Iraq: Top Insurgent Leader Nabbed

Military Spokesman Says Leader Of Major Jihadi Group Was Captured West Of Baghdad

(CBS/AP)  The shadowy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an al Qaeda-inspired group that challenged the authority of Iraq's government, was captured Friday in a raid on the western outskirts of Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was arrested along with several other insurgents in a raid in the town of Abu Ghraib, said Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, spokesman for the Baghdad security operation. U.S. officials had no confirmation of the capture and said they were looking into the report.

Al-Moussawi said al-Baghdadi admitted his identity, as did another "of the terrorists" who confirmed "that the one in our hands is al-Baghdadi."

The arrest of al-Baghdadi would be a major victory for U.S. and Iraqi forces in their fight against Sunni insurgents, especially the hardcore religious extremists who have shown no interest in negotiating an end to their struggle.

But some analysts have pointed out that the al Qaeda-linked extremists rebounded following the death last June of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the charismatic al Qaeda in Iraq leader who died in a U.S. air strike in Diyala province.

The self-styled Islamic State of Iraq was proclaimed in October, when a militant network that includes al Qaeda in Iraq announced in a video that it had established an Islamic state in six provinces including Baghdad that have large Sunni populations, along with parts of two other central provinces that are predominantly Shiite.

Unlike al-Zarqawi, virtually nothing is known of al-Baghdadi, including his real name. It is widely assumed that the name al-Baghdadi was taken as part of a campaign to make al Qaeda appear more of a homegrown Iraqi movement rather than an organization dominated by foreigners.

In a tape released last November, al-Zarqawi's successor, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, called on Sunni Muslims to pledge their allegiance to this new state and said al-Baghdadi was "the ruler of believers" with al Qaeda in Iraq fighters under his command.

Since then, the trappings of an Islamic shadow state with al Qaeda as its base has been taking shape in some towns and cities of Anbar province where a government presence hardly exists, according to Sunni residents.

In Other Developments From Iraq:

President Bush's troop buildup in Baghdad apparently will be bigger and more costly — and perhaps last longer — than it seemed when he unveiled the plan in January as the centerpiece of a new Iraq strategy. The total number of troops required for the plan, while still uncertain, is climbing. When Bush announced the boost of 21,500 combat troops, the Pentagon said still others would be required to go with them in support roles. Its initial estimate of 2,400 support troops has doubled and may go higher still.

U.S. forces killed a suspected militant and captured 16 others in raids across Iraq, the military said. Among those detained were a man accused of working in al Qaeda's media wing and another believed to be responsible for kidnappings, beheadings and suicide attacks.

International envoys on Friday were preparing for Saturday's international conference in Baghdad, which will be held at Iraq's Foreign Ministry just outside the heavily-fortified Green Zone. Mohammed Shakeel, a Middle East analyst with the risk consultancy firm Global Insight, said the March 10 conference was "the first realization on the part of all of the parties involved" that the situation within Iraq could not be resolved by factors and influences within the country alone. "The input of Iran is essential here, the input of Syria and the rest of the neighbors, Saudi Arabia included. The fact that they have all been brought together is a realization that more needs to be done to bring the violence under control," he said.

Prime Minister al-Maliki strolled Baghdad's streets and visited police checkpoints Friday to showcase security ahead of Saturday's conference. He chatted with residents, shook hands with Iraqi soldiers and bent down to kiss children who lined up behind cement barriers in the street. But the tour — during a weekly four-hour vehicle ban every Friday for the Muslim holy day — also pointed out Baghdad's inherent risks. Al-Maliki's office did not release any advance details of the outing because of safety concerns, but issued photos afterward.

A civilian contractor who dismantled explosives in Iraq for an environmental management consulting and technical services company has been killed. Donald Neil, 44, of Marston, Mass., was handling an explosive when it detonated. It was Neil's second tour in Iraq as a civilian; he had served in the U.S. Army for more than 20 years.

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by rvjrvj March 9, 2007 1:14 PM EST

Trying to control a city of millions without having the countries borders controled is just stupid.... Its just like fighting a war on drugs in america and people can just walk across the borders with kilos....

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by dallison7 March 9, 2007 1:16 PM EST

QUAGMIRE ACCOMPLISHED!!!

IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY

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by karlimhof March 9, 2007 1:25 PM EST

Time to call in the boys - the game is over -

nobody wanted this - nobody supports this - nobody needs this - and everybody now knows we were tricked into this Bush War -

Look at what Bush has lied us into becoming - an imperialist occupying power - that ain't American!

