Obama: Shift troops to fight al-Qaida

[oberliner]

Source: Associated Press

OELWEIN, Iowa - The U.S. should shift troops from Iraq to pursue al-Qaida along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday.

He said President Bush's war-fighting policies have left the United States at greater risk from terrorists. The first-term Illinois senator said decisions by the Republican president had allowed Osama bin Laden and his deputies to elude capture.

"We cannot win a war against the terrorists if we're on the wrong battlefield," Obama said. "America must urgently begin deploying from Iraq and take the fight more effectively to the enemy's home by destroying al-Qaida's leadership along the Afghan-Pakistan border, eliminating their command and control networks and disrupting their funding."

Obama spoke during his 15th trip to Iowa, where precinct caucuses set for January begin the presidential nominating process. He opened his day with a rally on the shores of a lake in Oelwein before scheduled stops in Elkader and Manchester.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070714/ap_on_el_pr/obama_terrorism;_ylt=Aifz6YzA5huYiZZRKh5yciRp24cA

[rodeodance]

1. most Dem Canidates have said this long time ago (Kerry during his campaign also)

[bread_and_roses]

2. Oh, goody - so we can kill MORE Afghani civilians instead of

Iraq civilians? I thought I remembered a long time ago Kerry saying that the best method for dealing with OBL and his like was good International police work. But I guess I was dreaming. Evidently, our candidates are willing to satisfy US blood lust in some other part of the world....we have and are continuing to kill far too many Afghan civilians as it is.

[sendero]

3. That'll be easy..

... they all have "al qaida" stamped on their foreheads.

Thanks for that.

[BrokenBeyondRepair]

4. al-qaida

al-qaida, "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained by the CIA.

but they went rogue ..yeah right

[Odin2005]

5. Obama hit it right on the mark.

I want us out of Iraq, but I also want Osama's head of a pike.

[ohio2007]

6. Militants kill 25 in northwest Pakistan

the red mosque martyrs take the fight to the softest targets of opportunity

Militants kill 25 in northwest Pakistan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_re_as/pakistan


Basically, Obama is willing to put a US footprint inside pakistan, the land that has nurtured these fine people.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2076013.ece

[ohio2007]

7. Al-Qaida: Wage holy war against Pakistan

The WOT is on Obama's mind, but will he be colored a war hawk,chicken hawk or ?
Emphasize the get out of Iraq talking point on his campaign trail?
Al-Qaida: Wage holy war against Pakistan
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2913245


Bin Laden’s deputy behind the Red Mosque bloodbath
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2913800

whack a mole;
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2910368

and see how they scatter;

Anti-government attacks rage in Pakistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_re_as/pakistan