Comments on: Al Qaeda Losing Diyala Province

By: BarbaraS

BarbaraS — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:12:55 +0000

Whatever happened to all the Saudis who went home from Iraq? Could it possibly be that they got a belly full of violence and deserted? We all wondered if there was a coup planned in Saudi Arabia. Maybe the ones left don’t have an option. Maybe they can’t go home.

The fact of the matter is that we have captured all the leaders. We capture one and another springs up. We capture him and another springs up. This has gone on for years. Maybe Al Quaeda is left with the rank and file and are taking their leaders from them. Maybe that is why they so stupidly alienate the Sunnis and kill the Shia because they themselves are not very smart.

By: ivehadit

ivehadit — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:28:21 +0000

Cite your sources, please.

By: Soothsayer

Soothsayer — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:14:47 +0000

Since the number of “al-Qaeda” fighters in Iraq is about 4% of total insurgents – what difference does it make with respe to the outcome whether or not “al-Qaeda” is doing poorly?

Iraq is in the middle of a Sunni/Shia civil war – and the Sunni and Shia factions also serve as proxies for a greater Iranian/Arab long term conflict. Al-Qaeda’s participation in Iraq is statistically meaningless.

By: Wake up America-

Wake up America- — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:37:55 +0000

Why Harry Reid Roots for America to Lose…

They have invested everything in America’s defeat, their political reputation, the 2008 elections, their personal reputations and that is far more important to them than our soldiers lives….

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:17:54 +0000

I have a major problem with those MSM stories about all these jihadis supposedly flocking to Iraq and the comments about all the training they are getting and sending “battle hardened” jihadis around the world from Iraq.

The truth is that most of these kids are used as suicide bombers or VBIED drivers. They are used once. They don’t get a lot of “training” other than how to blow themselves up. They might get a little bit of paramilitary training as far as knowing which end of the gun the bullet comes out of and how to intimidate civilians, but as for action, they tend to engage in battle one time and die in large numbers.

I would suggest that there are very few of these guys that are actual veterans of battle against MNF-I or the IA. Most are probably “veterans” of shooting civilians and lightly armed police.

We really need more jihadi jokes. These followers of a perverted version of Islam need to be a laughing stock.

By: lurker9876

lurker9876 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:33:41 +0000

Scores of young Saudis are joining the ranks of the jihadists in Iraq and they will be eliminated one by one.

By: kathie

kathie — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:22:04 +0000

I wonder if the dems understand that life is a process. I think, that they think, that things should happen with the speed of a click of the fingers.

As V.D. Hanson asked, just when did the dems decide to be opposed to the war after they were for it? What was their time line for quitting, during the 2004 election, the 2008 election run up. It is hard to believe it was anything more then a political decision.

The media is soooooo sorry they didn’t ask hard questions before the war. I’m wondering if they think that they are doing a good job of asking the quitters what will happen when we come home. And are the quitters they willing to take on those consequences?

By: crosspatch

crosspatch — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:38:01 +0000

One interesting thing that happened after the Baghdad bombings the other day was that the Iraqi army commander of the unit in charge of security for that area was relieved of his command. This provides incentive for the next commander to become more creative in ways to reduce casualties and find bombers before they strike.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:18:08 +0000

AlQaida says the attacks in Baghdad the other day are a sign that the surge is not working, Reid says that the attacks in Baghdad the other day are a sign that the surge is not working.

Sadr demands a timeline. Pelosi demands a timeline.

You would think these guys would at least try to sound as if they were not parroting the enemy.

Things are improving in Iraq, even with the attacks the other day. There is no way that the surge, successful or not is going to stop all the attacks..especially in a few weeks.

This will take time and determination.