"Iraqi forces launch crackdown; *al Qaeda* defiant" hmmm???

[mzmolly]

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces on Sunday launched their biggest security crackdown since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the start of a sweep by 40,000 Iraqi troops who will seal off Baghdad and hunt for insurgents.

Over the next few days, Iraqi soldiers would block major routes into Baghdad and search the city district by district, looking for foreign Arab fighters and Iraqi guerrillas, Iraqi officials said. They would be backed up by around 10,000 U.S. troops deployed in the capital during Operation Lightning.

Al Qaeda's network in Iraq said it had responded with a new offensive of its own. Insurgents killed 20 people across Iraq, including a British soldier.

An Internet statement from the group said its offensive was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi "under his planning and supervision." "This ... is in response to the futile plan announced by defense and interior ministers to seal off Baghdad."

Al Qaeda defiant? Anyone else note how insurgents AKA Iraqi's are slowly being morphed into "Al Qaeda" in the media?

Pretty soon we'll be fighting "Al Qaeda" and not "Iraqi insurgents" at all. Hmmm, I guess using the phrase "Al Qaeda" makes the rampage more palatable to the "merikun publik" ? :eyes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050529/wl_nm/iraq_dc

[deadparrot]

1. I noticed that too.

When I signed onto Yahoo, I did a double takes.

Two different groups. Two different countries. All smashed into one headline.

:banghead:

[mzmolly]

2. Indeed, perhaps there are a handful of Al Qaeda in Iraq, but they are

deliberately blurring the lines, look for more of the same I say.

[unhappycamper]

3. insurgents?

Maybe a few, but most are Freedom Fighters or Patriots. Their country was invaded. A puppet government was installed. Iraq is being brutalized by the invaders on a daily basis.

[mzmolly]

4. Agreed, I prefer "Iraqi's" to insurgents.

But soon insurgents won't be "enough" they'll all be called Al Qaeda.

ON edit the definition if isurgent:

Rising in revolt against established authority, especially a government.

Rebelling against the leadership of a political party.

I guess were insurgents too ey?

[RBHam]

5. Al CIA-duh is a magical organization.

Maybe Merlin is their leader.

[burythehatchet]

10. Dick Cheney is

[Cocoa]

6. fighting them there

so we don't have to fight them here. :eyes:

[mzmolly]

8. Amazing ain't it?

:eyes: Gosh I didn't know that ALL members of Al Qaeda went to Iraq to kill and mame, I'm so glad were all safe now in the US of A! After all, who cares about those little brown children anyhow, I'm sure Saddam would have ground em up live sooner or later? :shrug: :sarcasm:

I had a "discussion" with my friends Rethuglican obnoxious husband last night. The s*it they believe is so hard to fathom.

[burythehatchet]

7. I believe an alternative viewpoint may be

that al-queda really is behind much of the violence in Iraq when one recognizes that al-queda rents space at the CIA.

[mzmolly]

9. Well now had the reporter clarified that, I'd be inclined to stay quiet on

the subject. ;)

[Karenina]

11. :SIGH:

All it means is an increased number of people are being BRUTALISED so the *global upper echelon (back in the day we called them the "avariciou$ ruling cla$$) can suck up more $$$$$. :cry::cry::cry:

[mzmolly]

13. So sad.

And were funding this bullshit murderous rampage. :( It's one thing to be aware of all the horrors in this world, it's another to be an unwilling party to them.

[leftchick]

12. My Fav..."'Qaeda in Iraq"!!!

:puke:

[oblivious]

14. "We're an empire now, and when we act we create our own reality."

- senior Bush aid to Ron Susskind

That quote's got some attention. It explaines so much. Look at this google search.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=We%27re+an+empire+now%2C+and+when+we+act%2C+we+create+our+own+reality.&btnG=Search

[Karenina]

15. 'Murikan gu'mint done been taken over

by slimy *lizard loonies.

Dey be siccin' that "pitbull" *MIC on folks; got 'em

Dropping bombs
Kicking in doors
Shooting ad nauseum
Traumatising and POISONING a whole generation and deyselves in the process..,

Doin' ICKY NASSY STUFF

and for WHAT?

These pathetic *overlords SHALL be held to account for their crimes.

[mzmolly]

16. OMG

Sometimes I'm so stunned I can hardly believe what I read. :wow:

[mmonk]

17. Yep

but the people I've heard who are there or have been there recently say foreign fighters are not that numerous. The overwhelming majority are Iraqi. Got that from a marine and also I heard someone from some agency indicate the same thing. I do think, however, more are coming from the south from Saudi Arabia. However, the "insurgency" is primarily Iraqi.