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by musty2u March 9, 2007 1:29 PM EST

$6.6 Billion extra? Sure sounds like bargain basement budgeting. Pump it up another 12% for unplanned costs and we will still be at, or near, $7B. Okay, so maybe a few extra support personnel will be needed. Cachinnggg. Don't forget my body bags are gonna cost more too.

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by missmyhubby March 9, 2007 1:32 PM EST

Once again....what the American people were told is not what is happening! Shocker!

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by obiquital March 9, 2007 1:35 PM EST

[sarcasm]
Yeah who cares about the Iraqi people. 340 of them died? So what. Like 3 American soldiers died. We should pull out now and stop wasting American life so that tens of thousands of Iraqis can be killed by the exponential increase in violence that will occur when we leave. And so that every single life lost will be for nothing because we pulled out before completing the job.
[/sarcasm]

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by clestes-2009 March 9, 2007 1:50 PM EST

"it looks as though the Pentagon is preparing for an expanded commitment %u2014 assuming that by summer there are solid signs that the extra effort is yielding significant results. "

OK, who out here wants to bet that there will be significant results by this summer?? Anyone??

Of course there will be. It won't matter if there really is or not. Rose colored glasses firmly in place, it will be announced that "I am embolded by the progress that is being made. We just need to add a few thousand more troops and another 100 billion dollars, and by golly folks, victory will be ours."

The end result will be more dead troops, more dead civilians, more spent money, more destruction. Iraq is like an always hungry monster that chews up men and money over and over again.

THIS IS NEVER GOING TO END.

TIME TO BRING TROOPS HOME, NOT SEND MORE!!!!!!

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by random_radar March 9, 2007 1:51 PM EST

The moral of the story? Buy more stock in defence contracting companies. It's a growth business with no end in site.

Don't sit around moralizing when there's money to be made. If you owned as much stock in the Carlyle group as our government officials do, you would be as anxious to prosecute wars as they are. War is all about profit.

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by tuckerndfw March 9, 2007 1:53 PM EST

Where are those WMD's US forces were supposed to be eliminating?

The only reason US forces were sent to Iraq was to eliminate the threat Iraq posed to the US. And, that's the only authority they have to be in Iraq.

So, can anyone explain why US forces are playing policemen for the Iraqis at US taxpayer expense? Shouldn't Iraqis do their own police work?


And, shouldn't George Bush be impeached for lying to the American people about Saddam and WMD's?

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by observantx March 9, 2007 1:54 PM EST

"Stay the Surge!"

uh, I mean "Surge the Course!"

"Surge Accomplished?"

"Shock and Surge?"

"Last Surge?"

"Throes Accomplished?"

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by missmyhubby March 9, 2007 2:00 PM EST

[sarcasm]
Yeah who cares about the Iraqi people. 340 of them died? So what. Like 3 American soldiers died. We should pull out now and stop wasting American life so that tens of thousands of Iraqis can be killed by the exponential increase in violence that will occur when we leave. And so that every single life lost will be for nothing because we pulled out before completing the job.
[/sarcasm]
Posted by obiquital at 10:35 AM : Mar 09, 2007

So here is the BIG QUESTION.....What is the job? What is the plan? That's right...THERE ISN'T ONE! Sorry--my husband's safety and the safety of the 140+ thousand AMERICAN troops is way more important to me....If the Iraqi's wanted to do something to stop the violence, they would....they choose not to. BRING OUR TROOPS HOME!!!!!!!!!

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by azman80 March 9, 2007 2:28 PM EST

ITS TOO SAD HERE IN AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE, LAND OF DEMOCROCY (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) THAT A FEW FELLAS ARE RUINING OUR LIVES. WE NEED TO BE STRONGER THAN THEM. THEY ARE NOT HERE TO PROTECT US, THEY ARE TAKING FULL CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES. THESE GUYS ARE NOT GOD, NOT SUPERIOR POWERS, THEY ARE NOTHING. JUST A BUNCH OF RICH BILLIONARES AND MILLIONARES DOING WHAT THEY SEE FIT AND FAIR TO THEIR POCKETS AND THEIR FRIENDS IN THE CORPORATE WORLD. START THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS, SEND A EMAIL TO YOUR SENATOR AND THE LOCAL MEDIA. ENOUGH EMAILS WILL START A CHAIN REACTION

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by samthetvcat March 9, 2007 3:22 PM EST

More miscalculations, more lies, more lives and more $ - enough! Congress please do something!

