Al-Qaida flourishing in Iraq? They can thank George Bush.
July 17th, 2007 by grumpypilgrimAccording to this article, Al-Qaida can thank George Bush for its growing power in Iraq. Though Saddam had no taste for Al-Qaida terrorists, because the belonged to the wrong branch of Islam, Al-Qaida has apparently flourished under George Bush’s military occupation. So much for winning the war on terrroism.
July 17th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
As was predicted from the get-go.
July 17th, 2007 at 10:56 pm
Not to quibble, but I don’t believe in the “war on terror.” I think that the 9/11 terrorist acts gave Bush & Co. the excuse to lash out, with expensive weapons and elaborate propaganda, at all kinds of people who had no connection with the 9/11 attacks.
From the reliable-seeming sources I’ve been reading, the “Al-Qaida” of Iraq are not much connected with the Al-Qaida of 9/11 except in name. I’m not suggesting that there aren’t dangerous groups out there planning to do great harm to Americans. Rather, I’m suggesting that terrorist groups that call themselves “Al-Qaida” aren’t necessarily connected to the 9/11 Al Qaida.
July 18th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Further to Erich’s comment, indeed, I’ve seen recently that Bush administration sources have begun using a brand new term: “al-Qaida Central.” This is apparently to conceal the indisputable fact that there is no central command of al-Qaida, except in the propaganda-filled minds of Bush administration officials.