Hussein Warned Iraqis to Beware Outside Fighters

[DrBB]

Someone already posted this in LBN, but I thought it should show its face here as well.

Key graf:
The document appears to be a directive, written after he lost power, from Mr. Hussein to leaders of the Iraqi resistance, counseling caution against getting too close to Islamic jihadists and other foreign Arabs coming into occupied Iraq, according to American officials.

It provides a second piece of evidence challenging the Bush administration contention of close cooperation between Mr. Hussein's government and terrorists from Al Qaeda.

It also provides a rebuttal to those rightwingers (including some tombstoned friends of ours here) who have asserted that "It's not the Iraqi people, it's foreign insurgents who are resisting!" I've seen that assertion a number of times from rightwingers--a number of interlopers have made it here, before earning their tombstones. I knew that wasn't right, but couldn't quickly lay hands on a reference like the following

Military and intelligence officials now believe that the number of foreign fighters who have entered Iraq is relatively small. American military units posted along the border to screen against such an influx have reported that they have seen few signs of foreign fighters trying to cross the border.

In December, American military officials in Iraq estimated that foreign fighters accounted for no more than 10 percent of the insurgency, and some officials now believe that even that figure may be too high. Only 200 to 300 people holding non-Iraqi passports are being detained in Iraq by American forces, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, a military spokesman, told reporters in Baghdad in December.

...and more to that effect.

Read it here.

[leftchick]

1. kimmitt hasn't told the truth about anything so far....

The real number is more likely 2 or 3....

[4dsc]

2. I heard that suicide bombers were Saudi's

I heard that a while ago and not much since!!

[KharmaTrain]

3. Freeper Perspective...Damn Scary

I just heard a hive-dweller on C-Span sum up the PNAC line in "Joe Six-Pack" lingo...

The gist was Iraq isn't a war, it's a campaign in an on-going war. A war on terror? Nope, a war on "Fundamental Islam" (GOOP buzzword)...and the used the invasion of Sicilly in WWII as an example. We didn't want to invade or occupy the Sicillian people, we had to to rid them of the Nazis...and this is what's we're doing in Iraq. Using that monkey-dung logic, this justifies any invasion, military act or overthrow of a government. The debate has long since vanished from rational and international discourse and is now being justified in the myopic view of the Right Wing.

Saddam has always kept his distance from other Pan-Arab movements...his ego couldn't tollerate a co-leader such as a bin Laden or Arafat. Sympathy, yes, but it's obvious the sadistic world of Saddam Hussein revolved around his own importance and self-preservation above all (sounds like this regime, eh?)

It's getting so obvious that the regime is spinning away from any discussion of the motives and run-up to the Iraq invasion and howitzer down any dissent in "patriotism". This works when people remain un-informed and in fear...this is what we have to overcome...one person at a time.

What's becoming so clear...besides this regime's total arrogance, greed and contempt for outsiders...refusing ever to accept responsibility for its actions...but that the re-selection of Whistledick reigns above everything...including national security, civil liberties and the lives of our military. I wonder if enough people are hurting enough yet to start really asking the questions that will shake this regime to its flimsy foundations...then we can begin to bury it.