The latest Michael Totten dispatch from Kurdistan. I'm almost in tears of shame reading this. The plea for America to stay seems genuine. They fear that if we leave they will be attacked from all sides.

Totten:

“As a military person, I am disturbed by what is going on in America now,” he said and jabbed his finger in the air. “They want to withdraw their troops.” He banged his fist on his desk. “We want the Americans to stay. Why are people thinking like this?” ...

“I want you, as a reporter, as a journalist,” the general said to me, “to get our Kurdish voice to the American people so they know about Kurdish suffering in Iraq. We don’t want the American army to leave this area. The terrorists are excited about what is going on in the Congress.” ...

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It's a good Interview. General Petraeus was impressive, he stayed on message despite the leading nature of Mr. Lehrer's questions. Some of which are merely negative statements rather than actual questions.

Via PBS GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS: Well, one thing that it tells us is that Iraqi security forces, certainly, are on the front lines and are fighting and dying for their country. They are committed to this endeavor.

It also tells us, as I noted a second ago, that al-Qaida is still capable and able to cause significant death of innocent civilians. In fact, that has rebounded against them in some parts of the country.

While finding the level of sectarian violence upon returning here was, frankly, something quite disheartening to see, on the other hand, going into Anbar province to the west of Baghdad and seeing Sunni Arab tribes fighting against al-Qaida was very heartening.

In fact, that's a major development in a province that, as you'll recall, some six or eight months ago, many were ready to write off as a lost cause, and all of a sudden you have cities all the way from the border, al-Qaim through Haditha, Hit, Ramadi and Fallujah, where tribes have volunteered for the Iraqi security forces.

In fact, in the latest recruiting effort, which used to draw minimal numbers of Iraqis willing to serve in the Iraqi army or the Iraqi police in Anbar province, there were over 2,000 volunteers for the latest training. And, again, that's quite a shift and quite -- frankly, it's a stunning development and reflects the frustration that the Sunni Arab tribes in Anbar have had with al-Qaida and what al-Qaida has done to them, to their sheiks, their families, their young men and, frankly, to their businesses and livelihoods.

It has really had a devastating effect. And they have said, "No more," and stood up and voted with themselves and with their young men.

JIM LEHRER: Senator Levin asked you a question then. To quote him, he said to you, General Petraeus, he said, "Do you agree to give your personal views when asked before this committee to do so, even if those views differ from the administration in power?" And you answered, "Yes, sir." Nothing changed?

GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS: No, I stand by that. I think that I have been forthright. I have tried to be forthright with you, as well. I have a sacred obligation to some wonderful young men and women, not just from the United States, but from all the coalition countries, to do just that. And that's what I intend to do.

Update: Here is a portion of the interview on youtube.

Hat Tip: Instapundit more...

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Jawa Report co-blogger Jane Novak has written an article for The Weekly Standard on Yemen's at best "inconsistent" assistance in the GWOT and its consistent support and training for terrorists and foreign fighters in Iraq.

Jane Novak Via The Weekly Standard: YEMEN OPERATES LARGELY under the radar as a supporter of the global jihad. Both Yemeni and U.S. officials publicly tout Yemen's partnership with the United States in the war on terror. The U.S. embassy in Sana'a described the February 2006 escape of 23 al Qaeda operatives from a maximum security jail as "understandable in a way," considering Yemen's rampant corruption, weak institutions, and bureaucratic incompetence. (The escapees included several Cole bombers and an American associated with the Lackawanna, New York terror cell.) Presidential assistant Frances Townsend has described the Yemeni regime as an "inconsistent" partner in the war on terror, but Yemen has been quite consistent in its appeasement and facilitation of al Qaeda and related jihadi groups, and, as a result, has played a significant role in the destabilization of Iraq.

…In May 2005, a Yemeni government official stated that elements of the Yemeni secret services had established training camps for exiled Iraqi Ba'athists who wished to fight U.S. forces in Iraq. A number of sources reported that Yemen was using chlorine gas against the Shiite rebels in 2005, a full year before foreign fighters in Iraq adopted the same tactic…

…The courts in Yemen have also gone to great lengths to appease jihadists. A Yemeni court ruled in July that Yemeni law does not criminalize fighting with terrorists forces in Iraq. Nineteen suspects were tried on charges of belonging to the al Qaeda linked "Zarqawi Cell." Six of the nineteen were convicted on a lesser charge of forging official documents, though the defendants admitted fighting with the Iraqi resistance. A Yemeni court found that joining the Iraqi insurgency did not violate Yemeni law as "Islamic Shari'a law permits jihad against occupiers."

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Just when you thought al-Qaeda had stooped to the lowest point possible.

Via MNF: CAMP TAJI, Iraq — While on a routine patrol, Iraqi police officers discovered the body of an 11-year-old boy April 2 in Sab Al Bor, Iraq.

The IPs found the body, a suspected murder victim, on Sudani Street. The child’s throat had been slit.

Troop B, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers received the initial report from the Iraqi police and assisted in gathering information. A police report of the incident indicated that a local Al Qaeda cell is suspected in the murder which was “perpetrated to instill fear in the villagers of Sab Al Bor.”

Iraqi security forces have launched an investigation to find those responsible for the murder.

Well, how safe does it feel when, if you have the slightest disagreement with al-Qaeda, they chop your kid's head off? How safe does it feel when al-Qeada commits mass murder in an attempt to incite violence and murder against the Sunnis by the Shia?

If that is the type of "protection" they provide, I bet most Iraqi's would rather do without.

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All the news talks about is Sunni, Shia, Kurds. Looks like someone got left out.

