U.S. Ties Attacks on Shiites to Jordanian (al Qaeda) Terrorist

[Khephra]

U.S. Ties Attacks on Shiites to Jordanian Terrorist

Gen. Abizaid Tells House Panel that Zarqawi Was Behind Tuesday's Bombings

By William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 3, 2004; 4:51 PM


U.S. authorities in Iraq have intelligence linking a Jordanian terrorist with al Qaeda connections to a series of bombings that killed scores of Shiite Muslims in two Iraqi cities yesterday on the holiest day of their faith, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said today.

Gen. John Abizaid, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, said the intelligence shows that Abu Musab Zarqawi was behind the attacks at Shiite shrines in Baghdad and Karbala and that he has links to former members of the intelligence service of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Abizaid provided no public details of either assertion.

Shortly afterward, L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. occupation administrator in Iraq, told a Baghdad news conference that much of the terrorism in Iraq originates outside the country. He outlined measures to tighten control of Iraq's borders by adding more Iraqi border police.

Shiite leaders in Iraq, meanwhile, appealed for calm today, urging their followers to avoid being drawn into a religious civil war with Sunni Muslims, a minority in Iraq that historically has held political power in the country. Many Sunnis remain loyal to Hussein, who brutally repressed Shiites during his three-decade rule.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27603-2004Mar3.html

[hang a left]

1. Nice try................

buttheads.

[Journeyman]

2. So now we've been told the "turrists" come from. . .

Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, Lebanon, and now, "probably"Jordan, while our military seems to hold consistent with the idea it's a homegrown phenom only marginally supported by outside sources.

How deeply tragic life has proved to be for ShrubCo, unable to sleep nights for fear of what lurks in the shadows.

[Just Me]

3. Blah, blah, wannablameanyone, blah, deny, we, suck saudi butt, blah,...

,...and those "terrorists" are from everywhere but that place into which we poured our soul for dollars,...Saudi Arabia. Prostitutes (of the "without regard to sex" types) are and have been in charge of our country,...we should have an anchor to draw in all "fundamentalists" who KNOW that prostituting to MONEY is an ultimate sin!!!! Let us bring those fundamentalists into the herd of humanity that values a human being more than the "materials" for which our leaders pay KILLERS. I mean, geez,...greedy corporate despots pay others to KILL such that they can be wealthy. It is sick, sick shit that is happening under the veiled appearance of illusory production.

[remfan]

4. Any time this admin says "intelligence shows..."

they should be laughed out of the room.

"...provided no public details of either assertion." :puke:

[BigDaddyLove]

5. Exactly.....

Further, it's amazing that on the one hand they want us to believe that the WMD nonsense was based on faulty intelligence, while at the same time want us to cower in fear every time a 'terror alert' is called based on intelligence from the same folks.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. Let's see...what countries have we not threatened over the last 3 years?

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. More lies from the bastards

They will never provide any substantial proof to these lies.
These claims with wither away shortly. The sad fact is that they have no idea who might be behind these attacks, so they point the finger at some shadowy mysterious Arab figure.