Iraqi Insurgents Seem Worried Bin Laden Will Hijack Their Cause

[seriousstan]

, Egypt (AP) - Osama bin Laden has vowed to turn Iraq into the front line of his war against the United States, but Iraqi insurgents seem worried that he's out to hijack their rebellion.
At times, the Iraqis and foreign Muslim militants seem to be competing. Media reports and Web statements have speculated that a Saudi carried out the Dec. 21 suicide bombing of a U.S. mess tent in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that killed 22 people. But Ansar al-Sunnah, the homegrown group that took responsibility for that deadliest of attacks on a U.S. target in Iraq, named the bomber as Abu Omar of Mosul, a nom de guerre that pointedly claims him as an Iraqi.

Earlier this month, a posting on Ansar al-Sunnah's Web site told foreign militants to stop coming. The group, which defines itself as both nationalist and Islamic, said it needed money, not more recruits.

"We have concrete information that a sharp division is now broiling between" Iraqis waging a nationalist war and foreign Arabs spurred by militant Islam, said Mouwafak al-Rubaie, the Iraqi government's national security adviser. "They are more divided than ever."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB8DPB6V3E.html

[alittlelark]

1. But, but, they don't have the same cause.....

ie - destruction of America, so how can this be true???????:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :dunce: :freak: :wtf:

[Wilms]

2. Perhaps the Iraqi's, too, figure that "bin Laden"...

...is aligned with *Co. :shrug:

[NYC]

3. Can't be. OBL was smoked out dead or alive quite a while ago.

Or did George Bush not think about him much anymore, he's not that important?

Surely, George Bush says what he means, and means what he says. (Who said that, Karen Hughes?)

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. This is actually good news for us.

I say the Iraqi insurgents are doing us a favor by separating their newfound hatred for the West from bin Laden's so 9/11 hatred for the West. That way, when the Iraqi's retaliate we can say, "Bush, it's all you."

[Rose Siding]

5. Is concrete information like bulletproof evidence?

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that American intelligence had "bulletproof" evidence of links between Al Qaeda and the government of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq.

http://www.intelmessages.org/Messages/National_Security/wwwboard/messages/1761.html

This is sourced by an Iraqi govt adviser and its prominence on CNN's site today resembles that of their re-writes of a Pentagon press release.

[Cocoa]

6. let's enlist Osama to help us against the insurgents

I'm confident Rove can convince the American people Osama is a good guy, look what he did for Bush.

[Kolesar]

9. Yeah. Ask him if they need any shoulder-launched missiles

We gotta help those "freedom fighters".

[bemildred]

7. This is wishful bullshit. nt

[Redstone]

8. Now, hold on just a cotton-pickin' minute!

Do I believe my eyes, that I saw an official of the Iraqi "Government" admit that some of the "insurgents" were actually Iraqis waging a nationalist war?????

Talk about not being "on message." He won't have his job long, he keeps letting the truth slip out like that.

Redstone

[Moderator]

10. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1145870