Al Dykes wrote:
> In article ,
> LarsensAttack wrote:
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>>PJ O'Donovan wrote:
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>>>01/17/2007
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>>>Results 1-5 of about 31 for 'Al-Qaeda-terrorists-are-fleeing-Baghdad'
>>>(0.05 seconds)Al Qaeda terrorists are fleeing Baghdad
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>>>If Congress kept their mouth shut they wouldn't have had time to
>>>leave.
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>>> "Al Qaeda terrorists are fleeing Baghdad in advance of President
>>>Bush's 21,500-man troop surge, according to a senior military
>>>intelligence officer today. Under orders from the al Qaeda commander in
>>>Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, fighters are streaming toward the Diyala
>>>region of Iraq....The apparent evacuation of Baghdad by al Qaeda forces
>>>comes from direct orders issued by al-Masri, the former soldier who
>>>took control of the Iraqi wing of al Qaeda following the June 2006
>>>bombing death of Zarqawi.
>>>
>>>Initially, the Baghdad-based AQ fighters did not want to leave.
>>>Al-Masri had to send unequivocal orders for their retreat, adding that
>>>one of the lessons from the Fallujah campaign was that Americans have
>>>learned how to prevail in house-to-house fighting. Masri said that
>>>remaining in Baghdad was a 'no-win situation' for the
>>>terrorists......
>>>
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>>>
>>>......"In more than ten years of reading al Qaeda intercepts, I've
>>>never seen language like this," the intelligence officer said.
>>>Usually, al Qaeda communications are full of bravado and false
>>>confidence, he added.....
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>>I doubt that they even have a full Al Qaeda ORBAT.
>>They didn't have one before 911, and there's no reason
>>to assume they have one now.
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>>Besides, any idea how many AQ clones have sprung up since 911?
>>Loads.
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>>Also, since AQ are Sunni, why wouldn't other Sunni irregular
>>units want to use them to fight a common enemy?
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> Because family and tribe are as important as the Sunni/Shiia
> breakdown. The AQ fighters come from all over the Islamic world and
> are tolerated just as long as there is an enemy to unify them with the
> locals. In Iraq, we are the occupiers and all fighters are welcome
> until we leave.
So AQ will be welcome for 20 years or so.
>
> This happened in Afghanistan. The Pashtun tolerated them only long
> enough to kick the Russians out.
>
> In Somilia the "foreign fighters" are only just tolerated.
But they are tolerated.
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