Putting Down Iraq Insurgency May Inspire New Enemies

[RedEarth]

WASHINGTON (AP) - With each new battle in Iraq, two things are tallied: The enemy killed and the enemy created.
That observation by retired CIA operations officer Milt Bearden highlights one of the U.S. military's worst dilemmas: as it fights street by street to crush an insurgency, it is causing resentment among the very Iraqis whose hearts and minds it hopes to win.

This week's siege on the city of Fallujah to capture suspects in the deaths and mutilations of civilian U.S. contractors brought condemnation even from one of the most pro-American members of the U.S.-picked Iraqi Governing Council.

"These operations were a mass punishment for the people of Fallujah," Adnan Pachachi told Al-Arabiya TV. "It was not right to punish all the people of Fallujah and we consider these operations by the Americans unacceptable and illegal."

And the U.S. bombing near a Fallujah mosque compound can only inflame more Iraqis, analysts said. The U.S. military says that insurgents fired on troops from the compound, making the holy site a legitimate military target. But many Iraqis care little about that argument.

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[salinen]

1. This could spread

throughout the M.E. I'm sure the millions of Moslims worldwide are watching in horror, and not pleased that their network just got the jack boot.

[bpilgrim]

2. so don't be suprised... just continue SHOPPING

the 'BUSH DOCTRINE' will make the world SAFER.

peace

[The Land of the Free]

3. crud

The world is not very cool right now

[bpilgrim]

4. thank GORE he 'INVENTED' the INTERNET ;-)

welcome to DU :hi:

peace