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by gangesdak March 9, 2007 3:39 PM EST

It is so easy to resort to sarcasm and take the high road. Why then ignore all the genocide in Africa that is going on now! Foreign policy of the US is based on national interest, and nothing else. WMD was the resson for starting the war in Iraq. The administration has been proved wrong on that account. But they cannot admit it (conservative value, I suppose). So, now all the tears for the Iraqis. How much money does US really have to spend such recklessly? The time tested way to keep us strong is to improve education, health care, jobs and safety at home.

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by sharncedar March 9, 2007 3:52 PM EST

I almost hesitate to criticize the White House at this point, because of course Bush is a dangerous fool, but let's not take our eye off the dangerous non-fools that put him there. They will be dangerous long after Bush himself has retired. To justify those 3,000 lives, it will require 3,000 of the rich and elite to be taken to despair, to be stripped of everything, and exposed as the traitors they are. Don't lose your strength at 100, or 500, but remember your brother's blood staining the desert earth. I say 3,000 for 3,000, that is mercy enough when God's justice demands 10 to 1, as our lost loved ones were 10 times the men as those sniveling Goldman Sachs traitors. So be strong, a long effort in the coming years.

Every neocon, taken out root and branch. every collaborationist Democrat, root and stem. Israeli traitor agents like Lieberman, exposed and humiliated. And so on, a long effort, but let's not grow tired. They didn't, they gave all for love of this country, how can we do less.

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by missmyhubby March 9, 2007 4:13 PM EST

I have written my senators and congressman many times. I received one response from Senator Clinton...telling me all of the things she wants to do for the situation in Iraq...blah blah blah! Nothing is going to be done because our elected officials are more concerned about their re-election than they are about the American people and our country.

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by abe107 March 9, 2007 4:38 PM EST

It is really sad to see how much the politicans value the lives of the men and women that choose to give up there lives to serve there country. We all took the oath to defend the wonderful country we call America and to serve our commander and chief. Thousands of lives are being lost to a unfavorable war that a president has put us in between, we are not fighting against enemies that are hateful against the U.S., we are fighting a enemy that is hateful against George W. Bush. Its time for the politicans to get there heads out there seats and start looking out for the intrest of the thousands of men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and bring us home!

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by bluestardad March 9, 2007 5:07 PM EST

YOU DONT FIGURE THEY LIED TO US DO YOU?

HERE ARE THE SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 08 WRITE THEM OR QUIT COMPLAINING! ASK THEM WHO IS PAYING THEIR SALARIES? 50 YEARS OF SACRIFICE IS ENOUGH! How many Congressmen are influenced by AIPAC money and how they are voting on Iraq!

http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipacClubs.htm


Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Baucus, Max- (D - MT)
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Harkin, Tom- (D - IA)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
Johnson, Tim- (D - SD)
Kerry, John F.- (D - MA)
Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA)
Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)
Levin, Carl- (D - MI)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Reed, Jack- (D - RI)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

The House Speakers email address: [e-mail]

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 5:29 PM EST

Abe,,, Forget about the oath -- This White House says it's only valid if given in a court of law.

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by fairb1 March 9, 2007 5:33 PM EST

short video clip can be found here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4427358201227890862

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 5:35 PM EST

"Bigger, Longer, Costlier" - -
- Why doesn't that suprise me ?? -- "Weeks, Not Months" they told us years ago,,, General Petreaus said, "We will know if this plan works in Months" now they say Years...

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 5:39 PM EST

Don't Worry, Be Happy Bush has a plan --- Send more with less training & lack of equipment & armor, and above all,,,, STAY THE COURSE

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 6:38 PM EST

And the spin continues today in the House of MisRepresentives -- Republicans are insisting Iran is waging a proxy war against Americans ---

- Bush is funding radical Sunni militants in a proxy war against Iran (Shiites) - Bush useed Isreal in proxy war against Lebanon...
- Iran (Shiites) adtually are supporting Bush's Baghdad Security Plan
- 9/11 & USS Cole attack was by Sunni's & most from the UAE ,,,, 96% of our casualties are by Sunni's

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 6:46 PM EST

Our own radical militant Christians say Newt was just expressing his Pro-Life & Pro-Family rights,, Throwing the Seeds of Life to anyone in need, & some not so in need.

