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Iraqi Sheik Offers To Take Fight to Bin Laden
The New York Sun ^ | 9 Jun 08 | Eli Lake

Posted on 06/08/2008 11:20:29 PM PDT by elhombrelibre

June 9, 2008 WASHINGTON — The leader of the tribal confederation that has fought to expel Al Qaeda from most of Iraq's Anbar province is offering his men to help gin up a rebellion against Osama bin Laden's organization along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alqaeda; alqaedainiraq; alrishawi; anbar; binladen; elvisbinladen; iraq
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1 posted on 06/08/2008 11:20:29 PM PDT by elhombrelibre
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To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...

The Awakening willing to fight al Qaeda in Afghanistan ping.


2 posted on 06/08/2008 11:21:38 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama is al Qaeda's only hope in Iraq.)
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To: elhombrelibre
DEAD for almost 7 years
3 posted on 06/08/2008 11:31:15 PM PDT by ASA Vet (http://www.nrapublications.org/oj/McCain.asp)
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To: elhombrelibre
to help gin up a rebellion

How much gin are we talking about?

4 posted on 06/08/2008 11:31:50 PM PDT by Pylon (Remember boys, flies spread disease, so keep yours closed.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Holy cow, this is pretty big news.

Bump to the top.


5 posted on 06/08/2008 11:35:03 PM PDT by wastedyears (Like a bat outta Hell.)
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To: Pylon; elhombrelibre
Related thread:

How Muslim extremists are turning on Osama Bin Laden

6 posted on 06/08/2008 11:35:15 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: elhombrelibre

The last couple of sheikhs who did that were assassinated so the value of this is huge.


7 posted on 06/08/2008 11:36:14 PM PDT by FARS
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To: elhombrelibre

I hope President Bush or future president John McCain takes him up on it.


8 posted on 06/08/2008 11:41:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only the Marxist Obama can!)
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To: elhombrelibre
This is not good news for the following:

Osama
Obama
Democrats
MSM

9 posted on 06/08/2008 11:46:54 PM PDT by Rudder ("There is only one chief. Obey him." [Rush Limbaugh, April 30, 2008])
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To: elhombrelibre; governsleastgovernsbest

Let’s see if the LameStream Media picks up on this. I bet not.


10 posted on 06/08/2008 11:55:04 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
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To: Rudder
Try this thread:

Obama Campaign Runs Away from Obama's Assertion the "Surge" in Iraq Would Make Things Worse - Video

11 posted on 06/09/2008 12:04:40 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: elhombrelibre

Give him the help, equipment, and money that he needs to get the job done.


12 posted on 06/09/2008 12:05:38 AM PDT by Mogollon (Vote straight GOP for congress....our only protection against Obama, or McCain.)
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To: elhombrelibre

As heartening as this is, and as brave (aka fool-hardy in some cases) as this Iraqi is, it would seem more likely that Osama (if he is even still alive) will be taken care of by something or someone unannounced.


13 posted on 06/09/2008 12:08:46 AM PDT by skr (I serve a risen Savior!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I’m video challenged by dial-up, but I know what the jist of it is. Thanks to these types of major blunders, I think Obama’s support has reached it’s peak and it’s downhill from now on.


14 posted on 06/09/2008 12:24:08 AM PDT by Rudder
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To: elhombrelibre

this sounds almost like the basis for a resurrection of the SOG teams from the Vietnam era.


15 posted on 06/09/2008 12:44:05 AM PDT by kms61
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I'm sure there are ways that his forces can be helpful to us even if it's just as prominent enemies of Iraq. Perhaps they could infiltrate his organization or cause Osama to fear anyone who joins as if they were aligned with us through the sons of Anbar.
16 posted on 06/09/2008 12:54:31 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama is al Qaeda's only hope in Iraq.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
They cannot say this because it isn't in the template of the narrative that Obama is to ride to power so that he can inflict massive socialism on America. Obama is to the Left of Ted Kennedy. That's why Hillary lost to him. It's why the MSM is so much behind him. All other considerations about truth and reality are irrelevant to the MSM.
17 posted on 06/09/2008 12:56:46 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama is al Qaeda's only hope in Iraq.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We face a common enemy; it seems reasonable to me for us all to work together any way we know how.


18 posted on 06/09/2008 1:01:43 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama is al Qaeda's only hope in Iraq.)
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To: kms61

Maybe they can get close enough to the enemy to hurt them. I’m thinking that for infiltration or for spying they could help a lot.


19 posted on 06/09/2008 1:02:59 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama is al Qaeda's only hope in Iraq.)
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To: elhombrelibre
Superb article on the unraveling of al Qaeda and especially on the growing support among Iraqis for the US.

Willing to assist in the "Tribal Lands" of Pakistan & Afghanistan? HUGE....

20 posted on 06/09/2008 5:03:34 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
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