[Osx-nutters] good news from Iraq for a change

[Chuck Bennett]

On Aug 24, 2007, at 10:53 AM, mmalc crawford wrote:

>
> On Aug 24, 2007, at 7:29 AM, Chuck Bennett wrote:
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>> "Previously, Al Qaeda loved to attack Shiites and Shiite icons like
>> the Golden Mosque
>>
> What does Al Qaeda have to do with this?
> As far as I'm aware, the evidence is that Al Qaeda basically didn't
> exist in Iraq before the invasion...
>
> mmalc
>

I don't get your point  We are talking about the surge driving AQI  
out of anbar now, not back then

There was some minor contact with AQ, but basically you are right.    
Now, however it's like a freaking franchise operation anyone can  
declare themselves to be
AQ.

What I do think Yon gets right is that if AQI is done in Anbar then  
they have no place to go where the villagers won't rat them out.

It won't fix the secular stuff for sure, but if we are looking for a  
way out, putting AQI on the margins is the first step.

=c=