US General says Al-Qaida will retreat to Africa

[mr blur]

Richard Norton-Taylor
Thursday August 25, 2005
The Guardian

A senior US military officer yesterday predicted that al-Qaida fighters in Iraq will move to the "vast ungoverned spaces" of the Horn of Africa once conditions in the country get too tough for them.

The warning came from Major General Douglas Lute, director of operations at the US' central command. "There will come a time when Zarqawi will face too much resistance in Iraq and will move on," he predicted, referring to the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born Islamist who has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks, kidnappings and beheadings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1555836,00.html

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Note to Freepers: Africa is not a country, it's a continent. You know, that really, really big place that none of you cares about. Try bringing Freedom and Democracy there.

[Tyranny_R_US]

1. If you want to see a bunch of angry mothers...

Just wait until they invade an african nation and one solider gets a boo boo on his knees, I doubt anyone would defend a war in africa. Closet racism sucks.

[wli]

2. They're CIA agents. They'll go wherever Cheney tells them. n/t

[radwriter0555]

3. Zarqawi the dead guy claimed responsibility for the attacks, kidnappings

and beheadings?

Dang. His comeback is more amazing than the one Jesus has planned.