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by randalds March 9, 2007 6:50 PM EST

Lie accomplished.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 6:54 PM EST

After 6 years of this terrible administration - People must be brain dead to think Bush the 'Decider' can make any correct decision on anything.

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 7:05 PM EST

Eisenhower

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, and its stupidity.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:07 PM EST

Rick,,, How many other al Queda did Bush claim to kill ??? Now they are bigger & more dangerous than before...
. FYI,, They are still beheading people in the UAE (Sunni's) These are the ones Bush uses in his proxy wars,,, Radical Militant Muslims From The UAE ----- Sunni's gave us 9/11 & the USS Cole attack.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:11 PM EST

Rick,,,, Bush cut training & funds for equipment for our Troops,, Bush put Walter Reed on the Base Closure list,,, Veterans care across our Nation Sucks -- Bush has lied & damaged our Nation

THAT EMBOLDENS THE ENEMY --- HURTS OUR TROOPS

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:13 PM EST

Rick,,,, The Truth is out today on Bush's Domestic Spying -- He lied again

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 7:15 PM EST

J I don't believe that rick is around.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:25 PM EST

Radio,,, There's a scary problem developing in our nation,,,, Radical Militant Christians, you can lie corrupt, get people killed, hurt your own people & make billions in profit, even get out of prison ---- Just for accepting Jesus.... Ain't that somenting ??

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by randalds March 9, 2007 7:36 PM EST

-Way to go troops!!!! Go USA!!
Posted by singinrick at 04:00 PM : Mar 09, 2007

Posts like this are representative of the biggest problem with people who support this war. To them, from the warm safe comfort of their homes, thinks of this war as nothing different then the football or basketball game they watch on TV. To them it's all about Rah Rah Rah and they completely forget, either because they blank it out of their mind or because they're just plain stupid, the fact that real human beings are dying and suffering life long horrible wounds. Men, women and children civilians and our troops are all real people with real families. They go to work, have dreams, love their kids and just want to live in a good world in peace. This is not a game to them and no matter what side you're on, war is never ever anything any feeling human being should ever cheer. Ever! Rick should be ashamed of himself, but he won't be because "his" god agrees with him, Bush and all of the other cheerleaders of death.

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by randalds March 9, 2007 7:45 PM EST

Posted by singinrick at 04:40 PM : Mar 09, 2007

Tap dance all you want to ricky, but in this and many other posts you've shown yourself to be a cheerleader for war and death. By denying it you show yourself to also be a liar and a hypocrite. There is no other way to read your posts then as a war cheerleader and a shameless on at that. If their was a god you should be asking for his forgiveness for cheering for the death of others.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:50 PM EST

Rick,,,, Guess what ???? Our Radical Militant Christians have caused the problems,, We have to confront them.

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by us_infidel March 9, 2007 7:52 PM EST

You Iraqi MUTANTS GO!!!!! It's about time!!!! I have one question......why the hell didn't you just KILL HIM? Next time, get it right!! Not interested in prisoners. Next thing you know, the ACLU will be saying they are entitled to US Constitutional protection.

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by randalds March 9, 2007 7:52 PM EST

Rah Rah Rah ricky and goodbye. You're into fundamentalism so deep that you can even see how offensive your posts are when you cheer (here and in many other posts) the deaths of human being who just happen to be Iraqi or Muslim. To you they are sub-human and not worthy of your pathetic concern or sympathy, just like the way your messiah Bush thinks of them. Have a "God" day ricky.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:54 PM EST

Rick,,, Do you bother to tune into CSPAN or do you just wate for Fox to inform you ????

In Congress today Republicans are blaming the Shiites for waging proxy wars -- If you paid attention to what's been going on you would call them on the BS...... The ones waging proxy wars is us & we are useing the UAE who's people gave us 9/11.

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 7:56 PM EST

The leader of Al Queda in Iraq is now being called Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, what happened to the alleged leader Masri??????? Could it be that Masri has actually been in a Eygptian jail for the last 5 years and was never the leader to begin with.Which makes one wonder at the veracity of this claim.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 7:57 PM EST

Rick,,,, Iraq War is lost & the full spin & propaganda is getting worse ---- Just to protect this administation.... & Yes we are fighting a Civil War for the Sunni's... Iran has absoulty no need for an unstable Iraq, we do & so does the UAE.

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 8:00 PM EST

Remember the story J?

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by dallison7 March 9, 2007 8:02 PM EST

Have any of you ever heard of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi?

