US military expects surge in Iraqi rebel attacks

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060112/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_060112175227

BAGHDAD (AFP) - US forces in Iraq expect a surge in insurgent attacks as political factions prepare to negotiate the first full-term government since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a US general warned.

The comments came as the country enjoyed a relative period of calm during the Eid Al-Adha holiday following one of its deadliest bursts of violence last week since the US-led invasion in March 2003.

"As the newly-elected government of Iraq comes together, those committed to seeing democracy fail will see this time of transition as an opportunity to attack the innocent people of Iraq and attempt to discredit and derail the progress of the Iraqi people," said Brigadier-General Don Alston.

The Iraqi electoral commission is expected to release the final results of last month's general election in the coming days, paving the way for Shiites, Kurds and Sunni Arabs to start formal talks on forming a unified government.

[Az_lefty]

1. My son-in-law just returned from Iraq a couple days ago

he said that during the year he was in Baghdad nothing changed for the better. They would have lulls in the fighting and then it would get worse again. Nothings changed...

[pfitz59]

10. Lulls for training/rearming.......

and for other reasons. Inherent in warfare.......

[Dhalgren]

2. And in a related story, the Joint-Chiefs released an

announcement warning that for the foreseeable future, water is likely to be wet. :eyes:

[hadrons]

3. Iraqi "rebel" attacks ....

some editor forgot to read the corporate media memo

[wanpete]

4. this is called trying to get "in front of a story". they want to take the

sting out of the bloodshed and american lives that will be lost in the coming days and months. the media is now only good for numbing and dumbing. are we really even at war?

[reprobate]

17. We have ALWAYS been at war with east asia!

[harlinchi]

5. I've said before that if increased violence is predicted and nothing...

...is done to either prevent it or to mitigate it, the predictors are culpable.

If Bush were to say that he predicts increased terrorist attacks in the US after the next supreme court confirmation, and terrorist attacks increased after the confirmation with no preventative actions on the part of Bush, I think folks would scream. Predictions of increased violence, made time and time again by this administration with no effort to preclude the violence from occurring, do not represent leadership; they represents opinion manipulation.

[rodeodance]

6. they think that if they tell us --we will not be so upset.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Another surge?

It's getting as regular as the tides, these surges and relative periods of calm.

This is becoming one of the greatest farces in modern history.

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. And remember, civil war is good for business.

"Insurgents" my ass. Iraq is undergoing an orchestrated social demolition.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. It's all because we're winning

The bad guys are getting more desperate all the time, that's why they attack.

Sometimes, the bad guys get so desperate that they attack so much that the foreign liberators are forced to evacuate frantically by helicopter from the roof of their embassy.

[saigon68]

11. LOL like THIS ??

TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS

YUP FOLKS ITS GORILLA (sic) WARFARE AT ITS BEST

[DavidDvorkin]

12. Why, yes, kinda like that

Or exactly like that.

All that's missing is Dubya in front of a Mission Accomplished sign.

[Warren Stupidity]

15. Who thought we would ever see that again?

It is beyond belief, and yet it is freaking obvious that this is just where we are heading.

[LynnTheDem]

13. What's Iraqi for "Tet"?

Just wondering...

[pinerow]

14. I think it may be called last week...

Bloodiest four-day period since "Miision Accomplished"

[HuffleClaw]

16. this is like the umpteenth time they've claimed that an

'upswell' or 'surge' of violence is proof that they are SUCCEEDING in this 'war'.

[cantstandbush]

18. Yeah, especially after there has been a surge in rebel attacks.

Are rebels the same as insurgents and are they all the same as terrorits?

[Amonester]

19. Insurgency is "in the last throes" said Herr GoCheneyourself...

Iraq insurgency in 'last throes,' Cheney says :puke:
Monday, June 20, 2005; Posted: 12:19 p.m. EDT (16:19 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The insurgency in Iraq is "in the last throes," Vice President Dick Cheney says...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq


What date are we today again? :mad: