Iraq Guerrillas: Saddam Who?

[dArKeR]

A former Iraqi general who claims to be part of the insurgency against U.S. troops says the guerrilla war around this Sunni Triangle city is being waged by small groups fighting on their own without direction from Saddam Hussein or others.

He and two other Samara men, who said they are in separate guerrilla units, insisted in interviews with The Associated Press that their fight isn't aimed at returning Saddam to power. They said it's about ending the U.S.-led occupation and restoring Iraqi rule.

"I am fighting for my country — not Saddam Hussein — to get rid of the infidels. Very few people are fighting for him. They gave up on him at the end of the war," said one of the men, an unemployed electrical engineer.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml

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1. Iraqis Confirm What Any Thinking Person Already Knew

Watching our government on the world stage is like watching a bunch of chimpanzees (actually chimps exhibit much more social behaviour)

[saigon68]

2. Chimps don't have a Poodle licking their hand

Our Chimpanzee has a Poodle licking his hand

[mobuto]

4. Oh bullshit

If the Iraqi guerillas were fighting for their people, and only to get those damned Americans out, they wouldn't be blowing up Iraqi civilians by the hundreds, assasinating their own mayors and religious leaders and police chiefs, demolishing their water and electrical distribution systems, etc.

If these guys limited themselves to attacking the American Army, that would be one thing. But they don't. And its because they don't that they're terrorists, not mere insurgents or resistance fighters.

[bvar22]

7. The French Resistance....

...targeted collaborators and infrastructure that aided the Nazi occupiers. The French resistance fighters are called heroes.

[NickB79]

9. Wow

That was pretty cool, read each others minds :-)

[NickB79]

8. The French resistance did many of the same things in WWII

Killing their fellow Frenchmen who collaborrated with the Germans, and destroying factories and buildings used by the Germans. I don't see much of a difference myself.

[54anickel]

3. No, no. Saddam is like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz and

all these insurgents are like those big guards and flying monkeys. Once Saddam in dead, they will all bow down chanting "Hail to Chimpy". Then there will be dancing and singing in the streets of Iraq, "Ding Dong Saddam is dead, which Saddam, the Evil one, ding dong the evil one is dead"

[absolutezero]

5. Allow me to play freeper for the moment...

Typical freeper response to this:

"Why would you believe the Iraqis, they're the people we're fighting and they want to kill us all because they're evil and don't appreciate their liberation from islam and all it's sinfulness and they only say that because they want to protect their former leader because they love him because they're evildoers and hate america, just like you and all the other filthy commie liebral demorat fags hate america because we're a nation of morals under the one true god of christians with jesus christ as his son, who will come forth to smite you all for your gay man-love and peace rallies and high taxes."
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However, my spelling is much better than your typical freeper :evilgrin:

O and by the way, in response to the article: we knew this months ago...but dittoheads will never learn :eyes:

[absolutezero]

6. n/t

on edit...weird error message, dupe post