Who the hell is this guy, and how did he become the insurgent leader?

Did he just get elected today?

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 8:03 PM EST

Another source that is claiming that Al-Masri is in jail in Egypt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5153364.stm

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2290

In case you forgot, here are the links.

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 8:06 PM EST

dallison7 That is my point!!!!!! What happened to Masri? Mighty convenient right before the summit and the preannounced arrests of the Iraqi cabinet.

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by radiob-2009 March 9, 2007 8:10 PM EST

They must think that our memories are as good as Reagans in his final years.

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by dallison7 March 9, 2007 8:11 PM EST

dallison7 That is my point!!!!!! What happened to Masri? Mighty convenient right before the summit and the preannounced arrests of the Iraqi cabinet.
Posted by radiob

PRETTY BIZZARE!!

What did they do ask for a volunteer to be the insurgent leader? Or did they just pull this name out of their azz?

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 8:14 PM EST

Radio,, I'm afraid it's even worse than that... Our intellegence communities are opposing much of Bush's so-called intel on Iran as they did Iraq -- Bush is without a doubt ignoring them & cherry picking,,,, He's usning intell from Isreal's ISA over our own.

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by dallison7 March 9, 2007 8:15 PM EST

They must think that our memories are as good as Reagans in his final years.
Posted by radiob

Or Scooter Libby's... or Newt Gingrich's when asked if he divorced his wife while she was dying from cancer.

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by j-whitman March 9, 2007 8:17 PM EST

Radio,, See ya later, I've got things to do.

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by perception5 March 9, 2007 8:18 PM EST

This isem extremley bad news for Al Qaeda, our corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack, and their close pals the liberal Dems.......
Here you have the Iraqi PM strolling the streets of Baghdad..........you have Iraqi's neighbors coming in to Baghdad this weekend to further the peace process........... AND then you have the Democrats in our Congress wasting time because they owe the extreme left-wing some favors.....like quitting on this young democracy.

What a disgrace to this history of this great nation........these hate lying and dividing hate groups are!

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[rvjrvj]

Trying to control a city of millions without having the countries borders controled is just stupid.... Its just like fighting a war on drugs in america and people can just walk across the borders with kilos....

[dallison7]

QUAGMIRE ACCOMPLISHED!!!

IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY

[karlimhof]

Time to call in the boys - the game is over -

nobody wanted this - nobody supports this - nobody needs this - and everybody now knows we were tricked into this Bush War -

Look at what Bush has lied us into becoming - an imperialist occupying power - that ain't American!

[musty2u]

$6.6 Billion extra? Sure sounds like bargain basement budgeting. Pump it up another 12% for unplanned costs and we will still be at, or near, $7B. Okay, so maybe a few extra support personnel will be needed. Cachinnggg. Don't forget my body bags are gonna cost more too.

[missmyhubby]

Once again....what the American people were told is not what is happening! Shocker!

[obiquital]

[sarcasm]
Yeah who cares about the Iraqi people. 340 of them died? So what. Like 3 American soldiers died. We should pull out now and stop wasting American life so that tens of thousands of Iraqis can be killed by the exponential increase in violence that will occur when we leave. And so that every single life lost will be for nothing because we pulled out before completing the job.
[/sarcasm]

[clestes-2009]

"it looks as though the Pentagon is preparing for an expanded commitment %u2014 assuming that by summer there are solid signs that the extra effort is yielding significant results. "

OK, who out here wants to bet that there will be significant results by this summer?? Anyone??

Of course there will be. It won't matter if there really is or not. Rose colored glasses firmly in place, it will be announced that "I am embolded by the progress that is being made. We just need to add a few thousand more troops and another 100 billion dollars, and by golly folks, victory will be ours."

The end result will be more dead troops, more dead civilians, more spent money, more destruction. Iraq is like an always hungry monster that chews up men and money over and over again.

THIS IS NEVER GOING TO END.

TIME TO BRING TROOPS HOME, NOT SEND MORE!!!!!!

[random_radar]

The moral of the story? Buy more stock in defence contracting companies. It's a growth business with no end in site.

Don't sit around moralizing when there's money to be made. If you owned as much stock in the Carlyle group as our government officials do, you would be as anxious to prosecute wars as they are. War is all about profit.

[tuckerndfw]

Where are those WMD's US forces were supposed to be eliminating?

The only reason US forces were sent to Iraq was to eliminate the threat Iraq posed to the US. And, that's the only authority they have to be in Iraq.

