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Schadow
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 Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:41 am Post subject: The Treasure in the Rubble |
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The amount of intel uncovered in the aftermath of the bombing of al Zarqawi is apparently staggering. The following is a excerpt from a summation provided by Strategy Page:
| Quote: | Al Qaeda in Iraq Died For Our Sins
June 16, 2006: Al Qaeda in Iraq has been virtually wiped out by the loss of an address book. The death of al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi was not as important as the capture of his address book and other planning documents in the wake of the June 7th bombing. U.S. troops are trained to quickly search for names and addresses when they stage a raid, pass that data on to a special intelligence cell, which then quickly sorts out which of the addresses should be raided immediately, before the enemy there can be warned that their identity has been compromised. More information is obtained in those raids, and that generates more raids. So far, the June 7th strike has led to over 500 more raids. There have been so many raids, that there are not enough U.S. troops to handle it, and over 30 percent of the raids have been carried by Iraqi troops or police, with no U.S. involvement. Nearly a thousand terrorist suspects have been killed or captured. The amount of information captured has overwhelmed intelligence organizations in Iraq, and more translators and analysts are assisting, via satellite link, from the United States and other locations.
Perhaps the most valuable finds have been al Qaeda planning documents confirming what has been suspected of terrorist strategy. Also valuable have been the al Qaeda assessment of their situation in Iraq. The terrorist strategy is one of desperation. While the effort continues, to attempt to trigger a civil war between Sunni and Shia in Iraq, this is seen as a losing proposition. The new strategy attempts to trigger a war between the United States and Iran. This would weaken the United States, and put the hurt on Iran, an arch-enemy of al Qaeda. Other documents stressed the need to manipulate Moslem and Western media. This was to be done by starting rumors of American atrocities, and feeding the media plausible supporting material. Al Qaeda's attitude was that if they could not win in reality, they could at least win imaginary battles via the media.
Zarqawi considered al Qaeda's situation in Iraq as "bleak." The most worrisome development was the growing number of trained Iraqi soldiers and police. These were able to easily spot the foreigners who made up so much of al Qaeda's strength. Moreover, more police and soldiers in an area meant some local civilians would feel safe enough to report al Qaeda activity. The result of all this is that there are far fewer foreign Arabs in Iraq fighting for al Qaeda. The terrorist organization has basically been taken over [by] anti-government Sunni Arabs. That made the capture of Zarqawi even more valuable, as his address book contained a who's who of the anti-government Sunni Arab forces. This group has been hurt badly by last week's raids.
The government deployed two infantry divisions and over 40,000 police in and around Baghdad to prevent "revenge" attacks by terrorists not yet rounded up by the growing wave of raids. Al Qaeda has announced an increased number of attacks. These have not occurred, although it is believed that more attacks are possible, as many attacks in various stages of preparation can be rushed forward before they are aborted by a raiding soldiers or police. At the moment, most al Qaeda members appear to be scrambling for new hiding places. |
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| Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 4:15 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | So far, the June 7th strike has led to over 500 more raids. |
 Ohmigosh.... that is just... staggering.
Geesh, we thought it was a good pair of bombs just to get Zarqawi. But, then his memo came out and that was icing on the cake. And now this... fascinating! And so encouraging! Thank God - another tide turned.
| Quote: | | This was to be done by starting rumors of American atrocities, and feeding the media plausible supporting material. |
Jack Murtha is looking pretty "well-fed" lately, too, hm? 
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Schadow
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| Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | So far, the June 7th strike has led to over 500 more raids. There have been so many raids, that there are not enough U.S. troops to handle it..... |
I can't wait for the cut 'n runners to come out and criticize the administration for not having enough troops on the ground in Iraq to handle this windfall. This is inexcusable. Obviously, Bush and Rumsfeld didn't have a plan in place. Fire Rummy, send in Kerry and Murtha. They know how to conduct a war. They're decorated veterans, after all. 
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minnie presley
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject: documents |
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it was reported on fox on friday, that the left and dems are saying that bush forged those documents they found to make him look good, when will these idiots stop,  |
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