Holy Week is a time when Christians think of the crucifixion of Jesus. This year, they should also be meditating on another crucifixion: that of a 14-year-old boy, nailed to a cross by Islamists in Iraq.

Chocolate stupidity doesn't offend me. This does, however. But not as much as this:

"When they cook a dish in the Middle East, it is traditional to put the meat on top of the rice when they serve it. They kidnapped a woman’s baby in Baghdad, a toddler, and because the mother was unable to pay the ransom, they returned her child – beheaded, roasted and served on a mound of rice.

So yes, let's all bicker about what some nobody said, which doesn't mean jack shit to an election over a year and a half away, while real people are being systematically terminated because of their stubborn refusal to give up their faith.

The Blog Grandfather.

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1 Is there anyone whom Mo-slimes don't torment?



Mo-slimes can only exist either as tyrannical enslaving barbarous majority or as a troublesome viciously turbulent minority.

Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at March 31, 2007 07:28 PM (EdIIN)

2 I am holding my sleeping toddler, feeling extremely blessed and horrified at the same time.

Posted by: Sharm at March 31, 2007 08:03 PM (xVW97)

3 Ahhh, the religion of peace showing us infidels the proper way to live our lives.
 
I wonder what the reaction would be if something like that happened here? I know I'd spend at least one night in jail after visiting the local CAIR office.

Posted by: Rome at March 31, 2007 08:31 PM (/GrlO)

4

One of the things I am told by my current Muslim contact is that we Christians are corrupt. He hasn't said so outright, but the implication is there that we deserve to be treated this way, because we are less worthy. Corrupt, and out of synch with the true teachings of Islam. You see, Islam was here before all other religions, and we Christians, Jews, and such, are suppossed to have screwed it up by deviating from righteous behavior, and Gods origional word. So it's our own fault. Ask a Muslim, he'll tell you.

So when we let others get away with equating our faith (Christian, Jew, etc.) with greedy commercialism, idolatry, and political corruption, we are letting the ground work commence for a society where Christians and Jews are seen as less than human, like they are treated in other parts of the world. So I'm afraid that the Dobson's and the Chocolate Jesus's actually matter.

It is true, and has been true for a long, long time, that Christians are tortured and killed for not relenquishing thier faith. You see, there is no Christian equivelant for 'taqiyya'. In other words, we pretty much have to take it to the gallows. Whether it is communists, or Muslims, it is the same. You are allowed to kill those who do not submit. Christians are fair game. Thier societies made them fair game, by changing into societies where Christians were considered the source of moral laxity. There are people who enjoy pursueing that transformative goal today. Go on YouTube, and poke around. You will see the hatred. SO excuse me if I take a chocolate Christ as a sign of more to come.

A post about crucifixtions and beheadings of children is in sharp contrast to one about simple defamation, and yet they are part of the same story. This story can only end when either we learn to be good to each other, or when everyone finally dies. If it was American Idol, you could vote for your favorite ending.  But this isn't TV. 

Not sure what else I was trying to say. I guess only that we need to deal with the horror that is encroaching on this world in it's physical sense, as well as it's ideological sense. We need to eliminate those who would murder children like that, and we need to be loud when someone attacks our values. These are seperate battles, in the same war. One is soul wrenching, while the other only stings a little, for now. I don't see where it is wisdom to neglect either one. The sting has a poison all it's own.

USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 01, 2007 12:21 AM (2OHpj)

5 PSA               Looks like this has been the week for 'moby trolls' because thier crap is everywhere. Watch where your stepping folks, and try not to get any on you             USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 01, 2007 01:21 AM (2OHpj)

6

The craziness never stops, Wahabbists trying to convert other sects of Islam forcefully in downtown Islamabad now.

Posted by: Thanos at April 01, 2007 07:51 AM (gHDgB)

7  I can think think of nothing more evil than the roasting and serving of a child.  It's time to stop thinking of the Mohammedans as anything but "other".   The future of the West lays in our ability to be barbarians, and to finish this war began some 1600 years ago.  Unleash a brutality not seen in a millennium, and bring these animals to their knees.  Do we have it in us?  We had better, or we'll not survive.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 01, 2007 07:59 AM (tM5S2)

8 Herr Morgenholz,
 
in which case we probably wont survive because almost half of western civilization is hell bent on committing suicide by Muslim appeasement.  In the United States there is a bloody civil war brewing. It will be between those indoctrinated into communism under the guise of liberalism and those who still hold dear the principals of democracy as outlined by the founding fathers of the United States of America. It’s going to be brutal, its going to be bloody and the outcome is anything but sure. And while this civil war is taking place you can bet your last dollar that the Muslims will grow in strength and power and be throwing as much gasoline on the fire as they can get their hands on.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834

Posted by: doriangrey at April 01, 2007 08:16 AM (XvkRd)

9 Doriangrey:

I'd like nothing more than to disagree with you.  Sadly,  I  can not. 

There are turning points in history.  What's the old Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times."?  We're at just such a turning point.  Your scenario of a US (actually I think Western) civil war is on the money.  We have to fight the two enemies at once:  The barbarism of the Mohammedans on the one hand, and the secular socialists (communists) on the other.  Well, I'm not surrendering, a great many of us won't.  Cold comfort, that, but some comfort anyway.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 01, 2007 08:55 AM (tM5S2)

10 Just wish we would get it over with while my ammo is fresh.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 09:13 AM (Met7C)

11 Last three comments ... I still want to avoid the civil war. It may be possible to use the Gathering OF Eagles model for getting regular Americans to stand up and be counted. Numbers would help, psychologically. Any other ideas?                USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 01, 2007 09:17 AM (2OHpj)

12 Michael Weaver,
 

No true patriot wants to see a civil war in their country, neither is a true patriot willing to sit idly by while their beloved nation is subverted and corrupted by those with a different vision of that nation. A civil war is only contemplated with a greatest sadness and painful searching of the soul. It is a final act when all other avenues have failed. In a civil war, even the winning side looses. Sadly, no tragically the civil war coming to the United States seems to be as inevitable as the rising of the sun. The true patriots have compromised and compromised until there are no longer any compromises left and the only alternative is to surrender or fight.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834

 

Posted by: doriangrey at April 01, 2007 09:50 AM (oMumr)

13
There is an alternative to civil war...

if you destroy every muslim man, woman, and child there will be no more terrorists to commit these heinous acts of barbarism.

the current approach to winning the war on terror is doomed to failure as long as any muslim is left alive on this planet.

