Saddam Not Heading Insurgency

[leftchick]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C47A8269-85EA-4EAE-ADCE-9B54AF438B9A.htm

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A US official has conceded that the manner and circumstances of Saddam Hussein's arrest makes it unlikely he was directing resistance forces in Iraq.

US forces who captured a haggard on Saturday 13 December Saddam found no communications equipment, maps or other evidence of a guerrilla command center at Saddam's hiding place.

"Given the location and circumstances of his capture, it makes it clear that Saddam was not managing the insurgency, and that he had very little control or influence.

"That is significant and disturbing because it means the insurgents are not fighting for Saddam, they're fighting against the United States," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

US intelligence officials have previously said they believe Saddam was too concerned with survival and staying hidden to provide much more than symbolic leadership.

[Tinoire]

1. Well... As Crisco's diagram points out

certainly not from this hole:

[mhr]

2. Imagine That! The Iraqis Are Fighting For Liberation From The USA.

Hope GW got the memo. There will be hell to pay on this one.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. At least Rockerfeller gets it.

How many years before Bu$h and his crew figure this out?

[dbt]

4. "Fighting against the US?"

Oh-oh! That's going to take some real doing to remedy! Let's see the Regime reduce this to a black-and-white B-Movie Western. Let's hear who the Good Guys are one more time?

:evilgrin:
dbt

[xchrom]

5. i feel like the admin

just walked in on a surprise party --
we captured saddam! -- surprise! he's not the ring leader.
scratch head -- now what do we do.

[leftchick]

6. to think that they really believe their own propaganda is...

quite frightening. These criminals need to be booted out of office NOW!

[ClintonTyree]

7. DUH

This observation wins this year's award for "biggest head in the sand". Anyone who thought Saddam was directing the insurgents seriouly needs a professional mental health examination.

[mbperrin]

9. Having politicians' heads examined - could

we make it part of the new "uninsured" program that Frist is pushing? Uninformed - uninsured - sounds close, don't it?

(On the other hand, you have to be really careful in a high vacuum environment!)

[radfringe]

8. terrorists or insurgents

call them what you like...

the problem is that Bush* is thinking along the lines of convential warfare where there is a clearcut "location" and attacking that "location" will result in the defeat of terrorism...

terrorist are not "tied" to a location, there may be countries that provide support - but bombing the crap out of a given country won't crush the terrorists - just look at the war on drugs

[aquart]

10. He also believes there's a finite number of "insurgents."

And if we just go and get them, they'll be gone.

Because all movies end, you know? And John Wayne wins.

Perhaps if someone explained it all to him in terms of a long-running hit TV show...where the bad guy is always out there......but he doesn't watch TV, does he?