Politics > Politics-USA > "My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended." 10.31.2003 #1
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"Tom Jefferson" |
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"My fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended." 10.31.2003 #1 |
Admiral Kelly, Captain Card (ph), officers and sailors of the USS Abraham
Lincoln, my fellow Americans, major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In
the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.
http://www.milparts.net/bush-on-uss-lincoln.html
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Saudi fighters 'join resistance' in Iraq
By Shaista Aziz
Wednesday 29 October 2003, 11:45 Makka Time, 8:45 GMT
Mujahidin fighters are launching attacks in Iraq
A leading Saudi dissident says thousands of fighters from the kingdom are
embroiled in attacks against American occupation soldiers in Iraq.
Dr Muhammad al-Massari, a political activist living in exile in London, has
told Aljazeera.net that resistance attacks in Iraq will continue to escalate
in Baghdad.
''There are around 5000 mujahidin fighters from Saudi Arabia in Baghdad, and
many others joining them from all over the Muslim and Arab world.
"These men have already stepped up their efforts to kick out the American
imperialists from Iraq, but what we are seeing is the tip of the iceberg,''
he said.
Al-Massari claims that the resistance attacks against the American fighters
will spread to Saudi Arabia where anti-western and Saudi government
sentiment is rising.
Calm before the storm
''For the past 10 years, Saudi Arabia has been relatively calm, the
mujahidin were busy recruiting and training men from as far afield as
Chechnya and Kashmir to fight against American aggression in the Muslim
world."
Al-Massari claims that 10 years ago it would have been inconceivable for
Muslim fighters to take arms and launch attacks within a Muslim country.
However, with Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait allowing
American troops to be stationed in their countries, resentment against Arab
regimes has increased.
''For the past 10 years Saudi Arabia has been relatively calm, the mujahidin
were busy recruiting and training men''
Dr Muhammed al-Massari,
Saudi exile
''The resistance fighters had a dilemma in the past when it came to fighting
within a Muslim country because of the rules of Sharia (Islamic) law.
"However, as we are seeing in Saudi Arabia itself Muslims are prepared to
launch attacks within their own countries''.
Warning
Both the Qatar and London embassies of the Saudi kingdom declined to comment
on al-Massari's allegations.
Al-Massari's remarks coincide with the American government issuing warnings
that an attack against western interests in the kingdom is imminent.
The warning, which the Americans describe as ''credible'' comes at a time
when there is huge discontent among the Saudi population against their
rulers, the royal family.
Americans have been warned to avoid non-essential travel to the kingdom, and
advised citizens to be vigilant in the Gulf region.
Continuation
The Bush administration called on Syria and Iran on Tuesday to take action
to stop cross-border infiltration by guerrillas into Iraq.
US military officials say there are signs that foreign fighters were behind
the four suicide bombings that killed 34 people and wounded 230 on Monday in
Baghdad's bloodiest day since Saddam Hussein was overthrown.
The US administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, said over the weekend that most
of the "terrorists" in Iraq were not Iraqis but came from countries such as
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Sudan.
Border control was a major issue in Iraq, he said, adding that it was very
difficult to seal the country's borders.
According to al-Massari, the Saudi royal family are also targets for the
mujahidin fighters who are angry at the Saudi government for ''inviting the
Americans on to their holy soil''.
Al-Massari plans to launch a political party in London, calling for reforms
in Saudi Arabia.
His group, the Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights, is keeping a
close watch on events unfolding in the region.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DABED12D-92C8-4BCF-A57F-0B3CCB8A5C8C.
htm
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"From the brief time that we did spend occupying Iraqi territory after the
war, I am certain that had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like the
dinosaur in the tar pit – we would still be there, and we, not the United
Nations, would be bearing the costs of the occupation. This is a burden I am
sure the beleaguered American taxpayer would not have been happy to take
on."
– Norman Schwarzkopf, from his 1993 autobiography, "It Doesn't Take a Hero."
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