Posted by: Jonathan Parker at April 01, 2007 10:43 AM (Nhfns)

14 This story is even more disturbing than the "discredited" 6 burning Sunnis story. That story was thought to have been falsely reported to show that things were worse than the actual reality of Iraq. The situation in Iraq is bad and it is not getting better.

Posted by: John Ryan at April 01, 2007 10:45 AM (TcoRJ)

15 Actually John, the truth is worse than even you'd promote it as. Islam has been engaged in horror afer horror since thier beggining, all with the justification of smighting the infidel until he submits. Iraq is ironically going pretty well, and that is on consideration of the pervasive, and centuries old sickness in that corner of the world. Quiting the fight won't help anything.                                       
                    USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 01, 2007 10:51 AM (2OHpj)

16 it is high time we get our heads out of our asses and do what is morally just and right over there.

our troops should build piles and piles of dead arab men women and children so high thats all you can see for miles.

these filthy terrorists must be eradicated or we will face an ever increasing world of violence. not one arab must be allowed to survive or we shall surely perish.

Posted by: Jonathan Parker at April 01, 2007 10:57 AM (Nhfns)

17 John Ryan,
 
 The "disturbing" story here is that you still havent been arrested, tried and convicted of cowardace in the face of the enemy and treason and then shot. But please until then have a very nice day...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834
 

Posted by: doriangrey at April 01, 2007 11:37 AM (oMumr)

18 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome lefty troll Jonathan Parker.

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold, Arrogant Prick at April 01, 2007 01:07 PM (mj6hC)

19 Ragnar,

it gets pretty old when you call people lefty trolls every time you do not agree with them. if you do not have the moral fortitude to do what is right for America and her precious citizens that is fine. Or perhaps i should start calling you a leftist coward?

leave the name calling for somewhere else and more discussion on elminating the terrorist threat in our midst.

Posted by: Jonathan Parker at April 01, 2007 01:28 PM (Nhfns)

20 Jonathan Parker,
 

I think Ragnar pretty much has the right to say any damn thing he wants to about anyone who posts here and if it hurts your pathetic broke dick communist brainwashed liberal feelings then perhaps you should take your punk ass over KoS where it belongs.

 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834

Posted by: doriangrey at April 01, 2007 01:43 PM (oMumr)

21 haha doriangrey the only faggot i see is the pathetic basement dweller who is on that mp3.com artist url you keep spamming.

is that you? i think it is awesome that even people with no talent can produce incredibly lame music and propogate it to the world.

way to go!

Posted by: Jonathan Parker at April 01, 2007 01:53 PM (Nhfns)

22 Johnthan Parker: Feel alone? Unwanted? Misunderstood? Maybe it's your fault. Gotta take the middle road and get your licks in every once and a while. Somewise you will be treated like the sorry ass, sniveling little faggot John Lyin. I know you couldn't be that bad so try another approach. We are not muslims. We do not condone killing children. However, we have no problem killing them when they grow up. It's a manly thing. Men don't kill women and children. Even if they are trying to kill us. This is how the western man has been educated. Whoops! here's that nasty word academia again. Anyway. Tone it down and try again.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 02:02 PM (Met7C)

23 #21 Jonathan Parker I am waiting for the debate.

Posted by: allahakchew at April 01, 2007 02:25 PM (BrndJ)

24
Who is John Lyin?

Posted by: Jonathan Parker at April 01, 2007 02:26 PM (Nhfns)

25 Man, Jonathan Parker, I just noticed your post on #21. Faggot is the true comeback of your kind. You disagree with something so you do the gay/lesbian comeback. That is all you have been taught.
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Posted by: allahakchew at April 01, 2007 02:36 PM (BrndJ)

26

Jonathan Parker,

Hmmm, I don’t remember asking you if you saw a faggot?  But I am quite sure the only faggot you really see is when you look in the mirror. Trust me the degree to which you find it awesome that people with no talent can produce incredibly lame music and propagate it to the world is miniscule compared to the amazement the rest of the world feels that a brain-dead retarded fuck like you has figured out how to turn a computer on and find the internet let alone post on a blog. Did your mommy have to get you a special rubber liner for your keyboard so it doesn’t short your computer out every time you drool all over it?  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834

Posted by: doriangrey at April 01, 2007 02:39 PM (oMumr)

27 That didn't copy how I wanted, o well.  #24 John Walker Lynd faught with the Taliban and got caught. His face plastered all over the news. Do you want yours to be also? His family was shamed, Americans were outraged. You follow a path of destruction and it catches up with you. If you are just playing around on this site i suggest you do your homework. This is not a game it is real.

