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Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Well, That Was Easy

BAGHDAD, May 1 (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was killed on Tuesday in an internal fight between militants north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said. Brigadier-General Abdul Kareem Khalaf told Reuters "we have definite intelligence reports that al Masri was killed today". DATELINE:BAGHDAD, May 1, 2007 (AFP) - Iraqi authorities are investigating reports that the alleged leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been killed in a struggle within his own group, the interior ministry said Tuesday. "There is intelligence information. Some information, you know, needs confirmations, but this information is very strong," interior ministry operations director Brigadier General Abdel Karim Khalaf said. "The clashes took place among themselves. There were clashes within the groups of Al-Qaeda. He was liquidated by them. Our forces had nothing to do with it," he added, in an interview on state television. A US military spokesman could not confirm the report.

It looks like al Qaida in Iraq finally pushed too far. They are foreign fighters to begin with and the Iraqi insurgents got tired of them blowing up Iraqis. They don't like the car bombs any more than we do. With the surge cracking down on local insurgents and the murderous al Qaida put in their place, this could mean a substantial reduction in violence.

4 comments:

Mark said...: They will replace him. We still have a long way to go. I don't think this means a reduction in the violence at all, but I hope you're right.; 7:26 AM
tugboatcapn said...: SURELY this cannot be true...

If it were, then that would mean that we are making progress in Iraq, and if there were any progress there, then SURELY we would be informed of that progress by the Media...

Has his death been confirmed yet? As of this afternoon, nobody that I heard speak of this would actually commit to the authenticity of this report...; 10:03 PM
tugboatcapn said...: And Mark, they may well replace him, and his death may not lead to an immediate reduction in the violence, but when the rest of the Surge Troops get to Iraq, there will be a major reduction in violence in Baghdad.

You can believe it.; 10:06 PM
Lone Ranger said...: There has already been a major reduction in violence in Baghdad. I used to dread working on the Mideast desk because it would be just one story of bombings and massacres after another. After 10 hours, I'd be physically and mentally exhausted. But now, I write maybe one or two stories a night. The car bombs were still the big threat and this guy was Car Bombs R Us.

He also won't be easy to replace. He wasn't your run of the mill bomb fodder. Besides his al Qaida training, he'd had military training with the Soviets and Egyptians. And it was his murderous attitude more than his training that made him dangerous. I don't think the Iraqi insurgents are going to want another monster like him in their midst.; 9:03 AM

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Talking Points

I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.