An assassination that blows apart Bush's hopes of pacifying Iraq

[babsbunny]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2961318.ece

Last week George Bush flew into Iraq to meet Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha, leader of Anbar province
This week General David Petraeus told the US Congress how Anbar was a model for Iraq
Yesterday Abu Risha was assassinated by bombers in Anbar
By Patrick Cockburn
Published: 14 September 2007
Ten days after President George Bush clasped his hand as a symbol of America's hopes in Iraq, the man who led the US-supported revolt of Sunni sheikhs against al-Qa'ida in Iraq was assassinated.

Abdul-Sattar Abu Risha and two of his bodyguards were killed either by a roadside bomb or by explosives placed in his car by a guard, near to his home in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, the Iraqi province held up by the American political and military leadership as a model for the rest of Iraq.

His killing is a serious blow to President Bush and the US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, who have both portrayed the US success in Anbar, once the heart of the Sunni rebellion against US forces, as a sign that victory was attainable across Iraq.

[Vincardog]

1. jr's plan for PERMANENT WAR does not contain any allowance for peace.

Peace interferes with their plans for total dominance as well as interferes with their looting.

[uppityperson]

2. Dang those insurgents for blowing apart Bush's hopes

How dare they? :sarcasm: OK, got that out of my system. So, mrbush visits Iraq, points to the guy who supported US-supported revolt, he gets killed, and....there goes all the plans for a peaceful Iraq? AND, how dare the bad guys show the reality that Anbar is not peaceful, in direct contradiction of what mrbush says? (dang, guess I didn't get the sarcasm out, sorry)

[liberal renegade]

3. so how long will this success last?

[shain from kane]

4. The money to buy his loyalty(?) was still in transit to his Swiss bank account.

[Hydra]

5. I seem to recall that all of the Tribal Leaders that allied with us against Al-Qaeda

Were killed as well. Since we are Al-Qaeda, are we knocking these people off to justify our continued presence?