Terrorists bemoan recent setbacks in 'War on Freedom'
Call on bin Laden to cut his losses
May 1, 2007
Sources: Rooters News Agency and Non-associated Press

Following the deaths of both Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the decimation of the ranks of Al Qaeda in Iraq, and the growing unpopularity of foreign insurgents among Iraqis, some senior terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda have called upon Usama Bin Laden to withdraw all of his troops from Iraq by October.

The war in Iraq "is lost" and Al Qaeda attacks are failing to bring an Islamic state to the country, spokesman of the Salafist Group for Preching and Combat, Harry Sheikh Reidari, said Thursday.  "I believe ... that this war is lost, and continuing attacks are not accomplishing anything, as is shown by the extreme blows to our network in Iraq recently," Reidari told journalists. "Iraq has diverted resources from our greater 'War on Freedom'. It would be best if we withdrew, leaving only a small force to train Iraqi jihadists, and redeployed our other forces to Afghanistan to continue with a Holy War that everyone can support."

"It is time for a change in direction," said Abu Jonjalali al-Murthab, one of Al Qaeda's most outspoken leaders. "Our brothers are suffering, the future of our cause is at risk. We cannot continue on the present course. It is evident that continued jihad in Iraq is not in the best interests of Al Qaeda, or the Islamic peoples."  

"The Islamic people have spoken. The members of Al Qaeda has voted, as of today, to end this war. And now we can only hope that Sheikh Osama will listen. And I think that is exactly what the Islamic people want. This is not Islam's war to win or lose. We have given the Iraqi people the chance to have Jihad, to have their own Islamic State. It is up to them to decide whether or not they're going to take that chance" stated Rhadami Hillab Clintonijhad. "All I can say that if Sheikh Osama does not get us out of Iraq, when I am Sheikh, I will."

Additionally, leading Abu Sayyaf Group terrorist Mohammed Dheniz Khalidinich charged that Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri "purposely manipulated information to deceive the al Qaeda rank and file..." Khalidinich said al-Zawahiri did so "by fabricating the idea the U.S. military forces would fold and run once our jihad against them in Iraq got bloody.  But today they are still resisting us and sending even more troops to do so.  It is clear now that al-Zawahiri knew that this reaction only would happen with a Democratic American President, and he should have known that Bush would not retreat this way.  For this failure, he should be removed from al-Qaeda's leadership."

Lastly firebrand terrorist Waleed Jo Bidenami  said that if Bin Laden didn't like their call for ending the jihad, then "….we're going to shove it down his throat."

Bin Laden is still being criticized for his "Mission Accomplished" ceremony following the 2006 American Congressional elections.



Rhadami Hillab Clintonijhad denounced Bin Laden for his "Mission Accomplished" speech and said his conduct of the Iraq Jihad was "one of the darkest blots on leadership we've ever had....the only mission accomplished was annoying the Satan Bush and getting America to send more troops."

RAMADI, Iraq — Anbar Province, long the lawless heartland of the tenacious Sunni Arab resistance, is undergoing a surprising transformation. Violence is ebbing in many areas, shops and schools are reopening, police forces are growing and the insurgency appears to be in retreat.

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Many Sunni tribal leaders, once openly hostile to the American presence, have formed a united front with American and Iraqi government forces against Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia

The establishment of the Anbar Salvation Council, a group of tribal leaders who have vowed to hunt al-Qaeda, the beginnings of a political process in the region, and the latest recruiting drive that brought in 1,115 police recruits throughout Anbar could not take place without a U.S. military presence. While the Iraqi Army is making strides towards tactical independence, it still relies on the U.S. in this dangerous province. The tribal sheikhs and politicians understand this.

Congressional Democratic actions lead to the precipitous retreat of U.S. forces from Iraq to the safe haven of Okinawa.

The ensuing power vacuum engulfs Iraq in terrible civil war and sectarian violence.  

Under the pretense of "protecting" the majority Shi'a from the minority Sunnis, units of the Iranian Republican Guard enter into eastern and southern Iraq.



These 'expeditionary' movements by the IRGC cause oil prices to skyrocket. U.S. gas prices reach record levels.

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, without the protective umbrella of U.S. hegemony, begin to capitulate to the "requests" of its soon-to-be-nuclear-armed neighbor to the east.  This causes oil prices to skyrocket even more.

A few months later American oil companies report "outrageous profits", even higher than were seen in 2006.

As a result congressional Democrats interrupt the 2008 campaign travel hold hearings where they badger oil company CEOs on their responsibility for these "outrageous profits". Irony is lost on the Dems...

CLIMATE MODELS SUGGEST WARMING-INDUCED WIND SHEAR CHANGES COULD IMPACT HURRICANE DEVELOPMENT, INTENSITY

"Global climate model simulations for the 21st Century indicate a robust increase in vertical wind shear in the tropical Atlantic and East Pacific Oceans, which could act to inhibit the development or intensification of hurricanes in these regions. Historically, increased vertical wind shear has been associated with reduced hurricane activity and intensity. "

I have observed first-hand the effects of the Bush Administration's new Iraq security plan since it began two months ago. Street violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas has declined. Shops and markets once boarded up are reopening. Iraqi civilians are venturing out onto the streets again and living their lives with less fear of being persecuted, tortured, maimed or killed. To be sure, there is still plenty of terror and violence in Iraq, but since the "troop surge" began, it has lessened considerably.

