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| Is al-Qaeda the Real Problem in Iraq?; The ISG Says No | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 6 2006, 09:56 AM (176 Views) | |
| QuirtEvans | Dec 6 2006, 09:56 AM Post #1 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Quoting from the Iraq Study Group report: "Sectarian violence -- particularly in and around Baghdad -- has become the principal challenge to stability." |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| JBryan | Dec 6 2006, 10:04 AM Post #2 |
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I am the grey one
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Al Qaeda is the principle challenge to stability in Anbar province. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Dec 6 2006, 11:37 AM Post #3 |
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Bull-Carp
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Sorry Quirt, but Al Qaeda is very much a faction fueling the sectarian violence in Iraq. AQ is a Sunni organization that subscribes to a militantly radical Salafist interpretation of the already fanatic Wahabi form of Sunni Islam. As such the Islamic dream of AQ has little or no attraction to the followers of Sh'ia. In fact, I am sure that the Shi'ites are every bit as much an AQ target as are foreign troops, Iraqi government forces, more moderate Sunni nationalists and Ba'athist insurgents in the fight. It's just that AQ may have more foreign mercenaries actively attached to it from Jordan, Saudi and other Arab states than the other sectarian insurgencies. |
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| OperaTenor | Dec 6 2006, 12:07 PM Post #4 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Hmm, I guess those boys at the ISG are just a bunch of dummies... |
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| Frank_W | Dec 6 2006, 12:10 PM Post #5 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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I guess Zarqawi being killed in Iraq was just a fluke, then.
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| TomK | Dec 6 2006, 12:12 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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AC's right. And also the Sunnis in Iraq are al-Qaeda on a sliding scale. They buy into what they want or need to suit their purpose on any given day and leave the rest. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Dec 6 2006, 12:47 PM Post #7 |
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Bull-Carp
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Good way to describe it- a sliding scale. |
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| AlbertaCrude | Dec 6 2006, 06:52 PM Post #8 |
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Bull-Carp
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No OT those boys and that woman are not dummies. A dummy however is someone who does not recognize AQ as a an active player in the sectarian anarchy engulfing Iraq. |
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