
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To: NordP

Now Reid and Pelosi will address the Al Queda nation on Al Jezeera and encourage them to hold the course.


14 posted on 07/22/2007 10:13:53 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids (We'll stay out of your bedrooms, if you stay out of our children's classrooms.)
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Well, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi CANNOT allow this good news to stand. QUICK! They must call another all night session to demand that our troops be removed—effective immediately!

That should be good for a few more IEDs and bluster from the likes of Zawahiri or al Masri. Keep the faith, boys. We’ll make certain you reign supreme—on Bush’s watch, of course.

(Can you tell how disgusted I am with the Dems?)


15 posted on 07/22/2007 10:29:28 PM PDT by Shelayne (I will continue to pray for President Bush and my country, as I am commanded to do by my Lord.)
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So do you have a theory on what the left’s end goal for the US is? How would they want the US to be if they could have their way in everything?


16 posted on 07/22/2007 10:39:35 PM PDT by Aria (NO RAPIST ENABLER FOR PRESIDENT!!!)
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To: NordP

bump


17 posted on 07/22/2007 10:44:34 PM PDT by fso301
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That is why they viewed the US and the USSR as equal

No they didn't. Though they would never mouth this publicly in a million years - they've always seen the Soviet system as being superior to the American one. If you doubt it, you can count on the fingers of one hand the criticisms of say Castro's human rights violations that have come from the mouth's of leading Democrats. It's all about the power with them.

18 posted on 07/22/2007 10:47:14 PM PDT by garbanzo (Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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To: NordP

I’ve been reading reports like this for months. al Qaeda is truly barbaric, and their extreme brand of Islam is not generally stomached among the masses. The people over there may not care for Americans, and that’s fine with me, but they are just plain getting sick and tired of being threatened and tortured and killed by these al Qaeda demons, and that’s causing them to turn to us out of desperation.

It’s happenening all over Iraq and it’s extremely good news for us and them. This continual garbage talk from the left is dangerous to the whole mission. I can’t stress that enough.

The tide is turning our way. If we leave now, it will be one of the biggest mistakes the US has ever made.


19 posted on 07/22/2007 10:54:29 PM PDT by Miztiki (My vote will be for the best candidate, but my heart and soul longs for God's Kingdom)
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To: Aria

A demasculated, politically correct, feminist, humanist, socialist state like Sweden or Holland, with a political structure and media that gets to define patriotism, conservativism, individualism and serious Christian faith as hate crimes.

They loathe the superiority of western civilization based on Christianity, liimited government and personal freedom.


20 posted on 07/22/2007 10:56:43 PM PDT by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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