6 months and, anti-U.S. resistance is smarter, more active, more effective

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA0B4BJJMD.html

Helicopter Attack Dispels Hopes to a Quick End of Fighting in Iraq: 'We're in a War Here' AP News Analysis

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - "As we fight this low-intensity conflict," the American general said, "there will be ... more tragedies in the future." Hours later, in the flash of a guerrilla missile, tragedy struck again and the intensity of this American conflict moved up a notch.

The big, lumbering Chinook helicopter that crashed in flames Sunday in the Euphrates River farm country west of here took with it not just the lives of 15 U.S. soldiers, but also any hopes anyone may have harbored that the war in Iraq would end anytime soon.

After six months, the anti-U.S. resistance is smarter, more active, more effective. The American command says it sees growing signs of coordinated planning. Signs of its growing boldness are unmistakable.

In little more than a week, in an arc stretching through the guerrilla belt from north of Baghdad to the west, the insurgents have stunned the U.S. occupation army with one blow after another.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Ah the revolt that those of us with a clue

have been expecting, seems to be materializing.

I don't envy the troops one bit.

[JanMichael]

2. It was bound to happen.

One thing that I find amusing is the use of the roadside remote control bombs.

I'm guessing that the military had no fucking idea that Iraq had so many rc toys prior to the invasion that could be converted to trigger explosives.

[kentuck]

3. The war has always been around Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle...

and it has never ceased. There was never a war in the north or south parts of the country, except for the initial attempted defense of Basra, now controlled by the British. The war has intensified.

[izzie]

4. How long will the people in the us put up with this stuff?

When do you think they will wake up and see you do not put this type of fighting down like this. You would think with all the brains in DOD that they would see it does not work, They just have to look around the world.