U.S.: al-Qaida in Iraq 'very disrupted' since leader's death

[sabra]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1151667167255950.xml&coll=2

U.S.: al-Qaida in Iraq 'very disrupted' since leader's death
Associated Press

Baghdad, Iraq - The U.S. military claimed an advantage in the fight against al-Qaida in Iraq on Thursday, saying raids since the death of its leader have forced many of its foreign fighters out into the open to be captured or killed.

Iraq's bloodshed continued. At least 46 deaths from violence were reported across the country, including nine bodies pulled from rivers - apparent victims of sectarian death squads.

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, acknowledged Iraqi civilians were suffering most from the insurgency, accounting for 70 percent of all deaths and injuries, while the number of U.S. casualties did not appear to be on the rise.

But he said the Americans gained momentum in their fight against al-Qaida in Iraq after killing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and have devoted a lot of resources to targeting his successor as leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.

[maddezmom]

1. wow in just a few days, he goes from sober to making progress

someone is DC must've asked him to report the "good news" :eyes:


Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, spokesman for U.S. forces in Iraq, said the overwhelming
security operation launched two weeks ago to rein in violence in Baghdad was moving more
slowly than hoped.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2360331

[still_one]

2. as long as the our media keeps up the propaganda for the

administration more people will die

[hatrack]

3. Yeah, hardly ANY car bombings or murders or kidnappings since then!

:eyes: :puke:

[Kagemusha]

4. So the real insurgents continue onward while the US goes after this.

What progress.

[KamaAina]

5. KamaAina: al-Qaida in Iraq "barely existed" before we invaded.

So basically, we're just about back where we started before Bush** went in there like a bull in a china shop -- except for the increasingly entrenched homegrown insurgency, the damage to our reputation worldwide, and of course, 2500+ American dead and who knows how many tens of thousands of Iraqis. :grr: :banghead:

[SoCalDem]

6. and yet our mission continues..

soldiers looking for IEDs so they don't blow up trucks filled with supplies headed to re-supply the soldiers who are looking for IEDs... :eyes: rinse/repeat

[HuffleClaw]

7. meaningless propaganda

funny, considering it was THEM who created the myth of 'al qaeda in iraq' to be some sort of boogeyman.

[Roland99]

8. AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

[number6]

9. yea sure :o

:eyes: