Commander of U.S. Forces in Middle East Escapes Injury in Attack

[rodbarnett]

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents launched a brazen attack Thursday on an Iraqi civil defense outpost visited by Gen. John Abizaid, commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East. Abizaid and his party escaped injury in the gun battle.

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The timing of the attack raised questions about the possibility of a breach in security surrounding the general's trip.

After Abizaid left in a convoy of Humvee utility vehicles, soldiers of the 82nd Airborne's 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment asked members of the Iraqi security force to clear the mosque. But they refused.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA1UO6XKQD.html

[drewb]

1. Focusing on the wrong things again I see....

tsk tsk...

[Aidoneus]

2. the resistance groups seem to have better intelligence than the occupyers.

it's a given that the various groups (dozens by now) have probably infiltrated every level of the puppet police by now (for example, a recent battle in Qaddisiyah involved US occupation forces and a Major in the new puppet police, among other fighters), as well as local governates, perhaps also the US occupation infrastructure itself. They seem to know exactly (or close to exactly) where & when people like Abizaid, Wolfowitz, puppet IGC members, etc.. are going to be, in order to target the top occupation figures like they have.

[Rose Siding]

3. Iraqi cops refusing US orders?

I wonder if that's the big story here.