Gen.: Al-Qaida seeks to use WMD in Mideast (Gen. George Casey)

[sabra]

http://www.nola.com/newsflash/topstories/index.ssf?/base/politics-8/1128003544119260.xml&storylist=topstories

Gen.: Al-Qaida seeks to use WMD in Mideast

WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida is the main enemy to peace and stability in the Middle East and the terrorist group is seeking to acquire — and use — weapons of mass destruction there, a top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress.

"The enemy that brought us 9/11 continues to represent one of the greatest dangers to this nation," warned Gen. John Abizaid, the commander of U.S. Central Command.

He was testifying alongside Gen. George Casey, the most senior commander of coalition forces in Iraq, before the Senate and House Armed Services committees. Also to testify Thursday were Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard B. Myers, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

President Bush sent the group to Capitol Hill to try to convince lawmakers — and their skeptical constituents — that the United States is making progress in the war. The back-to-back hearings in the House and Senate are part of a White House effort to bolster slipping public support for the war.

[tainowarrior]

1. Tony The Tiger, Spiderman, and Tickle-Me Elmo

are all trying to produce one huge Weapons of Mass Destruction fart bomb by combining their asshole-fart pressure into a fart bomb receptacle.


Hey, it's as believable as the junk these Generals put out once in a while.

[saigon68]

10. Gen. John Abizaid = " USELESS REPUKE ASS-CLOWN"

This idiot is a WAR CRIMINAL AND A THUG

[bowens43]

2. Al-Qaida is the main enemy to peace and stability

in the Middle East ? Seems to me that position was taken the moment the US invaded Iraq.

[sniffa]

3. i'm gLad we took out iraq's wmd's then

whew!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. And where does Spectre and Thrush fit into the picture?

[grytpype]

5. Well then why did we invade Iraq, where there was no AlQaeda?

I guess we are supposed to forget that there was no AlQaeda in Iraq before Bush invaded it and threw the doors open.

Jesus, we are ruled by idiots.

[merwin]

6. That is so fucking dysfunctional!

If you don't get along with each other I swear I'll pull this jeep over right now and shoot you! Hell, I'll shoot you anyways!

Spreading peace and democracy through the use of force. What a novel concept.

[kahleefornia]

8. Hey - I just thought of something

So we were going to solve everything by bringing freedom to the Iraqis. I know why it didn't work! They HATE freedom!

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Fear, fear, everywhere there's fear. Let's try the old 'mushroom cloud'

thingy again.

[htuttle]

9. That dog don't hunt anymore

"Fool me once..."

[Tempest]

11. NEWS FLASH! SO DOES THE U.S.

Bush isn't funding the creation of mini-nukes to use on U.S. soil.

[2Design]

12. probably can't kill more than usa is already doing -

not sure who the terriorists are anymore - usa seems to do a lot of killing and torture around the world on a regular basis

[rodeodance]

13. He is crying wolf? we do not know-as Jr cried wolf with SH and wmd.

[Dover]

14. "The enemy that brought us 9/11" - We know who THAT is.

"The enemy that brought us 9/11 continues to represent one of the greatest dangers to this nation,"

Yes, indeed.....and they are going to pull another 9/11 in the Middle East. Apparently the Pentagon expects to use their WMD in Iran and elsewhere.
Gee those evil "al qaedas" and their "wmd" just always get the slip on us somehow...

[rodeodance]

15. How can we trutst them after the mushroom cloud and SH and wmp lies?

[rodeodance]

16. and will Congress trust them this time?

[rodeodance]

17. and can Congress afford NOT to trust them when troops LIVES may

be on the line---if indeed wmd ARE used. Or is more instillation of the fear factor?

[recycledindi]

18. here's the setup

so we can nuke em over there and blame it on someone else. wake up people - our government is the real terorrist.

[hadrons]

19. well Abizaid, wasn't it nice of W. to bring in so many troops so close ...

for Al-Qaida to use that WMD (probably pulled from his ass) and cripple the military farther than your master has up to now?

[WhiteTara]

20. terra terra terra! One trick ponies

all. Be afraid citizens and take no notice of the thieves in government stealing everything in sight.

[sabra]

21. Gen.: Troop Withdrawal Hinges on Iraq Vote (more Casey)

http://www.bdtonline.com/articles/2005/09/29/ap/headlines/d8cu0di81.txt

Gen.: Troop Withdrawal Hinges on Iraq Vote


WASHINGTON - U.S. troops could begin coming home from Iraq next year, but it depends on conditions during and after the upcoming elections there, the top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress on Thursday.

The remarks by Gen. George Casey, along with similar comments he made a day before, represented a softening of his earlier assessment that a "fairly substantial" pullout could begin next spring and summer.

Casey said the result of the upcoming Iraqi referendum on a new constitution on Oct. 15 and December elections will affect whether conditions on the ground will be appropriate for withdrawing U.S. troops.

"The next 75 days are going to be critical for what happens," Casey told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. What happens next year? Does the civil war start then?

Just think of how well trained these soldiers will be thanks to us training them.

The civil war will be much more professional.

[saigon68]

23. Gen. George Casey= "ASSCLOWN AND LAP DOG"

For the Bush criminals.

[bemildred]

24. US Commander: Only one Iraqi battalion fully capable

WASHINGTON - The top US commander in Iraq acknowledged Thursday conditions may worsen in Iraq because of Sunni opposition even if a constitution is approved in next month's referendum.

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The last time Casey reported to Congress several months ago, he said three battalions were fully capable.

"We fully recognize that Iraqi armed forces will not have an independent capability for some time, because they don't have an institutional base to support them," he said. "And so Level One is one battalion."

"It was three. Now it’s gone from three to one?" interjected Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=14664

[sabra]

25. yeah, I heard that one, it was a classic

[bemildred]

26. Advance to the rear, or something like that. nt

[fshrink]

27. Lol... (I'm sorry, all this becomes montypythoonesque).

[Amonester]

28. Us and Them

Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
And the general sat
And the lines on the map
Moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows which is which and who is who
- Roger Waters

Written some 30-something years ago.
Same ol' song...

Ability To Learn From the Past Ain't Given To The Idiots-In-Charge

[Opusnone]

29. They are a threat to big oil and big business

Not to this Nation.

[jwirr]

30. I would suggest this book for the general and for all of us:

"The Culture of Fear: Why Americans are Afraid of the Wrong Things" by Barry Glassner. It does not deal with this issue but it shows how we are being manipulated. In example, when they tell us crime rises 50% are they talking about a specific area. The small town I live in had two murders in the last 20 years. When the second one happened the murder rate rose 100% but it did not reflect the state of crime in our town. This is how the bushies keep the people living in fear.