Sep 05 2005
Al Qaeda Takes Iraq Town, Draws Bulls Eye On Backs
The flypaper theory of drawing Al Qaeda into a battle royale in Iraq may not be perfect, but it does appear to work quite well at times. Check out this Washington Post story today [hat tip Laura Rozen]
BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 — Abu Musab Zarqawi’s foreign-led Al Qaeda in Iraq took open control of a key western town at the Syrian border, deploying its guerrilla fighters in the streets and flying Zarqawi’s black banner from rooftops, witnesses, residents and others in the city and surrounding villages said.
A sign newly posted at the entrance of Qaim declared, “Welcome to the Islamic Kingdom of Qaim.” A statement posted in mosques described Qaim as an “Islamic kingdom liberated from the occupation.”
They need to add “Founded September 2005, Destroyed 2005”. This is the image of Al Qaeda (note to Cindy Sheehan, Michaele Moore and all the other ‘liberals’ of the left)
Zarqawi’s fighters were killing officials and civilians seen as government-allied or anti-Islamic, witnesses, residents and others said. On Sunday, the bullet-riddled body of a woman lay in a street of Qaim. A sign left on her corpse declared, “A prostitute who was punished.”
Allah is Great??? This must be the work of Allah’s weak, angry, twin brother.
And Syria needs to be careful. When action against these animals begin if they attempt to flee to sanctuary in Syria I think the US should chse them down.
Qaim, within a few miles of the Syrian border, has been a major stronghold for insurgents ferrying fighters, weapons and money from Syria into the rest of Iraq along a network of Euphrates River towns.
Hi AJ,
As a world citizen, lived many places including Corpus Christi Texas and Ventura California. Presently living on Vancouver Island B.C.
I would generally like to thank Americans for investments and sacrifices made supressing al Qaeda terrorism and keeping it from our collective doorsteps.
This thanks is offered by far more Canadians than our Main Stream Media may lead you to believe.
I will ask that you not condemn all Canadians just because a selfish and limited prime minister Chretien failed to throw Canadian support to America when he should have. The material support was limited, but the political advantage of that support was, or would have been of immense value to the U.S.A.
My sympathy to you all considering the huge scope of Katrina and the loss of a major tourist and music asset is heartfelt.
Though further west of that, I loved Padre Island and Port Isabelle, as well as Corpus .
One other thing,
I wish the army of the brain-dead would drop the, *no weapons of mad destruction* whine. Once the practice of gas genocide of Kurd villages was verified, it was green light to open season on Saddam, his gaseous sons and their *bullet squads*.
The discovery of hundrds of anti-gas suits hidden in the hospital during the war was the clincher for justification for me.
Time is pressing, but I’m glad to get that stuff said. Later, and 73s TonyGuitar