tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post114464648348532757..comments2009-11-11T03:42:09.208-08:00Macswainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986549387312075241noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post-1144715865212278732006-04-10T17:37:00.000-07:002006-04-10T17:37:00.000-07:00<I>Riddle me this: Why is the military playing up Al Zarqawi?</I><BR/><BR/>From the article:<BR/><BR/><I>The documents state that the U.S. campaign aims to turn Iraqis against Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian, by playing on their perceived dislike of foreigners. U.S. authorities claim some success with that effort, noting that some tribal Iraqi insurgents have attacked Zarqawi loyalists.</I>geoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post-1144711068929642462006-04-10T16:17:00.000-07:002006-04-10T16:17:00.000-07:00spc Flowers? The spotter for sniper<BR/>herbert Hancock?Semanticleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08854762144868298532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post-1144701269637772222006-04-10T13:34:00.000-07:002006-04-10T13:34:00.000-07:00Geoff (aka Spc Flowers):<BR/><BR/>Riddle me this: Why is the military playing up Al Zarqawi?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post-1144692760532265072006-04-10T11:12:00.000-07:002006-04-10T11:12:00.000-07:00I heard rumors that the Sunni insurgents (apparently there was a time when the Baathists and other groups were working much more closely together, but I think Al-Sadr has effectively split them) have offered up Zaqawi in exchange for an actual representative government back in November of last year, but as the U.S. has failed to deliver he remains "at large".J Andrew Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934727004981865691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post-1144650495055393242006-04-09T23:28:00.000-07:002006-04-09T23:28:00.000-07:00And as to the propaganda article: Osama told us that Zarqawi was his #1 man in Iraq (which may have changed, recently), so Bush didn't need any help tieing him to Al Qaeda or 9/11. The military officer's complaint was that the insurgent elements (Baathists) were as bad as the terrorist elements, but that the terrorists were getting all the press. Small beer.<BR/><BR/>But if you truly feel that the Baathists have been neglected, and that that is a serious oversight, then I'm sure you know how to use the power of the Internet to correct the situation. Just tell everybody that the Baathists are at least as bad as Zarqawi, and the problem is solved, right?geoffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13928518.post-1144650028370602602006-04-09T23:20:00.000-07:002006-04-09T23:20:00.000-07:00<I>because Bush apparently needed Zarqawi alive to spin the Iraqi-terrorism link</I><BR/><BR/>Funny, I don't find that assertion in the article. Could be Bush was trying to avoid an international incident while trying to form a coalition. Just maybe...geoffnoreply@blogger.com