We will send them home in body bags: insurgents respond to the Bush 'surge'

[sabra]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-2543371,00.html

We will send them home in body bags: insurgents respond to the Bush 'surge'

Iraqi insurgents last night threatened to send President Bush’s 22,000 new troops home in body bags as details emerged of the new Baghdad crackdown at the core of his “surge” strategy.

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The most strident reaction came from hostile insurgents in Salahaddin and other Sunni Triangle towns north of Baghdad. The Bush-Maliki plan to deploy tens of thousands of troops in the satellite towns is widely regarded by Sunni residents as evidence of US complicity with their Shia enemies.

“Twenty thousand soldiers will never be able to achieve what 140,000 have failed to achieve so far, and the fate of the new soldiers will not be any better than for those who were here before them,” said Abu Moath, an insurgent with the Islamic and Nationalist Front for the Liberation of Iraq. “They came here to kill innocent Iraqis so they should be all killed the same way.”

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One al-Maliki aide told The Times that the Baghdad offensive would first concentrate on outlying Sunni insurgent strongholds that “choke” the capital — such as Abu Ghraib, Latifiya and Salman Pak — rather than taking on al-Mahdi Army.

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“He argues that the way to deal with the Mahdi Army is to bring down the level of terrorist attacks so ordinary Shia don’t feel the need for the Mahdi. Right now they think the Mahdi is bad, but without them they would be killed by al-Qaeda and the others.”

[mike_c]

1. they will succeed, too....

eom

[deadparrot]

2. Well, I'M feeling the love...nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. What a world when a guy like that has more credibility than bush.

[uppityperson]

4. "bring it on"?

[saigon68]

9. "BRING EM ON" shouted the (Drunken) AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[howmad1]

5. Aside from the 22,000 returning in body bags;

This fucktard president is gonna get us all killed. First Iraq, then Iran, then Syria, then the the whole friggin middle east will be at war with America. Somebody, please put this idiot out of his misery before we're all goners.

[LynnTheDem]

6. Most Iraqis (SHIA included) now approve of attacks on U.S. forces

74% of Shiites and 91% of Sunnis in Iraq want us to leave within a year. The number of Shiites making this call in Baghdad, where the U.S. may send more troops to bring order, is even higher (80%).

Support for attacks on U.S. forces now commands majority support among both Shiites and Sunnis.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003410658

[aaronbees]

7. Hearts and minds ....

Mark it down; they will. :( What a clusterpuke.

[acmavm]

8. I see bush**s buddy Maliki is going to go back on his word about

trying to restrain al Sadr's Mahdi. Did anyone ever really believe that he would?