Once Again The Military Says "The Iraqi Insurgents are DESPERATE"!

[leftchick]

I am old enough to hear this about the North Vietnamese "Desperation"! You can never win an Occupation! Period! Bring Them Home!


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091603697.html

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U.S. and Iraqi officials say Sunni insurgent groups, especially al-Qaeda in Iraq, are using religion, money and empty promises to persuade sometimes vulnerable women to conduct suicide attacks, highlighting the movement's desperation at a time when its influence and ranks have declined. Efforts by the U.S. military and Iraq's neighbors have limited the number of Arab fighters reaching Iraq, a flow that was once the major source of recruits willing to commit suicide.

But extremists say the women are acting on their own motives, including ideology and revenge, and describe the female bombers as the latest tactic in a slow-burning war.

Since the 2003 invasion, 53 Iraqi women have either carried out suicide attacks or were apprehended before they could do so, according to the U.S. military. The attacks have killed more than 370 people and injured 650. This year, there have been 31 female bombers, including 17 in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. The youngest bomber was 13, according to U.S. military statistics.

[aquart]

1. Doesn't matter. We can't afford to stay in Iraq. Everybody home. Now.

[madrchsod]

2. great timing,,,,,we killed a some more civilians yesterday

the women and children were desperate....