Upsurge in Iraqi Bloodshed as US Seizes Key Militants

Upsurge in Iraq bloodshed as US seizes key militants

Military says latest violence is sign of anti-terrorist success

Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor
Sunday May 8, 2005
The Observer

After one of the bloodiest weeks in Iraq since the fall of Saddam, US military officials have claimed that the dramatic upsurge in violence is proof they are close to breaking up the terrorist network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

In the last nine days, about 250 Iraqis - mostly from the country's fledgling security services - have died in a series of suicide bombings which continued yesterday when two car bombs killed 22, including two Americans, at one of Baghdad's busiest road junctions.

Despite the escalating violence, American officials this weekend took the unusual step of announcing that the bloodshed was the insurgents' response to the headway they claim they are making in breaking up the terror networks.

According to the statement, at least 20 'trusted lieutenants' of Zarqawi - the most wanted man in Iraq - have been captured or killed in recent months, including 'terror-cell leaders, propaganda chiefs, bomb-makers, drivers and other key lieutenants'.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1479036,00.html

My Comment: "The dramatic upsurge in violence is proof that we are close to breaking up the terrorist network..." Is that a Rumsfeld line? So if it gets even MORE violent then the proof is of a higher degree of certainty. If you are not cynical you are not paying attention I guess.

Of the spinmeister's art. Lives are being snuffed out by inhuman tragedy and someone is looking to make points.

I've heard that before......

something tells me those tending to their shattered families are slightly less enamored...

remember when it was all because of Saddam and his sons hiding?

we turned the HELL out of that corner!

They are fucking crazy. And they think we are stupid.

The worse things get the better we're doing?

and lieutenants?
Were they wearing their stripes or did they have their terra-ist id cards on 'em?

Otherwise, not.

I mean I am reading the words and stuff, but it still isn't making any sense...even as spin?

As long as they are shooting the wad over there you see.

democracy is fascism, freedom is slavery, it just goes on and on doesn't it?

"Military says latest violence is sign of anti-terrorist success"

:eyes:

"After one of the bloodiest weeks in Iraq since the fall of Saddam, US military officials have claimed that the dramatic upsurge in violence is proof they are close to breaking up the terrorist network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
In the last nine days, about 250 Iraqis - mostly from the country's fledgling security services - have died in a series of suicide bombings which continued yesterday when two car bombs killed 22, including two Americans, at one of Baghdad's busiest road junctions.

Despite the escalating violence, American officials this weekend took the unusual step of announcing that the bloodshed was the insurgents' response to the headway they claim they are making in breaking up the terror networks.

According to the statement, at least 20 'trusted lieutenants' of Zarqawi - the most wanted man in Iraq - have been captured or killed in recent months, including 'terror-cell leaders, propaganda chiefs, bomb-makers, drivers and other key lieutenants'."

Oh, I think I know who the real "propaganda chiefs" are.

are winning?

That's insane!