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Why are the Democratic Party, the mainstream press, the human rights groups, the UN leadership and the "social justice" crowd currently pushing policy that virtually guarantees an Iraq genocide? Are they not familiar with what transpired after the US abandoned South Vietnam to the communists? Can they not see that their cries for US withdrawal threaten to take Iraq to the same places as the killing fields of Cambodia and Bosnia and Rwanda?

It has been said by the Left that Democrats are more empathetic than Republicans. It has also been said by leftists and those sympathetic towards them that they are more compassionate than people on the Right, that the Left fights for "the oppressed," for the "little man," for "human rights" and for "civil rights." Yet the Left is willing, almost eager, to abandon the people of Iraq, a people desperately in need of all the Left says it offers. It is ready to abandon innocent Iraqis to those who will brutally oppress them, who will deny them their rights, including the most basic one of all: the right to live.

It is indeed time for the Left to prove, through action, that it is truly concerned for the welfare of the oppressed. And there is no better way for it to accomplish that than by putting aside its vile hatred of the President, and supporting the soldiers and the policy makers who are trying to bring peace and stability to the Iraqi people, a people who for forty years, have truly been oppressed. The new Iraq security plan implemented by President Bush is helping end that oppression. And since the Left long ago anointed itself the champion of the oppressed, it makes sense for it support that plan, instead of trying to subvert it. 

"ABCNews' Eloise Harper reports: After fielding many questions ranging from mental health care to veteran affairs at a Town Hall Meeting in Hampton, NH, Senator Hillary Clinton received a heated question about Iraq.  A woman who had traveled from New York asked Sen. Clinton if she had read the report given to her in 2002 on intelligence and the Iraq war.

Clinton said she had been briefed on the report, and the woman screamed back, "Did you read it?!"  Notably uncomfortable, the Senator repeated that she had been briefed.  This exchange went back and forth about three times.

The woman sat down and Clinton explained, "If I had known then what I know now, I never would have voted to give this President the authority." Clinton also said she believed she was giving the President the authority to send U.N. inspectors to Iraq.

When Clinton finished the answer, the woman continued to scream but was drowned out by applause for the Senator.  The woman was escorted out of the building."

When the ACU was first introduced, I was a big fan. Having lived and worked in the uniform for over in year in various field environments - including combat in Iraq - it is clear the goal has not yet been achieved. With a few changes, the Army can complete the process and ensure today's Soldiers have a top-quality uniform ready to take them into combat.

"One of the main goals of the change was to have a uniform that worked in all environments - woodland, desert, and urban - and held up to the rigors of combat duty, as well as the strictures of day-to-day work in garrison.

A great deal of time and money was spent on the development of this new uniform and the Army Program Executive Office Soldier did extensive testing with Soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the United States.

Considering all the testing the uniform went through, it is surprising such a mediocre product finally emerged."

VIRGINIA BEACH - A man accused of killing two high school students Friday night in a car crash has a record of alcohol-related convictions in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach.

Alfredo Ramos, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of Allison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16....

Ramos, who admitted in court Monday that he is in the country illegally....

In September 2003, the money in Iraq was frozen in a battle for the 87 billion dollars that was allocated to the war by Congress.  "What fight?"  You ask.  Most people will not remember.  The fight over funds was not advertised in the media very well at the time; but the effects on the troops were significant just the same. 

One distinction between then and now must be clear.  The fight then over the money was between the State Department and the Department of Defense.  The argument was over who would control the funds.  But the effect on the troops and the mission was immediate.  Even after the money started to flow again in December 2003, the pernicious effects that the lack of funds initiated continued unabated. 

I would argue that it was this lack of funds that started the slide that has until recently just reversed through the implementation of the surge.

Here is what happened in October 2003.  At the time I was the commander of Forward Operation Base Regulars.  One day we were building protective barriers, billets, dinning facilities, electrical system grids, motor pools, sewer systems, armoring vehicles and the like.  The next day the money was "suspended." 

We managed to convince some of the contractors to keep working by giving them IOUs, but most could not continue work.  For almost two months the money was unavailable.  Work stopped, protection improvement stopped.  The daily attacks continued.  The fighting continued; but we were not making any improvements. 

In counterinsurgency there are no timeouts.   Money is the most important ammunition of the counterinsurgent [ref. Field Manual 3-24 (Counterinsurgency), paragraph 1-153]

"As we enter the Sunni Triangle, we pass several U.S. military convoys traveling the seemingly endless road leading to Ramadi. Although sticking close to a convoy near Ramadi may inhibit the Ali Babas, it also attaches you to the U.S. military, the primary target for IEDs (improvised explosive devices). These roadside bombs are often triggered by cellular phone, enabling specific targeting. So we take our chances alone, rocketing through Ramadi and Fallujah at 120 mph. As we race through Fallujah, I take selfish comfort in the sight of black smoke billowing in the aftermath of the recent shelling of a one-story building several hundred yards off the highway, figuring that the closest guerrilla fighters might currently be occupied or on the run from U.S. soldiers."

"Yes, well, what Iran is looking for here is confrontation. The Iranian regime thrives on it. They want to stand up to the West. They want it -- they're inviting confrontation. They're holding innocent hostages. The only thing the West can do is to exercise patience, diplomacy, a diplomatic process. It could take longer than we think. But that's what worked in the Iranian hostage crisis back in 1979 and 1980 and it's likely to work again."