Posted by: allahakchew at April 01, 2007 02:45 PM (BrndJ)

28 any American pathetic enough to go join the taliban and fight against America should be tortured then killed.

hell, his entire family should be slaughtered for this kind of treachery and treason.

you might want to spell the name right so others can follow what you mean. John Lyin != John Lynd

Posted by: Jonathan Parker at April 01, 2007 03:24 PM (Nhfns)

29 Any American agent provacateur pathetic enough to come here and spout the bullshit you're spouting just to get a reaction should be tarred, feathered, and burkhaized.  'Ceptin you're already in a burkha, aintcha bitch boy?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 01, 2007 04:23 PM (tM5S2)

30

No simpleton. John Ryan. The most hated person on the planet.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 07:18 PM (1Y2o3)

31

Okay piggy, try again, fa la la la la laaa..... no again, la la la.... damnit this is just a waste of time and the pig is just pissed.  Think I'll go get some wings.

Posted by: wb at April 01, 2007 10:25 PM (JFQlq)

32 Try some malt liquor with them. It's a nappyneck thing.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 01, 2007 11:07 PM (yIWcV)

33 greyrooster,
 

I suspect that Jonathan Parker probably prefers his carbonated camels milk........................It's an Arab delicacy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.mp3.com.au/artist.asp?id=16834
 
 
 

Posted by: doriangrey at April 01, 2007 11:24 PM (XvkRd)

34 it seems you can't teach a rooster either, your wife should of saved her money on trying to improve your sorry ass.

Posted by: wb at April 02, 2007 12:55 PM (syC+J)

35 I told her that. And the middleastern drink in called a "duke".  A mixture of herbs, carbonated water and yogurt. Been there, done that. But had I spent my life in the scumhole called the 9th ward I wouldn't know shit either. Then again it's hard to see the world from the back row of a trailways bus.

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Two from Bill. One on the chlorine attack, now claimed by al Qaeda to be one of their operations, in Fallujah:

The USMC/Iraqi team was sluggin' it out side by side. Something to see. US Marines and Jundi still gasping for air, fighting side by side. Some jundi still in their sleeping sweats or shower sandals refusing to be evacuated, fighting back with their AKs and PKCs into enemy positions. Yes, some of these jundi got what it takes.

I'll go out on a little bit of a limb and say that the insurgency is quickly approaching a tipping point. If things continue as they are right now, our military won't need a surge to chase the terrorists out of Anbar- the citizens will do it for us, which is as it should be. It's beginning to show already: more local tips, more police recruits (far more than anticipated), and sadly- in bigger and more desperate Al-Qaeda attacks.

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Details at RedState:

Today, you have the opportunity to help send two of our own, from right here at Redstate, to tell you the real story about what's happening on the ground in Iraq.

In a nutshell, RedState has been invited by the Pentagon to go to Iraq. We want to send Jeff and AcademicElephant, who henceforth insists on being known by her real name, Victoria Coates. They'll leave during the last part of April. But, we need your help to make it possible.

Read on...

To send RedState to Iraq, we need to raise $7500.00....Please help support this worthy cause and please help send RedState to Iraq. We want this to be a community effort that will benefit us all.

UPDATE: Attention Lefty Morons: Jeff actually did enlist and fight in Iraq.

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Embracing the suck in Fallujah, by our friend Bill from INDC:

Once perspective is established, fatalism helps. If your number comes up, it comes up. Almost - but not quite - as silly as the sentiment that "it will happen to me," is the idea that "it can never happen to me." A bunch of maniacs shooting RPG's, sniping, slinging mortars, triggering bombs and loosing machine guns are bound to hit something. And they do. But if you take reasonable precautions, keep your eyes open and do what you're told by people with experience, the overwhelming odds are, you'll be fine. And if you do get hit, at least you did everything prudent to avoid it.

Michael Totten has recently been embracing the good in Iraqi Kurdistan. Little suck to be embraced in the other Iraq. But wouldn't you know, in a part of Iraq that Hitchens thinks is destined to become the model of Middle East democracy, Totten accidentally stumbles into the suck, and manages to find an enclave of crazies in this otherwise picturesque country:

They were supposed to be social democrats, the people Patrick Lasswell and I met yesterday in a compound outside the city of Suleimaniya, the cultural capital of Northern Iraqi Kurdistan. We had it all set up. We were to meet Abu Bakr Mudarisy and his associates for lunch at 11:00 A.M. and learn what we could about the anti-government resistance a few miles away in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Our driver Yusef misunderstood and took us to the wrong place. He did drop us off where we met left-wing dissidents from Iran. But these weren’t the moderate English-speaking leftist intellectuals we were looking for. Instead we found ourselves in an armed camp of the military wing of the Iranian Communist Party.

They were the nicest Marxists I've ever met, even if the meeting was by accident.

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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
By Maj. Rob Parke, 3rd SBCT
2nd Inf. Div. Public Affairs Officer

BAGHDAD – Nearly 1,600 partnered Iraqi security forces and coalition Soldiers continued clearing operations today in the Iraqi capital’s Mansour Security District. This was the second day of clearing in the southern Ghazaliya and Ameriya neighborhoods.

During clearing operations coalition Soldiers from A Co, 1-23 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division rescued a kidnap victim in an empty house handcuffed to a chair. The victim had three gunshot wounds in his leg and was evacuated to a coalition forces medical treatment facility. After a more extensive search of the house, Soldiers found a weapons cache consisting of one rocket propelled grenade launcher with 10 rounds; three AK-47 assault rifles; nine 60mm mortar rounds; seven hand grenades; plastic explosives; containers of ferric nitrate, sodium hydrogen and chromic oxide; and numerous explosive making materials.

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Stratasphere reports:

Members of an Iraqi tribe along with local police managed to kill 39 al-Qaeda fighters in the town of Falluja, west of the capital city, Iraq’s state TV said on Tuesday.

But wait, there's more. Much more.... more...

