Posted on 01/12/2008 9:21:42 AM PST by jdm
At the same time that the Iraqi National Assembly passed its long-awaited de-Ba'athification reform, the security services have apparently cracked al-Qaeda's organization in the country. Muslim World News, a Muslim news agency in India, reports that the Iraqi Interior Ministry formed a unit recently dedicated to attacking AQI and will shortly take out the entire structure (via AJ Strata):
The Interior Ministry announced Friday that al-Qaeda in Iraq has been successfully penetrated by means of a recently formed government security apparatus and is virtually an "open book," confirming that the sectarian sedition in the country was at the end of its rope.
Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf, director of operations at the Interior Ministry, told KUNA here "we have succeeded in establishing a capable intelligence apparatus to penetrate the al-Qaeda organization in Iraq and all armed groups targeting Iraqi national security." He said emphatically that the sectarian sedition in Iraq has virtually ended, adding that the new intelligence apparatus is able to achieve its objectives regarding all armed groups operating in Iraq.
He went on to say that "al-Qaeda is now an open book for us, now that we have succeeded in penetrating it." Khalaf did not reveal the extent of al-Qaeda's reach in Iraq but asserted that trained Iraqi security elements currently operate under cover within this terrorist organization which he said will be dismantled soon.
Iraqi security forces had announced during the past 48 hours the arrest of the mastermind behind the second Samarra explosions and the killing of Abu Qataadah al-Saudi (who was one of the most prominent leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq) in a military operation in south-west Samarra.
This certainly matches the latest developments in Iraq. The US launched a major offensive this week against AQI with an unprecedented use of airpower. That indicates a confidence in intelligence that had mostly gone unnoticed in most media reports. The US would have relied on infantry had it been less confident of the targeting on AQI assets around Baghdad.
It's interesting that this news got reported by an outfit called Muslim World News. So far, I have not seen this in media outlets named Washington Post or the New York Times. The statement itself seems provocative enough to at least have reported it here in the US, as it seems a lot more relevant here than in India.
If the Iraqi government has penetrated AQI, doesn't that mean something for their ability to fight terror and to stand on their own two feet? Isn't a free and stable Iraq the victory we have awaited, and doesn't this suggest that we're coming close to achieving it? Doesn't the joint military operations conducted in Iraq this week tend to confirm this Interior Ministry statement?
The silence is becoming deafening.
Great news! Thanks for the post
Godspeed!
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But, but, but... we can’t win. Iraq is a quagmire. The Iraqi people will never live in peace. We need to partition the nation. Sunis and Shiah will never live in peace side by side.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
I want my mommy...
These moments of pain, brought to you by Harry Ried and Nancy Pelosi.
Don’t forget, when they supply your pain, they feel it.
More encouraging news.
The MSM and Pelosi and Reid will just say “ya, but it is not one of the milestones,” as if a bunch of milestones made up by a bunch of second-rate political hacks in Washington who are mainly interested in in trough-bobbing for set-asides has anything to do with the real world. The MSM is for would-be politicians who couldn’t get elected to anything.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It's way past 'silence'... it's Goebbelsian censorship.
Thanks to all who have sacrificed to bring this additional piece of good news.
This is what victory looks like.
Hopefully Iraq will be the next Turkey (without the Kurdish problem).
BUMP.
Thanks for posting! Great read.
Wow amazing how every reputable news outlet is asking the Candidates what there take is on the current situation in Iraq and what they plan on doing to change... change... change... change... change it...
This is great news! You won’t hear it in any of the liberal media or from the mouths of the dims, but I sure hope our boys running for President give it some air time.
It looks good. It sounds good. It feels good.
Nice report.
The use of airpower is a nice sign, as well, but we are also using quite a few troops on the ground in the new offensive this month.
The point worthy of note, however, is that Al Qaeda is unable to apply pressure *anywhere* while we are on the Offensive.
If you look back in History, you had the Germans launching V2’s to apply pressure when we landed at Normandy.
Which is to say, even losing causes typically have a way to increase your pain while you are winning.
Al Qaeda lacks even that ability.
...but...
That may have been the feeble effort made by Iran in the Persian Gulf with the speedboats running toward our combat ships.
Pretty pathetic, but our enemy has to apply pressure somewhere. You don’t win a war by just letting your face get bloodied by someone’s fists.
That’s the best explanation for the Iranian behavior, though. Their “attacks” on our ships are all that our enemy can do at the moment in response to our new Iraq Offensive.
Then when I thought about it some more, the picture looks even better if we can take the good general at his word. By the way, I also like the point about CENTCOM wouldn't have dropped a huge lot of ordnance without solid intel. But I digress.
What this means is that we have a friendly Arab intelligence service that has penetrated a local Al Qaeda affliate. If we can get some of those Iraqi double-agents into the global movement, how cool would that be?
The idiots on the Left and in the Drive By Media may be totally oblivious to this-- and even if you point it out to them, their Bush Derangement Syndrome would prevent them from grasping the great import of it.
The beginning of this said that the Iraqi National Assembly has passed the De-Bathification Bill. That would be one of the political benchmarks for the Iraqi Government. This is the first I have heard this. If so, why hasn’t the MSM reported it. Can anyone verify this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952532/posts
Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Key Benchmark De-Baathification Law
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