Pace: Suicide Bombs Reflect Terrorists' Desperation ("a major blow to AQ")

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http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=11300

Pace: Suicide Bombs Reflect Terrorists' Desperation

American Forces Press Service


WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2006 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called today's escalated violence in Iraq another indication that Dec. 15 elections there were "a major blow to al Qaeda" and a sign of desperation among terrorists hoping to disrupt the Iraq's progress. Scores of people were reported killed and wounded today in two car bombings in Iraq.

After three successful elections in Iraq during 2005, with increasing voter turnout with each election, terrorists recognize their failure to stop the democratic process from moving forward, Marine Gen. Peter Pace told Pentagon reporters today.

"And I think what you're seeing now is their continuing attempt to disrupt the proper formation of the Iraqi government," he said. "And I'm very confident that they'll fail at this as well.

"So I see the terrorist attacks as acknowledgement on the terrorists' part that this is a center of gravity (in the war on terror) and that they're losing," Pace said.

This sounds familiar?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq/

Iraq insurgency in 'last throes,' Cheney says

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"I think we may well have some kind of presence there over a period of time," Cheney said. "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."