Commander: Violence in Iraq Stems From Varied Sources

[ECH1969]

Violence in Iraq stems from several difference sources, and U.S., coalition and Iraqi forces there often find attacks difficult to classify, a combat commander in Diyala province said today.

“The types of violence we see range everything from improvised explosive devices to assassination to plain out murders, but also some level of kidnapping,” Army Col. Brian D. Jones, commander of 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, said.

Jones explained to Pentagon reporters via a satellite link that colliding interests in Diyala province make it “difficult to classify what's being conducted by insurgents as opposed to what's sectarian.” Often, on closer investigation, what first appeared to be sectarian violence is criminal activity for financial gain, he said.

“Some of it is certainly tribal, some of it is political, and some, of course, is sectarian. But it's very difficult to separate those, even days after the fact.”

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=361

[Oversea Visitor]

1. Funny guy

Sitting there like a duck
And looking for chicken and monkeys
Not understanding terms sitting duck.

[ECH1969]

2. huh

?

[Oversea Visitor]

3. You dont get it

:rofl:

[Blaze Diem]

4. Citing the reasons from George Bush's playbook...

..."what first appeared to be sectarian violence is criminal activity for financial gain," he said.
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FINANCIAL GAIN...What I believe is the ONLY TRUE motivation for the reason we are in the ME at all.

George & pals have made out like the criminals they always were.
No one & nothing else is precedent ..never was and never will be anything BUT financial gain..= personal wealth & power.
Thats it.