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"Mike Painter" |
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23 Jul 2005 06:48:20 PM |
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They just keep getting stronger. |
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/international/middleeast/24insurgents.html?ex=1279857600&en=dc6cace6947fcc2a&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss"But the Americans concede the growing sophistication of insurgent attacksand the insurgents' ability to replenish their ranks as fast as they arekilled."We are capturing or killing a lot of insurgents," said a senior Armyintelligence officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was notauthorized to make his assessments public. "But they're being replacedquicker than we can interdict their operations. There is always anotherinsurgent ready to step up and take charge."At the same time, the Americans acknowledge that they are no closer tounderstanding the inner workings of the insurgency or stemming the flow offoreign fighters, who are believed to be conducting a vast majority ofsuicide attacks. The insurgency, believed to be an unlikely mix of BaathParty die-hards and Islamic militants, has largely eluded the understandingof American intelligence officers since the fall of Saddam Hussein'sgovernment 27 months ago.But the Americans concede the growing sophistication of insurgent attacksand the insurgents' ability to replenish their ranks as fast as they arekilled."We are capturing or killing a lot of insurgents," said a senior Armyintelligence officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was notauthorized to make his assessments public. "But they're being replacedquicker than we can interdict their operations. There is always anotherinsurgent ready to step up and take charge."At the same time, the Americans acknowledge that they are no closer tounderstanding the inner workings of the insurgency or stemming the flow offoreign fighters, who are believed to be conducting a vast majority ofsuicide attacks. The insurgency, believed to be an unlikely mix of BaathParty die-hards and Islamic militants, has largely eluded the understandingof American intelligence officers since the fall of Saddam Hussein'sgovernment 27 months ago."--Take a CPR class and get your community involved in an AED program.
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| User: "Fred Stone" |
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| Title: Re: They just keep getting stronger. |
23 Jul 2005 07:32:46 PM |
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"Mike Painter" <mddotpainter@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:8HAEe.20727$NU2.9310@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/international/middleeast/24insurgen
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s.html?ex=1279857600&en=dc6cace6947fcc2a&ei=5089
&partner=rssyahoo&emc=
Mike, fix your wordwrap.
rss"But the Americans concede the growing sophistication of insurgent
attacksand the insurgents' ability to replenish their ranks as fast
as they arekilled."We are capturing or killing a lot of insurgents,"
said a senior Armyintelligence officer, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because he was notauthorized to make his assessments
public. "But they're being replacedquicker than we can interdict
their operations. There is always anotherinsurgent ready to step up
and take charge."At the same time, the Americans acknowledge that
they are no closer tounderstanding the inner workings of the
insurgency or stemming the flow offoreign fighters, who are believed
to be conducting a vast majority ofsuicide attacks. The insurgency,
believed to be an unlikely mix of BaathParty die-hards and Islamic
militants, has largely eluded the understandingof American
intelligence officers since the fall of Saddam Hussein'sgovernment 27
months ago.But the Americans concede the growing sophistication of
insurgent attacksand the insurgents' ability to replenish their ranks
as fast as they arekilled."We are capturing or killing a lot of
insurgents," said a senior Armyintelligence officer, who spoke on
condition of anonymity because he was notauthorized to make his
assessments public. "But they're being replacedquicker than we can
interdict their operations. There is always anotherinsurgent ready to
step up and take charge."At the same time, the Americans acknowledge
that they are no closer tounderstanding the inner workings of the
insurgency or stemming the flow offoreign fighters, who are believed
to be conducting a vast majority ofsuicide attacks. The insurgency,
believed to be an unlikely mix of BaathParty die-hards and Islamic
militants, has largely eluded the understandingof American
intelligence officers since the fall of Saddam Hussein'sgovernment 27
months ago."'
One other recent development in the insurgency - and a possible
explanation of its ability to bring in recruits from around the Arab
world - is the reach and sophistication of its public relations.
Most of the main insurgent groups - like Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia and
Ansar al Sunna - regularly post updates of their exploits on the Web.
Scarcely a day passes when one of the groups has not announced another
attack with either video or printed notice.
A communiqué released Friday by Ansar al Sunna, for instance, boasted of
an attack on an American Humvee in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra.
The Humvee, the communiqué said, had been destroyed with an "explosive
package."
"Four crusaders who were in it were killed," the notice said.
"God is great," the notice concluded in the usual way. "Glory to God,
his Messenger, and to the believers."
[and here we have the Knee Jerk Times providing them with yet another
bit of favorable coverage]
--
Fred Stone
aa# 1369
Political correctness is a form of moral and emotional blackmail
whereby if you call a spade a spade you must apologize to the spade.
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