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So, you seriously mean to say that we would not be living in a better or safer world if the coalition forces had turned around and sailed or flown home in the spring of 2003?

That's exactly what I mean to say.

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1 Hitchens never wobbly!  Check!   Thanks for the post     It's always good to hear from that old Atheist!       USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 19, 2007 05:52 PM (2OHpj)

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Really, I wish he had taken a picture. Oh, there are plenty of pictures, but not of the 'attractive long legged stewardess' on his flight to Kurdistan. Mike Totten e-mails with his latest dispatch from the Iraq that the MSM has never heard of. The peaceful, prosperous Iraq. A few highlights, but you really do need to see the amazing pictures and read the rest:

Nation-building is a hard and violent slog in the center and south of Iraq, and it might not ever work out. But in Kurdistan, in the north, it already is a reality.

Massive new construction projects are literally everywhere. Most of those that had started when I arrived for the first time are finished, and ambitious new projects are well underway....

Kurdistan is safe even without its anti-terrorist trench, and that's not because it is protected by American soldiers. Only 50 or so troops remain in this part of Iraq. There is no anti-American insurgency (because there is virtually no anti-Americanism) and there is no terrorism. If the Arab Iraqis were as peaceable as the Kurds, the American military could have folded its tents a long time ago.

Exit question: Do I finally have permission from you, the readers, to state the morally obvious, now that it is de facto reality? Kurdistan ought to be free and independent. NOW.

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Answering the question. Nobody should ever need permission to state the morally obvious. It should be an obligation to do so, if only because nobody has done so already.

Whether morally right, or not, an independent Kurdistan seems like an awfully dangerous option. Turkish Kurds will certainly try to link with Kurdistan, and I cannot imagine Kurdistan refusing to accept them.

I doubt anyone here would say I'm a peacenik. If the cause is worthy, I say our nation needs to be ready to fight for it. However, unless the USA, is willing to put it's forces into the new state, on what would be the new Turkish border, then Kurdistan will have at least one major war brewing the moment it is born. Syria, and Iran have a stake in this as well.

If we put troops on the Turkish border, it will pit NATO member against NATO member even if no shot is fired. It would be a knife in the side of our ally, and might actually worsen the situation in Turkey as far as secular government. I can only believe the Islamification of Turkey will be stoked by anti-Americanism. So...

Is it more morally right to fight the long range struggle against the Islamo-Imperialist, and preserve our friendships with a NATO ally? Or is it more moral to support a people who have a distinct culture, in acheiving statehood for themselves, especially knowing we will gain an new state ally?

Complicating this question further is the (somewhat false) perception of the USA, as the reason for Israel's existence in what much of the world calls occupied territory. A new Kurdistan, would add fuel to the claims we are a colonial power, even though we here know that nothing is further from the truth. In fact, Kurdistan the nation, may well come about without our permission, just as Israel did. (see historical fact) Surely the US would feel strongly compelled to recognize such a state, as we did with Israel. that would seal our 'guilt' in the matter.

In the long term, Kurdistan as nation, is a likely probability. In the short term, it may be more than we can handle, and we would surely get the blame for whatever went wrong.

As someone who feels we totally betrayed the Kurds in Desert Storm, I look forward to the day when they are fully free, inside a land of thier own. You can choose the right thing, at the wrong time. I think this is the wrong time. Sadly ...

USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 19, 2007 04:17 PM (2OHpj)

2 I cannot think of any better reason for us (USA) to fully support Kurdish independance - even to the the detrament of its neighbors - even if our "allys" the Turks object.
Michael Weaver, as apologist , dilutes the long forgotten, long suffering, long over due - since the League of Nations promises - for fucks sake- dues we OWE to the Kurdish nation for resisting the encroachment off Muslim fanatisism. We protected their air space,  we should protect their their liberation - if they desire. No, the Kurds aren't perfect. They are just a damn sight better than the other fucks in the ME.
 
Fuck your complications. Fuck your calls that it is not fair - that Israel is special.Fuck you Michael Weaver.
 
meleager
 

Posted by: Meleager at March 19, 2007 07:12 PM (zdcrZ)

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Meleager: What? No one should have an opinion except you. Fuck you.

Posted by: greyrooster at March 19, 2007 09:27 PM (jNRRK)

4 I dunno. The Kurds seem to be able to play well in the current system.  A federal system with some autonomy of the states.  Say a democratic republic.  If it can work, and work well for all, That is good. 

It just seems to me the Kurds are a bit smarter than the rest of Iraq. They took an opportunity and made the best of it. 

Sure the kurds "deserve" it  but ,  all of the Iraqi's "deserve" it. If the rest don't wisen up they will miss their chance. If they do then sure ,we can help turkey with border issues. We will have to be will be there to provide a balance against the Sunni arabs and Iran anyway.

Posted by: Darth Odie at March 19, 2007 10:05 PM (YHZAl)

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Meleager paints me as an apologist. Interesting. I do support an eventual Kurdistan, even if Meleager chooses to miss that detail in what I said above. That Israel went and did something that we weren't ready to properly handle, is a fact. It doesn't make Israel special as far as I'm concerned. It does make Israel an example of what can go wrong if events move TO QUICKLY.

Who is Meleager?  Meleager, who are you? What is your motivation? What makes you think I don't like the idea of Kurdistan? What makes you think I don't want to continue to enrich our relations with the Kurds as a people? What makes you think that the US is politically, and militarily in the position to do for the Kurds, what it barely managed for Israel?

