Posted on 07/04/2004 9:29:18 AM PDT by FairOpinion
Jihad leader Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian terrorist and the most wanted man in Iraq, this weekend released a telling window into his organization, Attawhid wal Jihad, or Unity and Jihad. In a slickly produced hour-long video Zarqawi lays bare the milieu of his suicide bombers, their safehouses, their rituals and their targeting guidelines. Given directly to TIME, the video is a bold, menacing statement of the group's intent and capability. The subtext of this disturbing tape is that for the U.S. this is likely to be a long, drawn out fight in Iraq against a committed, well-organized enemy.
The tape contains many chilling scenes. When the chairman of the U.S. appointed Iraqi Governing Council, Izzedine Salam, then the country's highest Iraqi official, was assassinated last month in a car bomb Zarqawi quickly claimed credit. Now he shows the act, in graphic footage shot from a parked car: A convoy of white SUVs disappears down a Baghdad street, followed a moment later by a ball of flame and explosion so intense the windscreen through which the cameraman films cracks before your eyes.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Oh, on that sense I agree. This is a foolish thing to put on video; it's exactly what your enemy wants to find and study. Especially when the Iraqi security forces are slowly but surely increasing in skill, this type of thing goes from being bold and audacious to being reckless and overconfident.
It is representative of another trend, if you notice. The insurgents by and large are retreating. The bombings and killings are becoming more rare. The open conflict is becoming a string of kidnappings, beheadings, and media events.
To state another way, the insurgents are moving into a phase where the cannot continue a full scale insurgency, but they can simulate on through the media.
In that regard, tapes like this are necessary, because they SCARE people. The insurgents are well on their way out, but they won't go quietly. Thanks to the internet and Al Jazeera, they'll cling to the front pages long after they've be reduced to a broken band of stray criminals.
The enemies of America know right where to go with their propaganda.
Zarqawi is a small fish, consider the US has a long history of success in nabbing and defeating bullies , ranging from organized crime figures, Nazis, Balkans and the brutal regime leaders of former Iraq , the list is long...
Well, taping exploits worked for soembody else too, didn't it?
The only thing they have success at is making videos and getting them airtime in the Western media. but, Tell a lie long enough and almost everyone will believe it. Especially the kool-aid drinking Evil Dums.
Tom thaties in to what the AP reported earlier....that Iraq is set to name countries who are helping Zarqawi.
It didn't say in the article whether Time turned the tape over to the CIA.
Knowing them they probably didn't. It's more important to them to stay on the terrorists' good side, so they can get the next tape.
"They are getting allot of financial help from somewhere."
Syria and Iran.
Syria 'fans flames' of Iraq terror
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165259/posts
SYRIA has stepped up its assistance to insurgents in Iraq and is encouraging both secular and Islamist fighters operating across its border, according to Western and Arab officials.
At least one former senior Iraqi Baathist official has established himself in a large villa in Damascus, where is he recruiting volunteers and sending them over the border to resistance strongholds such as Fallujah and Ramadi. His operations are conducted with the encouragement of the host Government.
"Iraq is set to name countries who are helping Zarqawi."
They already did, and the evidence to support their statements is forthcoming shortly. Our fine media isn't giving much coverage to these kinds of revelations.
New Iraq Government Accuses Iran And Syria Of Backing Insurgents
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1165011/posts
The new Iraqi government will publish damning evidence this week linking foreign powers, including Iran and Syria, to the Muslim extremists and loyalists of the former regime who launched a bloody rebellion after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Hoshyar Zebari, the foreign minister, told The Telegraph that the interim government had gathered intelligence detailing the support provided to insurgent groups by some neighbouring nations.
This video shows what kind of people the terrorists really are. Yet John Kerry seems to think resentment of Bush justifies nations like France not lifting a finger to stop them. So what is Kerry saying? Does Kerry believe that our allies are justified in sitting out the fight against terrorism because they resent President Bush? I can't understand that kind of thinking, (but then again I'm not French).
Why would Kerry suggest that allies are justified in letting their resentment of Bush determine a moral decision like fighting terrorism? Isn't it a bit more likely that they just lack the fortitude and wisdom to know that terrorism is evil and must be stopped? Or is Kerry saying that they want to get back at President Bush by letting innocent people around the world die at the hands of terrorists? Is that how Kerry thinks our "allies" should express their displeasure with Mr. Bush, by letting terrorists commit mayhem against innocent civilians? Our real allies, like Poland and Britain, know better.
Yup, I've seen this Michael Ware guy in interviews and read his articles in Time. He is hanging out with the jihadists (interesting that they seem to accept him and trust him. Hmmm.) He's mightily impressed with them. "Fawning" would not be an overstatement.
Are they trying to impress us, scare
the Iraqis or trying to recruit...?All of the above...Fanatic barbarians.
I hope Mr. Ware is turning this tape over to the authorities, both U.S. and Iraqi, to study. Whether he does or not would reveal a lot about him.
I wonder if Michael Moore produced this for them?
Michael Ware is the same SOB who videotaped the attack on the DHL aircraft. He should be deported from Iraq and permanently banned from entering either Iraq or the US.
He is clearly in bed with the bad guys and in a perfect world, would be arrested and charged with aiding the terrorists.
An interview with Michael Ware from December 8, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0312/08/ltm.02.html
Do we really know who shot the footage? Time or the jihadis?
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