So, can anyone explain why US forces are playing policemen for the Iraqis at US taxpayer expense? Shouldn't Iraqis do their own police work?


And, shouldn't George Bush be impeached for lying to the American people about Saddam and WMD's?

[observantx]

"Stay the Surge!"

uh, I mean "Surge the Course!"

"Surge Accomplished?"

"Shock and Surge?"

"Last Surge?"

"Throes Accomplished?"

[missmyhubby]

[sarcasm]
Yeah who cares about the Iraqi people. 340 of them died? So what. Like 3 American soldiers died. We should pull out now and stop wasting American life so that tens of thousands of Iraqis can be killed by the exponential increase in violence that will occur when we leave. And so that every single life lost will be for nothing because we pulled out before completing the job.
[/sarcasm]
Posted by obiquital at 10:35 AM : Mar 09, 2007

So here is the BIG QUESTION.....What is the job? What is the plan? That's right...THERE ISN'T ONE! Sorry--my husband's safety and the safety of the 140+ thousand AMERICAN troops is way more important to me....If the Iraqi's wanted to do something to stop the violence, they would....they choose not to. BRING OUR TROOPS HOME!!!!!!!!!

[azman80]

ITS TOO SAD HERE IN AMERICA, LAND OF THE FREE, LAND OF DEMOCROCY (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) THAT A FEW FELLAS ARE RUINING OUR LIVES. WE NEED TO BE STRONGER THAN THEM. THEY ARE NOT HERE TO PROTECT US, THEY ARE TAKING FULL CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES. THESE GUYS ARE NOT GOD, NOT SUPERIOR POWERS, THEY ARE NOTHING. JUST A BUNCH OF RICH BILLIONARES AND MILLIONARES DOING WHAT THEY SEE FIT AND FAIR TO THEIR POCKETS AND THEIR FRIENDS IN THE CORPORATE WORLD. START THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS, SEND A EMAIL TO YOUR SENATOR AND THE LOCAL MEDIA. ENOUGH EMAILS WILL START A CHAIN REACTION

[samthetvcat]

More miscalculations, more lies, more lives and more $ - enough! Congress please do something!

[gangesdak]

It is so easy to resort to sarcasm and take the high road. Why then ignore all the genocide in Africa that is going on now! Foreign policy of the US is based on national interest, and nothing else. WMD was the resson for starting the war in Iraq. The administration has been proved wrong on that account. But they cannot admit it (conservative value, I suppose). So, now all the tears for the Iraqis. How much money does US really have to spend such recklessly? The time tested way to keep us strong is to improve education, health care, jobs and safety at home.

[sharncedar]

I almost hesitate to criticize the White House at this point, because of course Bush is a dangerous fool, but let's not take our eye off the dangerous non-fools that put him there. They will be dangerous long after Bush himself has retired. To justify those 3,000 lives, it will require 3,000 of the rich and elite to be taken to despair, to be stripped of everything, and exposed as the traitors they are. Don't lose your strength at 100, or 500, but remember your brother's blood staining the desert earth. I say 3,000 for 3,000, that is mercy enough when God's justice demands 10 to 1, as our lost loved ones were 10 times the men as those sniveling Goldman Sachs traitors. So be strong, a long effort in the coming years.

Every neocon, taken out root and branch. every collaborationist Democrat, root and stem. Israeli traitor agents like Lieberman, exposed and humiliated. And so on, a long effort, but let's not grow tired. They didn't, they gave all for love of this country, how can we do less.

[missmyhubby]

I have written my senators and congressman many times. I received one response from Senator Clinton...telling me all of the things she wants to do for the situation in Iraq...blah blah blah! Nothing is going to be done because our elected officials are more concerned about their re-election than they are about the American people and our country.

[abe107]

It is really sad to see how much the politicans value the lives of the men and women that choose to give up there lives to serve there country. We all took the oath to defend the wonderful country we call America and to serve our commander and chief. Thousands of lives are being lost to a unfavorable war that a president has put us in between, we are not fighting against enemies that are hateful against the U.S., we are fighting a enemy that is hateful against George W. Bush. Its time for the politicans to get there heads out there seats and start looking out for the intrest of the thousands of men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and bring us home!

[bluestardad]

YOU DONT FIGURE THEY LIED TO US DO YOU?

