Iraqi Insurgency Is Self-Sustaining, and U.S. Can't Stop Money Flowing In

[JABBS]

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“If accurate,” the classified report says, its estimates indicate that these “sources of terrorist and insurgent finance within Iraq — independent of foreign sources — are currently sufficient to sustain the groups’ existence and operation.”

And then comes the truly scary observation: “In fact, if recent revenue and expense estimates are correct, terrorist and insurgent groups in Iraq may have surplus funds with which to support other terrorist organizations outside of Iraq.” However, experts don't believe this is happening ... yet.

[Kelly Rupert]

1. Unfortunate, but not a major development.

We can't shut off funding to the insurgency, but we had never been able to beforehand, so this doesn't really change much.

[JABBS]

2. its always good to have these things on the record

if/when snow/limbaugh/hannity tries to spin

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Independant of foreign sources like the ones supplying the

"Terrorists who drove Russia from Afghanistan".... what a tangled web we weave... pity.