To make it more clear, I do not claim it isn't fair, and I don't claim that Israel is special. And I am not personally in charge of the complications that you are so willing to cast aside as trivial. I didn't invent them, and they are not trivial. Frankly, I am pretty angry with Turkey, but you cannot casually break an alliance with as much importance as our commitment to NATO. AND TO BE EXTRA CLEAR, WE ARE LIABLE TO AID TURKEY, IF SHE IS ATTACKED! That is part of our NATO commitment.

Perhaps Meleager would like us to "fuck" that as well?

And exactly how are we going to amp up for defending Kurdistan,when we are barely keeping congress from dragging our troops out of Iraq in the first place? How are we to protect a Kurdish revolution when we may have to deal with Iran at any moment? Our military isn't broken, but our subtlety factor is extremely low. Our best method for countering a Turkish attack against a united Kurdistan, is to bomb the hell out of Turkish forces.

I have no problem with bombing the hell out of Iranian, or Syrian forces, but our promise to NATO, is real. It doesn't go away because Meleager blew out all the candles on his birthday cake.

I stand by what I said, This isn't a good time for a new Kurdistan.
 
I also remind any readers who don't like my position, that Rusty DID ASK US. And I did say it's good to state the morally obvious. Which Rusty essentially did do.
 
We are in a long war. We are in a war at home in the USA, against filthy neo-Koms, and taqiyya terrorists of the Umma. We are at war abroad, with rising rogue states seeking nuclear arms, and at war with IslamoImperialists, and the bastard offspring of Marx, and Mussolini that is Hugo Chavez! We are at war economically with our new 'buddy' China, and in the process of losing Europe wholesale to the Umma, and darkness resurgent in the remnants of the USSR. You may well ask, "what is one more war on top of all that?"
 
I say when you already have a lot on your plate, it might be wise to finish whats in front of you before dishing up some more!
 
Courage is a fine and worthy thing. Courage with intelligence will still win more fights than just courage alone. Courage, intelligence, patience, and perseverance will win even more fights! We need to do our best,  and not act rashly. We can destroy any enemy, if we don't mind destroying the world as well. Anything less than our full power involves at least some kind of subtlety, and the war we are fighting is hopeful. Hopeful that we will not see the end of this world from Nuclear war, or the great fascist Islamic Caliphate.
 
Kurdistan needs to take a deep breath and count to ten, before plunging us into one more hot war at thier side. As we do support them, I think that much is at least fair. I do not see us abandoning them, but I'm against rushing in where patience is actually succeeding. Or am I unaware of some immediate crises that threatens all of Kurdistan if they are not independent by the end of the week?!
 
I don't begrudge Meleager his passions, but I do wish he would read me better ...
 
I have been for Kurdish independence since Desert Storm. My Mom spent hours, actually days making me watch the video she recorded of the Kurds from the TV broadcasts. She was totally absorbed in finding the image of one little girl, who happened to look like one of my neices, and she was worrying constantly about that girl. For months it was nearly all my Mom could talk about. As for me ...
 
I was sorry we didn't stay and finish Saddam then. I know why we didn't, and how it might have made some things worse if we had, but I still wish we hadn't left him alive. The Kurds were a huge reason for my opinion.The fact that Saddam survived the war was one reason why I ended up voting for Clinton. Bush Sr. hadn't lived up to my expectations. He left the Kurds to Saddam.
 
So I hope this clarifies my comment. Meleager, I'm sorry you feel that way. If your a Kurd (?) then I hope you believe I want you to have your state someday. I think we need to clean the plate in front of us first. I hope you can hang on for a bit longer. And in any case I do put the welfare of the USA ahead of all other nations, and I will never apologize for that. Ever.
 
USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 19, 2007 10:13 PM (2OHpj)

6 Ah Greyrooster   Always reminding me why I like you!                 
                  USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 19, 2007 10:14 PM (2OHpj)

7 I miss Jeff though                            USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 19, 2007 10:15 PM (2OHpj)

8 Darth Odie,  Tip o' th' hat to ya!                USA, all the way!

Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 20, 2007 06:59 AM (2OHpj)

9 I think there's a two pronged problem there. Kurdish identity, and some of the Kurds are Communists. The Communist Kurds are the ones in greatest conflict with the Turks, if I have been informed correctly.

How to support the Kurds and not the Communists?

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Via AP:

BAGHDAD (AP) - Three suicide bombers driving chlorine-laden trucks struck in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar province, killing two policemen and forcing about 350 Iraqi civilians and six U.S. troops to seek treatment for exposure to the gas, the military said Saturday.

The attacks came after back-to-back bombings last month released chlorine gas, prompting the U.S. military to warn that insurgents are adopting new tactics in a campaign to spread panic.

Just after 4 p.m. Friday, a driver detonated explosives in a pickup truck northeast of Ramadi, wounding one U.S. service member and one Iraqi civilian, the military said in a statement.

That was followed by a similar explosion involving a dump truck south of Fallujah in Amiriyah that killed two policemen and left as many as 100 local citizens showing signs of chlorine exposure, with symptoms ranging from minor skin and lung irritations to vomiting, the military said.

While the attacks haven't been claimed by al Qaeda, the attacks show the hallmarks of an al Qaeda operation. The attacks were carried out within hours of each other, used methods designed to cause mass casualties and mass media attention, and targeted a tribal leader opposed to al Qaeda's operations in the region. Multinational Forces Iraq breaks down the timing and targets:

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It looks a lot more certain than previous reports of his capture.

AP via Yahoo News Baghdad: The leader of the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State ofIraq was captured Friday in a raid west of Baghdad — his identity revealed by a fellow insurgent detained with him, an Iraqi military spokesman said.

Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was captured in a raid in Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad, said Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, spokesman of the Baghdad security operation. U.S. officials had no confirmation of the capture.

