Al-Zarqawi gains ground

[ECH1969]

Iraq is on a knife-edge, bleeding and possibly headed to civil war, if not already there. And Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is tightening his grip on the handle of that knife, according to those close to the situation.

In the past, the U.S. military talked of al-Zarqawi and the rest of the foreign fighters in Iraq as separate from local insurgents, though linked by common goals and common enemies. That seems to have changed, even as the U.S. negotiates with Sunni politicians, and in some cases, those linked to the insurgents.

Listen to Sheik Zeidan, once one of the most prominent tribal chieftains in Anbar province, now an exile across the border in Jordan. "If there was a gap between the Sunnis and Zarqawi before Samarra, this brought it together, the gap was brought together," he said.

"They are getting killed. They looked left and right and the only savior they had was Zarqawi. Now Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is their only leader, the only one providing them protection."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/16/schuster.column/

[MrPrax]

1. LOL...

"according to those close to the situation"?? 'Those' that talk in metaphors instead of 'fact'...

[saigon68]

2. He's the most POWERFUL MAN IN THE UNIVERSE

Go ahead scare those old ladies

He's hiding outside their door.

He and his Islamic killers will bust in soon

and rape you

[mediaman007]

10. I thought that would be Kaiser Sosa...

but Kaiser Sosa hasn't been heard from in a while...could Al-Zarqawi be Kaiser Sosa? or maybe Jason Bourne!

[joefree1]

3. Sh*t, and this from CNN

You gotta wonder why the neo-cons are this stupid. Or are they just trying to kick start the apocalypse?

[endarkenment]

4. Boogeyman bullshit alert. nt.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. So explain to me, then

is this what today's bombing runs are all about?

[yurbud]

8. we will kill that Zarqawi no matter how many women and children we

have to kill first.

This stuff would be laughable if it wasn't used as an excuse for slaughter.

[m0nkeyneck]

6. fiction

[sutz12]

7. I see we are finally uniting the Iraqis.....

against us. They would probably appreciate it if we just got the hell out of the way, so they can get on to killing each other in peace.

Yep, that Saddam was an evil fucker. Better get him out of there before the whole country falls apart.....


oops.

:sarcasm:

[yurbud]

9. I would hate to be an Iraqi. What do you do when someone says...

"Surrender the boogey man or we'll bomb you until you do."