Al-Qaida Surges Back in Iraq, Reviving Old Fears
BAGHDAD October 13, 2013(AP)
By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press
First came the fireball,then the screams of the victims. The suicide bombing just outside a Baghdadgraveyard knocked Nasser Waleed Ali over and peppered his back with shrapnel.
Al-Qaida has come roaringback in Iraq since U.S. troops left in late 2011 and now looks stronger than ithas in years. The terror group has shown it is capable of carrying outmass-casualty attacks several times a month, driving the death toll in Iraq to thehighest level in half a decade. It sees each attack as a way to cultivate anatmosphere of chaos that weakens the Shiite-led government's authority.
Iraqi officials acknowledgethe group is growing stronger.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/al-qaida-surges-back-iraq-reviving-fears-20555780
No Al Qaida was heard in Iraq of Saddam's regime. Who brought them in?
No Al Qaida was heard in Iraq of Saddam's regime. Who brought them in?
Saddam not only tolerated AQ in Iraq, he was allies with them in their war against the PUK in Iraq.Saddam wouldn't have tolerated 'em. I guess they're not afraid of the new regime.
No Al Qaida was heard in Iraq of Saddam's regime. Who brought them in?
Can any one actually document with a reputable source their claims about AQ in Iraq prior to the war? I see unsubstantiated claims both ways...
Not likely. It's a lot easier just to make history up after the fact.
Can any one actually document with a reputable source their claims about AQ in Iraq prior to the war? I see unsubstantiated claims both ways...
Not likely. It's a lot easier just to make history up after the fact.
That would be kinda sad. I have no clue as to the truth, and would be swayed by credible sourcing.
It's all too late now. People have forgotten the first casualty of war.
Nice dodge. I can safely put you in the has no credible source column.
Sure, go ahead. This is all too sad to debate now anyway. So many good people lost for nothing, and those lives are still being lost.
It is basic logic. Saddam was everything Al Q was/is fighting against in the Middle East.
Not likely. It's a lot easier just to make history up after the fact.
BUSH: One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take–
RADDATZ: But not until after the U.S. invaded.
BUSH: Yeah, that’s right. So what? The point is that al Qaeda said they’re going to take a stand. Well, first of all in the post-9/11 environment Saddam Hussein posed a threat. And then upon removal, al Qaeda decides to take a stand.
You can support almost anything by quoting the right blog. Here's a quote by the CIC who carried out the invasion:
Yea... Got a source on that? Oh yea you dont.Saddam not only tolerated AQ in Iraq, he was allies with them in their war against the PUK in Iraq.
They arrived in 2003....They never left. The idea that AQ was never there was just part of the anti American propaganda, propagated mostly by the US MSM.
They arrived in 2003....
So basically my hope of a credible source is not going to happen...
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