"One of the terrorists who was arrested with him confessed that the one in our hands is al-Baghdadi," al-Moussawi said.

Al-Baghdadi has been identified in statements posted on Islamic extremist Web sites as the head of the Islamic State, which was proclaimed last year after the death of the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

This morning we got “the Butcher,” whoever the hell he is, and an Al Qaeda “media emir” a.k.a. courier north of Mosul

The Irony is that the one knowns as courier was just bragging Baghdadi ordering a raid in Mosul. They claimed to have released 150 terrorists. A couple of which may have been Baghdadi's close relatives.

al-Qaeda's umbrella group, the ISI via their website: The brothers withdrew safely by the grace of Allah and we shall provide you with more details and a meeting with the leader of the brigade and some released captives as well Allah willing

Andrew Cochran has more here at Counterterrorismblog

So can I have a big, "F*ck Yeah!"?

Update:

Via Reuters: BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - A top leader of an al-Qaeda linked group arrested on Friday and initially thought to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was not in fact the head of the Islamic State of Iraq, Iraqi officials said on Saturday... ..."We captured a figure who was a senior al-Qaeda member and we suspected that he was Abu Omar al-Baghdadi but after initial investigations it was proven it was not Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. But he was a senior al-Qaeda leader," said Iraqi military spokesman Qassim Moussawi.

The only consolation is the MSM picked this one up too and that really pisses off the ISI. And as Rusty says, "Isn't pissing off the Jihadis what The Jawa Report is all about?"

Mmmmmm, never had to eat, "F*ck Yeahs!", for breakfast. Pretty tasty. So, can I get a big, Well F*ck!? more...

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Jules has the info.

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Michael Moore's 'Minutemen' in Iraq follow lead of Founding Fathers by attacking Fallujah policeman's home, shooting his wife, his mother in law, and his cousin. Not content, they then attempt to set his 4 year-old boy on fire in front of him. Paul Revere, eat your heart out.

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Reuters says a US strike near Taji Friday took out a terrorist network responsible for targeting coalition helicopters:

Reuters—A U.S. air strike killed senior insurgents suspected of targeting American helicopters in Iraq, and the Iraqi government said 39 militants had been killed in western Anbar province in recent fighting.

The U.S. military said on Saturday the air strike took place on Friday north of Baghdad near the town of Taji, which is home to a major U.S. air base. It said weaponry, including a vehicle mounted with anti-aircraft artillery, was destroyed.

"Coalition forces believe key terrorists were killed during 1the air strike ... Intelligence reports indicated this network is responsible for threats to coalition aircraft," the military said in a statement without elaborating. ...

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The image above was posted to LiveLeak yesterday evening, with the caption:
"Traitors get justice... comming soon to a theater near you"

There is no accompanying video, and one can only assume there will be (or has been) a mass execution of the people in the photograph, to be released in video format on LiveLeak at a later date.

While the goal of LiveLeak may seem noble on it's surface, one must ask at what point a line has been crossed. The volume of insurgent snuff-films and terror propaganda videos found at western owned and operated websites is staggering, and on the rise.

These videos propagate the terrorist's message of hate, are useful for recruiting and perhaps even contribute to their financing through revenue sharing programs at such sites as Google Video, YouTube, Meta Cafe, Revver, Panjea and Eefoof.

One can only hope that the NSA and other government agencies are keeping close tabs on these sites, and tracking the people who are regularly posting these videos of executions, torture and attacks on coalition forces... but I wouldn't want to bet on it.

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CCCI convicts 10 insurgents One sentenced to 30 years, three sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted 10 security detainees from Feb. 18 - 22, for various crimes including possession of illegal weapons, possessing fake identification, use of explosives, passport violations and illegal border crossing.

The trial court found an Iraqi man guilty of illegal possession of special category weapons in violation of Order 3/2003 Section 6, Paragraph 2B. On Jan. 19, 2005, MNF conducted a raid on several houses in Taji searching for the defendant and several other individuals. The defendant’s brother led MNF to the defendant’s house. Inside they found a locked door that the defendant said was empty and the temperature change had swelled the door shut. MNF broke down the door and inside they found: one RPK machine gun, one AK-47, a pistol, one G3 assault rifle, Iraqi and CIA intelligence manuals and documents as well as many fake identification documents and photographs. The defendant admitted to MNF that he was once an Iraqi intelligence officer. MNF then searched outside the house using metal detectors and found more buried weapons and ammunition. Some of the ammunition was found in American ammunition boxes with serial numbers that matched the serial numbers of ammunition boxes taken from Humvees which had recently been destroyed by IEDs’ in which two American Soldiers died. On Feb. 18 the trial panel found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 30 years imprisonment.

The trial court found an Iraqi man guilty of illegal possession of special category weapons in violation of Order 3/2003 Section 6, Paragraph 2B. On Dec. 25, 2006, MNF conducted a targeted raid to capture the defendant. The defendant is a weapons dealer and has sold weapons to various groups on many occasions. At the point of capture, MNF found an AK-47, a sniper rifle, a PKC machine gun, an RPG, two pistols, a rifle and assorted ammunition. At the time of capture the defendant also had fake identification with him. On Feb. 19 the trial panel found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to 15 years imprisonment.

The trial court found two Iraqi men guilty of illegal possession of special category weapons in violation of Order 3/2003 Section 6, Paragraph 2B. On Nov. 11, 2006, MNF were conducting census operations near Fallujah. MNF entered one defendant’s home and noticed both defendants acting nervous. Because of their behavior, MNF began a search of their home. MNF first discovered one loaded AK-47 magazine under a mattress on the second floor of the home. MNF continued their search and discovered the following weapons: two AK-47’s, seven AK-47 loaded magazines, four fan switches, two 9mm pistols, one blasting cap, one RPG trigger assembly, anti-MNF propaganda and numerous types of ammunition. At the hearing MNF presented two eye witnesses, photographs and a sketch. On Feb. 20 the trial panel found the defendants guilty and sentenced them each to 15 years imprisonment.

