Guerrilla war in Iraq spreading

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/11/29/guerrilla_war_in_iraq_spreading/

US says attacks on rise outside Sunni Triangle

By Bryan Bender, Globe Correspondent, 11/29/2003

WASHINGTON -- The guerrilla war in Iraq has moved steadily beyond the so-called Sunni Triangle and into areas of the country once considered peaceful, a potentially ominous development for security forces trying to restore order in the country.

Since the end of major combat operations on May 1, nearly 40 percent of attacks on US and coalition targets have been outside the Sunni Triangle, home to many remnants of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's regime, according to internal Defense Department reports obtained by the Globe.

The monthly breakdown is classified, but Defense Department officials confirmed that the number of attacks occurring in the far north, south, and far western Iraq -- areas outside the Sunni Triangle, which is immediately north and west of the capital of Baghdad -- has increased in recent months.

This week alone, two US soldiers were shot, dragged, and hit with rocks in the northern city of Mosul and another was killed there yesterday in a rocket attack, adding to growing violence in what had been considered a relatively stable city.

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[bobthedrummer]

1. Where are the embedded journalists now?

Only on the Internet can you gather a scrap of news about Iraq today IMHO.

Other than simultaneous bombings that are claiming and maiming life in Iraq.

[Scott Lee]

2. And you'd better read fast - the VolksPresse may soon shut that down

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[yellowcanine]

3. This undercuts the official line

One of the official lines is that the resistance is mostly diehard Baathists in the Sunni triangle. Attacks elsewhere in the country undercut that claim. The bushistas obviously don't have any idea where the resistance is coming from.

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. OF COURSE it's spreading ! Every time they kill an innocent Iraqi -

. . OF COURSE it's spreading ! Every time they kill an innocent Iraqi -

. . they create DOZENS of Iraqis with a motive to hate and kill the invaders.

. . don't need to be a Military genius to figure THAT one out.

But I think it takes Military Idiots not to realize it.

[alfredo]

5. thjey just said the attacks are dropping, but then they say Nov was

the deadliest month so far.

[Elidor]

6. Reminds me of how the Japanese government always claimed victory

In the Pacific Campaign, even though the battles kept getting closer and closer to home...