| This thread has been locked, it will not receive new replies. |
|
Locked on 02/10/2008 8:06:05 PM PST by Admin Moderator, reason:
Duplicate: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968311/posts |
Posted on 02/10/2008 7:44:25 PM PST by FocusNexus
Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an "extraordinary crisis". Last year's mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military "created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight". The terrorist group's security structure suffered "total collapse".
These are the words not of al-Qaeda's enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province - once the group's stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Samarra in November.
The US military released extracts from that letter yesterday along with a second seized in another November raid that is almost as startling.
That second document is a bitter 16-page testament written last October by a local al-Qaeda leader near Balad, north of Baghdad. "I am Abu-Tariq, emir of the al-Layin and al-Mashahdah sector," the author begins. He goes on to describe how his force of 600 shrank to fewer than 20.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Democrats deeply saddened -- sending secret memo to Al Qaeda, asking them to hold on for just one more year.
Too close to reality to be funny...
Arab culture breed opportunism. “Strong horse” and all that stuff.
State of panic? Is this a story about al-Qaeda? Or Hillary’s campaign? Or are they the same thing?
But...but...Madame Pelosi says the surge has failed!
Thank you President Bush and our Troops! We haven’t forgotten Sept 11, 2001.
“Do not worry, comrades.” Obama is on the way!
Thinking of you,
The Democrats
Some 80,000 (!!!)Sunnis switched over to the US side, against the terrorists, formed their own "concerned local citizens" groups that helped push Al Qaeda out of their region.
It is really heartwarming, if you are not a terrorist or a Democrat.
Please lock this thread, GVNana posted the same article 21 seconds earlier. :)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968311/posts
sounds like hillary’s campaign.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.