Those convicted of immigration violations, taking advantage of someone else’s legal documents, use of explosives and illegal possession of special category weapons were sentenced from one to 30 years imprisonment. Those convicted totaled nine Iraqis and one Palestinian.

Since its reorganization, under an amendment to CPA order 13, in April 2004, the Central Criminal Court has held 1,902 trials for Coalition-apprehended insurgents. The proceedings have resulted in the conviction of 1,640 individuals with sentences ranging up to death.

Source: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER

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Members of al-Fadhila Shia party

The Iraqi newspaper Al-Rafidayn reported on Sunday that the Shia political party Fadhila would be joining a new parliamentary coalition with the Sunni party the Iraqi List and other unnamed Sunnis (“Al-Khaz Ali: Fadhila is Joining a New Coalition Still in Formation”). The Fadhila Party is a Shia faction that ran in the December 2005 elections with the United Iraqi Alliance along with SCIRI, Dawa, the Sadriya and Shia independents. It abandoned the new government after being deprived of the Petroleum Ministry (Fadhila’s control of the oil ministry under the previous, interim government had been primarily noted for widespread allegations of corruption). more...

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I see that the Islamic State of Iraq had claimed a number beheadings on their English language (Google owned blogspot, of course) website today. Most of the beheadings took place before the security crackdown. But it's worthy of note that they have started using the term "beheading" again when referring to their victims. They usually use the term "Implementing Allah's rule" as a general euphemism for any kind of murder (ie, when the physically capture a person and then kill them as opposed to an "operation" which generally means a straightforward attack).

It's also worth noting that since Zawahiri repremanded Zarqawi for turning the Ummah off due to his excessiveness in decapitating hostages, there have been very few beheading claims from Iraq. There have been many beheadings, but no one wanted to claim responsibility. Bad PR. Until now.

You'll have to excuse al Qaeda in Iraq's poor grammar and spellling. Apparently they don't run this copy by Orange County's finest, Azzaz al-Amreki:

1-Beheading two leaders in Ghadr "Badr" corps and 12 other activists in different regions of Baaqouba city, and taking as booties their personal arms, many of their cars and an important sum of money during a short period (less than one week) until Thursday 2/2/2007.

2- Beheading two spies working for the crusader forces in Baaqouba city on Thursday 2/2/2007....

4- Beheading the called "Mahdi Hussain al-Aazawee" in al-Mafraq , he was an officer lieutenant in what is called " Security Preservation forces in al-Kadhemeya region" and an inhabitant of al-Aazzat region, and taking as a booty his personal car on Thursday 2/2/2007

9- Beheading an apostate policeman in al-Mafraq region, he was from inhabitants of "Delli Aabbas" region, on Tuesday 16/1/2007.

On Wednesday 21/2/2007, the Mujahedeen beheaded the called "Deyaa Aabd al-Hussain" in Baghdad province "by the grace of Allah".....

1- Beheading two soldiers from what is called the Interior Maghaweer in al-Katoun/al-Rahma region, on Monday 22/1/2007....

5- Beheading four elements from Ghadr "Badr" corps in al-Mafraq region , on Tuesday 23/1/2007.

21- Beheading an element of the apostate police in al-Mafraq region, on Sunday 6/1/2007,

17- Implementing Allah's rule on a spy woman working for the crusaders forces in al-Mafraq region , on Saturday 5/1/2007.

14-Implementing the rule of Allah on an apostate from the national guards of the rank of captain and putting his slaughtered head in Beeji market on 19/2/2007.

The new leader, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, is said to have personally beheaded hostages on a few videos produced under Zarqawi's tenure. Perhaps he's just a psychopath that really likes it?

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From OIF Combined Forces Press Service:

BAGHDAD, Iraq –Coalition Forces detained 15 suspected terrorists including a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq emir during raids Monday morning targeting foreign fighter facilitators and the al-Qaeda in Iraq network.

During an operation in Baghdad, Coalition Forces captured a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq emir and one of his associates.

Three suspected foreign terrorist facilitators were captured in operations northeast of Samarra, and eight more were captured in a foreign fighter safe house west of Mahmudiyah.

In downtown Ramadi, Coalition Forces captured two suspects in a foreign fighter safe house. Intelligence reports indicated members of the cell were allegedly planning suicide operations against Coalition or Iraqi Forces.

“Coalition Forces are making progress dismantling the foreign fighter and al-Qaeda terrorist networks inside Iraq,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. "These operations send a message to terrorists that they will be caught and prosecuted for their crimes under the Iraqi justice system."

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Following up on Rusty's post here. We have found an apparent car bomb factory loaded with chemicals.

AP Via Yahoo News: BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops raided a car bomb factory west of Baghdad with five buildings full of propane tanks and ordinary chemicals the military believes were to be used in bombs, a spokesman said Thursday, a day after insurgents blew up a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters.

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the chlorine attack Wednesday — the second such "dirty" chemical attack in two days — signaled a change in insurgent tactics, and the military was fighting back with targeted raids....

...tips led U.S. troops to a five separate buildings near Fallujah, where they found chemical munition, three vehicle bombs being assembled, including a truck bomb, about 65 propane tanks and "all kinds of ordinary chemicals," Caldwell said. He added that he believed the insurgents were going to try to mix the chemicals with explosives.

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