HERE ARE THE SENATORS UP FOR REELECTION IN 08 WRITE THEM OR QUIT COMPLAINING! ASK THEM WHO IS PAYING THEIR SALARIES? 50 YEARS OF SACRIFICE IS ENOUGH! How many Congressmen are influenced by AIPAC money and how they are voting on Iraq!

http://www.aipac.org/forms/join_aipacClubs.htm


Alexander, Lamar- (R - TN)
Allard, Wayne- (R - CO)
Baucus, Max- (D - MT)
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.- (D - DE)
Chambliss, Saxby- (R - GA)
Cochran, Thad- (R - MS)
Coleman, Norm- (R - MN)
Collins, Susan M.- (R - ME)
Cornyn, John- (R - TX)
Craig, Larry E.- (R - ID)
Dole, Elizabeth- (R - NC)
Durbin, Richard- (D - IL)
Enzi, Michael B.- (R - WY)
Graham, Lindsey- (R - SC)
Hagel, Chuck- (R - NE)
Harkin, Tom- (D - IA)
Inhofe, James M.- (R - OK)
Johnson, Tim- (D - SD)
Kerry, John F.- (D - MA)
Landrieu, Mary L.- (D - LA)
Lautenberg, Frank R.- (D - NJ)
Levin, Carl- (D - MI)
McConnell, Mitch- (R - KY)
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Reed, Jack- (D - RI)
Roberts, Pat- (R - KS)
Rockefeller, John D., IV- (D - WV)
Sessions, Jeff- (R - AL)
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Warner, John- (R - VA)

If you think Americas sacrifice is worth it contact your ELECTED OFFICIAL and tell them http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

The House Speakers email address: [e-mail]

[j-whitman]

Abe,,, Forget about the oath -- This White House says it's only valid if given in a court of law.

[fairb1]

short video clip can be found here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4427358201227890862

[j-whitman]

"Bigger, Longer, Costlier" - -
- Why doesn't that suprise me ?? -- "Weeks, Not Months" they told us years ago,,, General Petreaus said, "We will know if this plan works in Months" now they say Years...

[j-whitman]

Don't Worry, Be Happy Bush has a plan --- Send more with less training & lack of equipment & armor, and above all,,,, STAY THE COURSE

[j-whitman]

And the spin continues today in the House of MisRepresentives -- Republicans are insisting Iran is waging a proxy war against Americans ---

- Bush is funding radical Sunni militants in a proxy war against Iran (Shiites) - Bush useed Isreal in proxy war against Lebanon...
- Iran (Shiites) adtually are supporting Bush's Baghdad Security Plan
- 9/11 & USS Cole attack was by Sunni's & most from the UAE ,,,, 96% of our casualties are by Sunni's

[j-whitman]

Our own radical militant Christians say Newt was just expressing his Pro-Life & Pro-Family rights,, Throwing the Seeds of Life to anyone in need, & some not so in need.

[randalds]

Lie accomplished.

[j-whitman]

After 6 years of this terrible administration - People must be brain dead to think Bush the 'Decider' can make any correct decision on anything.

[radiob-2009]

Eisenhower

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, and its stupidity.

[j-whitman]

Rick,,, How many other al Queda did Bush claim to kill ??? Now they are bigger & more dangerous than before...
. FYI,, They are still beheading people in the UAE (Sunni's) These are the ones Bush uses in his proxy wars,,, Radical Militant Muslims From The UAE ----- Sunni's gave us 9/11 & the USS Cole attack.

[j-whitman]

Rick,,,, Bush cut training & funds for equipment for our Troops,, Bush put Walter Reed on the Base Closure list,,, Veterans care across our Nation Sucks -- Bush has lied & damaged our Nation

THAT EMBOLDENS THE ENEMY --- HURTS OUR TROOPS

[j-whitman]

Rick,,,, The Truth is out today on Bush's Domestic Spying -- He lied again

[radiob-2009]

J I don't believe that rick is around.

[j-whitman]

Radio,,, There's a scary problem developing in our nation,,,, Radical Militant Christians, you can lie corrupt, get people killed, hurt your own people & make billions in profit, even get out of prison ---- Just for accepting Jesus.... Ain't that somenting ??

