"Anbar province was really the capital of al-Qaeda in Iraq ... he managed to convince the tribes to give up their young people to make up the police and armed forces in the province."
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha's assasination might well mark the decisive turning point in Iraq. Without support of Sunnis (and, more are turning away from Osama's minions each day), Al Qaida can't do much in a country that is predominantly Shia.
1 posted on
09/14/2007 5:38:01 AM PDT by
indcons
To: indcons
So al Qaeda only further alienated the Sunni tribes in Anbar with their nasty IED.
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha had become a friend to the U.S. and I'm sorry that he was killed by those savages.
But this may beginning of the death knell for al Qaeda in Iraq.
2 posted on
09/14/2007 5:51:51 AM PDT by
Allegra
(Turning Vanity Threads Into New Socks Threads at Every Opportunity)
To: indcons
Looks like some of the Iraqis refuse to be intimidated. A marked contrast to most of our legislators.
3 posted on
09/14/2007 6:46:54 AM PDT by
Dilbert56
(Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
To: indcons
This was a monumentally stupid move by alQuaeda.
They will rue the day they decided to assassinate Abu Risha.
4 posted on
09/14/2007 6:50:53 AM PDT by
reagan_fanatic
(Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
To: indcons
Abdul Sattar Abu Risha = The best roll model Iraq has ever seen. They should place a huge statue of him in the middle of town. Lets hope he sets the standard.
5 posted on
09/14/2007 6:53:33 AM PDT by
Samba
To: indcons
To: indcons
It appears that Al-Qaeda might have just created a true martyr. In the vein of St. Stephen, not Zarqawi.
To: indcons
These people MUST realize this was supplied [the bombs and the how] and directed by IRAN....
11 posted on
09/14/2007 10:32:48 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)
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