US Reveals al-Qaida Documents(al- Qaida in Iraq leaders fear it's crumbling, some defecting)

Breitbart ^ | Feb 10, 2008 | AP

[RDTF]

BAGHDAD (AP) - A diary and another document seized during U.S. raids show some al- Qaida in Iraq leaders fear the terror group is crumbling, with many fighters defecting to American-backed neighborhood groups, the U.S. military said Sunday.

The military revealed two documents discovered by American troops in November: a 39-page memo written by a mid- to high-level al-Qaida official with knowledge of the group's operations in Iraq's western Anbar province, and a 16-page diary written by another group leader north of Baghdad.

In the Anbar document, the author describes an al-Qaida in crisis, with citizens growing weary of militants' presence and foreign fighters too eager to participate in suicide missions rather than continuing to fight, said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, a U.S. military spokesman.

"We lost cities and afterward, villages ... We find ourselves in a wasteland desert," Smith quoted the document as saying.

The memo cites militants' increasing difficulty in moving around and transporting weapons and suicide belts because of better equipped Iraqi police and more watchful citizens, Smith said.

The author of the diary seized near Balad wrote that he was once in charge of 600 fighters, but only 20 were left "after the tribes changed course"_ a reference to how many Sunni tribesmen have switched sides to fight alongside the Americans, Smith said.

The switch by the Sunni tribes, whose resulting U.S.-backed groups are often referred to as awakening councils, has been credited with helping reduce violence across the country.

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[Dahoser]

In the Anbar document, the author describes an al-Qaida in crisis, with citizens growing weary of militants' presence and foreign fighters too eager to participate in suicide missions rather than continuing to fight, said Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, a U.S. military spokesman.

The same brainwashing that gets these morons to blow themselves up in the first place inevitably will make them want to do it as soon as possible without regard to when their leaders (who have no intention of blowing themselves) want them to, especially if it looks like the war is going to end.

[libertylover]

Is this story really from the AP?

[Son House]

better equipped Iraqi police and more watchful citizens

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American Forces deserve a lot of credit for standing up Iraqi’s before a Democrat has a chance to declare Reid.

[Son House]

the Anbar document, the author describes an al-Qaida in crisis, with citizens growing weary of militants’ presence

the diary seized near Balad wrote that he was once in charge of 600 fighters, but only 20 were left

Documents just got mention on on Fox News.

[Rush4U]

The author of the diary seized near Balad wrote that he was once in charge of 600 fighters, but only 20 were left "after the tribes changed course"_ a reference to how many Sunni tribesmen have switched sides to fight alongside the Americans, Smith said.

This should be posted in the headlines of every major news paper across America.

[prairiebreeze]

ping

[SandRat]

Should be but the anti-Ameican Leftist Journalists who love Socialism/Communism, hate the US Military, and the Boy Scouts yet adore the ACLU/Amnesty International, defile Christian symbols and holidays yet staunchly defend and protect the JihadiNazis stuff; WON’T.

[Rush4U]

True, and I also should have put the word news in quotes. As we know, they are now agenda driven, not really interested in facts.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Washington Post had the story too,,,FR thread:

Diary of an Insurgent In Retreat (must read)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

AP now has the story....

[RDTF]

great!

[jveritas]

I am very glad that this terrorist leader diary about Al Qaeda defeat in Iraq is being picked up by the liberal media. At the end, it is very hard to deny our VICTORY in Iraq, liberals and their media can always try to do it but at the end they are going to fail and they have failed to cause us our defeat.

God bless our brave troops and President Bush.

[dr_who_2]

The price for a member of Al Qaeda to defect should be to expose the rest of Al Qaeda that isn’t going to defect. It sounds like our forces are really now learning how to fight the war that Al Qaeda has been fighting all this time.