Iraq insurgents engage in large-scale missions

[Frederik]

"U.S. officials said that over the last month Sunni insurgents have waged a series of large-scale battles with Iraqi and U.S. forces in the Sunni Triangle. The officials said the insurgency tactics have contrasted with their previous policy of hit-and-run.

"We're not sure why this is happening, but there is a feeling that the terrorists are under pressure," an Iraqi official said."

http://menewsline.com/stories/2005/april/04_07_2.html

[EFerrari]

1. "Their attacks are bigger and better co-ordinated.

this is how we know they're in trouble."

[leftchick]

2. "terrorsts"! They are Iraqis who want their country back...

so why don't we bring the soldiers home now?

[jukes]

3. under pressure?

an escalation of operations indicates that the occupation forces and their quislings are the ones under pressure; no amount of obfuscation in the press will alter the fact that the resistance is free to operate at will.

[dutchdoctor]

4. Wow! Deja Vu!

Dead-enders? Former regime elements? Desperate terrorists who fight a losing war?
So when civil war erupts in Iraq, will that be a sign that the inusrgents are REALLY desperate? :wtf:

"So the level of violence will be high during this period of time because they're desperate."

Sept 29, 2004 - Vice President Cheney


"There will be more violence as the enemies of freedom become more desperate."

June 25, 2004 - President Bush

"The closer we get to standing up a democracy in Iraq, the more desperate the terrorists become, and that's why we've seen the attacks we saw today."

March 2, 2004 - Vice President Cheney

"Their desperate attacks on innocent civilians will not intimidate us, or the brave Iraqis and Afghans who are joining in their own defense and who are moving toward self-government."

October 28, 2003 - President Bush


"And the more progress we make in Iraq, the more desperate the terrorists will become."

August 28, 2003 - President Bush

[dbt]

5. "We're not sure why this is happening."

Ah, the Iraqi official was obviously not paying attention during the FIRST Viet Nam. Sir, please Google Tet Offensive for a clue.

[shadowknows69]

6. it's a desperation move

NO, it's that our presence there breeds new "insurgents" every day.

[Disturbed]

7. Orwell's NewSpeak is catching on.

Seems that the Military and the Lamestream Media are teaching Iraqi spin meisters NewsSpeak.

[Frederik]

8. A comment on the subject

"There's two things that are particularly concerning about last weekend's Battle of Abu Ghraib (Parts 1 and 2) and today's coordinated defensive position by militants (and subsequent firefight) in Baghdad.

The first is the fact that the firefights in the past couple of days have not been the work of one or two people with a Kalashnikov or an RPG launcher, or the trunk of a car loaded with some of that 380 tons of missing RDX. We're talking about coordinated attacks with literally dozens - platoon strength - of fairly well armed men. To me, this indicates a somewhat sophisticated command and control structure. These aren't angry mobs throwing rocks.

The second is that it's just now starting to warm up in Iraq, meteorlogically. The past few months have been, relatively speaking, somewhat quiet. This fact, coupled with the apparent ferocity of the latest attacks would seem to indicate that there's been some detailed planning and regrouping ongoing within the command structure of the militants."

http://allspinzone.blogspot.com/2005/04/organized-resistance.html

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It is awfully hard to realize there can be peace in a place like the Middle East.
-- George W Bush, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, Mar. 27, 2002

[Alpharetta]

9. Rumsfeldspeak: "a sign of progress"