[randalds]

-Way to go troops!!!! Go USA!!
Posted by singinrick at 04:00 PM : Mar 09, 2007

Posts like this are representative of the biggest problem with people who support this war. To them, from the warm safe comfort of their homes, thinks of this war as nothing different then the football or basketball game they watch on TV. To them it's all about Rah Rah Rah and they completely forget, either because they blank it out of their mind or because they're just plain stupid, the fact that real human beings are dying and suffering life long horrible wounds. Men, women and children civilians and our troops are all real people with real families. They go to work, have dreams, love their kids and just want to live in a good world in peace. This is not a game to them and no matter what side you're on, war is never ever anything any feeling human being should ever cheer. Ever! Rick should be ashamed of himself, but he won't be because "his" god agrees with him, Bush and all of the other cheerleaders of death.

[randalds]

Posted by singinrick at 04:40 PM : Mar 09, 2007

Tap dance all you want to ricky, but in this and many other posts you've shown yourself to be a cheerleader for war and death. By denying it you show yourself to also be a liar and a hypocrite. There is no other way to read your posts then as a war cheerleader and a shameless on at that. If their was a god you should be asking for his forgiveness for cheering for the death of others.

[j-whitman]

Rick,,,, Guess what ???? Our Radical Militant Christians have caused the problems,, We have to confront them.

[us_infidel]

You Iraqi MUTANTS GO!!!!! It's about time!!!! I have one question......why the hell didn't you just KILL HIM? Next time, get it right!! Not interested in prisoners. Next thing you know, the ACLU will be saying they are entitled to US Constitutional protection.

[randalds]

Rah Rah Rah ricky and goodbye. You're into fundamentalism so deep that you can even see how offensive your posts are when you cheer (here and in many other posts) the deaths of human being who just happen to be Iraqi or Muslim. To you they are sub-human and not worthy of your pathetic concern or sympathy, just like the way your messiah Bush thinks of them. Have a "God" day ricky.

[j-whitman]

Rick,,, Do you bother to tune into CSPAN or do you just wate for Fox to inform you ????

In Congress today Republicans are blaming the Shiites for waging proxy wars -- If you paid attention to what's been going on you would call them on the BS...... The ones waging proxy wars is us & we are useing the UAE who's people gave us 9/11.

[radiob-2009]

The leader of Al Queda in Iraq is now being called Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, what happened to the alleged leader Masri??????? Could it be that Masri has actually been in a Eygptian jail for the last 5 years and was never the leader to begin with.Which makes one wonder at the veracity of this claim.

[j-whitman]

Rick,,,, Iraq War is lost & the full spin & propaganda is getting worse ---- Just to protect this administation.... & Yes we are fighting a Civil War for the Sunni's... Iran has absoulty no need for an unstable Iraq, we do & so does the UAE.

[radiob-2009]

Remember the story J?

[dallison7]

Have any of you ever heard of Abu Omar al-Baghdadi?

Who the hell is this guy, and how did he become the insurgent leader?

Did he just get elected today?

[radiob-2009]

Another source that is claiming that Al-Masri is in jail in Egypt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5153364.stm

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=2290

In case you forgot, here are the links.

[radiob-2009]

dallison7 That is my point!!!!!! What happened to Masri? Mighty convenient right before the summit and the preannounced arrests of the Iraqi cabinet.

[radiob-2009]

They must think that our memories are as good as Reagans in his final years.

[dallison7]

dallison7 That is my point!!!!!! What happened to Masri? Mighty convenient right before the summit and the preannounced arrests of the Iraqi cabinet.
Posted by radiob

PRETTY BIZZARE!!

What did they do ask for a volunteer to be the insurgent leader? Or did they just pull this name out of their azz?

[j-whitman]

Radio,, I'm afraid it's even worse than that... Our intellegence communities are opposing much of Bush's so-called intel on Iran as they did Iraq -- Bush is without a doubt ignoring them & cherry picking,,,, He's usning intell from Isreal's ISA over our own.

[dallison7]

They must think that our memories are as good as Reagans in his final years.
Posted by radiob

Or Scooter Libby's... or Newt Gingrich's when asked if he divorced his wife while she was dying from cancer.

[j-whitman]

Radio,, See ya later, I've got things to do.

[perception5]

This isem extremley bad news for Al Qaeda, our corrupt liberal MSM wolfpack, and their close pals the liberal Dems.......
Here you have the Iraqi PM strolling the streets of Baghdad..........you have Iraqi's neighbors coming in to Baghdad this weekend to further the peace process........... AND then you have the Democrats in our Congress wasting time because they owe the extreme left-wing some favors.....like quitting on this young democracy.

What a disgrace to this history of this great nation........these hate lying and dividing hate groups are!