Four Months on Planet bin Laden - America's policy is doomed

[MHalblaub]

SPIEGEL ONLINE
ABDUCTED IN IRAQ

French journalist George Malbrunot spent 124 days as a hostage of Islamic fundamentalists in Iraq. The experience nearly broke him, but it also offered him stunning insights into the way jihadist groups operate. He returned convinced of one thing: America's policy is doomed.

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,337867,00.html

[Mizmoon]

1. The French thought that their country's

political stand would protect them from kidnap, but it didn't.

The Chinese public is also apparently shocked that their laborers were kidnapped too thinking their national opposition would protect them as individuals.


Not true, I think.

[Guns Aximbo]

3. What we (the world) have to come to terms with

is that Jihadist, A.Q., etc... view this as another Crusade. Anyone who is not a muslim, or is not an Iraqi, (although this does not exempt members of these two groups) will be killed.

Any foreigner or foreign influence will be attacked regardless of their mission.

[Mizmoon]

4. That's what I was hinting at

The real tragedy of Iraq is that it is a distraction from the real war.

[Karmadillo]

2. In US President George W. Bush, "they have a great partner."

We are so screwed.

[Just Me]

5. That is quite a stunnung article.

When they complete their book, I do hope it will be translated for publication here.

[Karenina]

6. Their LANGUAGE SKILLS

saved their asses.