U.S. Commander Says Size of Iraq Insurgency Falling

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050301/wl_nm/iraq_usa_abizaid_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480


Army Gen. John Abizaid, head of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee (news - web sites) he believed the emerging political process, including the Jan. 30 election, was helping to drive the number of militants down.


Insurgent attacks on U.S. forces and particularly on Iraqi police and security forces have continued. On Monday a car bomber killed 125 people in Hilla, south of Baghdad and the al Qaeda-related group claimed responsibility.


But Abizaid said improved Iraqi intelligence sources and "treason within his own organization" had lead to successes against Zarqawi. "And his days in Iraq (news - web sites) are numbered," he said.


Abizaid said no more than 3,500 militants took part in a failed attempt to disrupt the Jan. 30 election, when Iraqis defied the risks and voted in large numbers.

[physioex]

1. Bullshit....

Over a hundred people died yesterday. Now he is going to serve us this crap.....

I am sorry to say some of the sheeple will buy this nonsense...

[marmar]

10. Agreed...

La mierda del toro!
And you're right, some dumbasses will gulp it down as they normally do!

[David Dunham]

2. 350,000 insurgents would be a lot more accurate

[TahitiNut]

3. Did they have another roll call?

Or did the CIA 'Insurgency Payroll' shrink? :dunce:

[applegrove]

4. I hope & pray. Every year USA stays in Iraq - the more converts.

[Tempest]

5. 125 killed by insurgents with broken backs

Those are some tough motherf*ckers.

[xchrom]

6. what else can he say after the bomb attacks yesterday?

everything is coming up roses?

[hack89]

14. Are the numbers of attacks increasing or decreasing?

That would be the important stat.

[alfredo]

7. the insurgents will be forgotten when the battle for Kirkuk

begins. The Kurds want it an its oil, but the Shia say no.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. Right. Sure. You bet.

[Career Prole]

9. Abizaid on Zarqawi... "And his days in Iraq are numbered."

Ooooh...you gonna "Osama-tize" him?
Whistling past the graveyard...again.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

13. note the wording

there is a big difference between "Zarqawi's days are numbered" and "Zarqawi's days in Iraq are numbered". one sounds tough, one sounds like it wants to sound tough but is non-committal.

[LostInAnomie]

11. 3,500 of the dumbest insurgents.

Jesus Christ, they were under martial law on election day.

[MichiganVote]

12. Yeah that latest car bomb proves it. 2 guys killed today.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

15. whew that's reassuring

i was beginning to get worried that the numbers of insurgents were going up. This is good news. I began to get worried after we "found the WMD" then promptly "liberated the Iraqis". Yes it was right about the time that we were "greeted with flowers". Remember? It looked at one point, after we "spent 300 million dollars" in a "one-month" "war" that these "dead-enders" and "Sodom Loyalists" were actually capable of putting up a fight. It's good to know that things are going as planned and reported because as a proud nation, we wouldn't want to lose any credibility in the eyes of the world :eyes:

[LynnTheDem]

16. Abizaid WHY are you still FULL OF SHIT and LYING?

Just the nature of the asshole.

[cornfedyank]

17. iraq is going to be all right...what choice?

this snowball is rollin'.
just pay for it.

democracy exposes greed.