al-Qaida, Saddam Loyalists, Foreign Fighters...Who is to Blame??

[leftchick]

....after reading this article I am convinced our clueless leaders have not considered the fact that the continued attacks in Iraq could be from ALL of the above.....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=10&u=/ap/20031031/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_who_s_responsible

Who's Behind Iraq Attacks Up For Debate

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A senior U.S. counterterrorism official said Thursday that use of those explosives, which the official said were traced to a manufacturer outside Iraq, pointed to possible al-Qaida involvement.


U.S. forces have seized large caches of plastic explosives among the munitions believed left over from Saddam's rule, indicating that they could have come from undetected Iraqi supplies.

On Thursday, U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton told the British Broadcasting Corp., that U.S. commanders believe "elements of the previous ... regime" have linked up with "international terrorists" to strike at U.S. and coalition forces.

Bolton added the attacks "demonstrated to many Iraqis that they are being used by al-Qaida and other terrorist groups ..."

References to attacks in Baghdad and the name al-Qaida suggest a link with Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)'s terror network. That link resonates among Americans scarred by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but increasingly skeptical of the U.S. role in Iraq.

[donco6]

1. We're seeing unlikely alliances forming against . . .

. . . a "common enemy" - namely, US.

It's like the Catholics, Protestants, fundies, etc. uniting against abortion. Fundies think Catholics are all going straight to hell, but they'll pray with them at an anti-abortion rally and donate money together to fight abortion.

I think these alliances will actually GROW, rather than diminish with time.

[leesa]

2. The US is to blame.

[Spazito]

3. Not only has Bush united totally disparate groups of terrorist groups...

but if we look at what is happening in the economic and political side of the world, he has united:

the EU and China who have agreed to have stronger economic ties

the Central and South American countries against the US's interference in their country's economies, etc.

Russia and the EU with Russia's consideration to changing to the euro re oil

Bush is definitely a uniter!

[Brucey]

4. It's easy to hate the US,

and in Iraq it's easy to take pot shots at their representatives and friends. No wonder it's so popular. Solution: make love, not war.

[slaveplanet]

5. Saudi Arabia

Will NEVER let a truly democratic Arab state touch their border.
Of course the BFEE already must know this.

[leftchick]

6. Another Gem from Rummy the Dummy.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3232807.stm

<snip>At a Pentagon news conference this week, the US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, argued that it was too early to conclude - as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan had suggested - that this was a new phase in the campaign.

"It may be an isolated spike, it may have to do with Ramadan, it may have to do with an increase that will continue... none of us can predict the future," he said.

....Oh yeah? Well shit for brains, WE all predicted this would happen if you invaded Iraq!
This piece from the BBC really nails the inept ones in charge.

[slaveplanet]

7. Sheesh

// none of us can predict the future," he said. // I have about 100 files from before the war ...that pridicted exactly this scenario...I'd just be preaching to the choir.