US Commanders: al-Qaida in Iraq to Stay

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida is in Iraq to stay.

It's not a conclusion the White House talks about much when denouncing the shadowy group, known as al-Qaida in Iraq, that used the U.S. invasion five years ago to develop into a major killer.

The militants are weakened, battered, perhaps even desperate, by most U.S. accounts. But far from being "routed," as Defense Secretary Robert Gates claimed last month, they're still there, still deadly active and likely to remain far into the future, military and other officials told The Associated Press.


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[Bragi]

1. heckuva job /nt

[TwilightGardener]

2. LOL! I thought we were staying because genocide would happen, according

to McCain, so we have to stay forever. How convenient that "AQ" has also decided to comply with our plans to stay forever! No matter how you dice it, the official Iraq strategy is: We're Staying.

[Parche]

3. AL-CIADA?

Yeah I still believe you even after 5years!!
:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :hi:

[Amonester]

4. That's what happens when big oil puppets are bought to invade

and destroy a foreign country's regime to steal their natural resources, and this, in violation of all previous signatures in International Laws and "civilized" conventions.

[CJCRANE]

5. Let's call them what they are - the "Mujahideen".

Al-Qaeda just means a database of Mujahideen. If we call them the Mujahideen then we can see more clearly how they originated, how they were used and who funded them.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Congrats to W!! Way to go!!

[Ilsa]

7. Yep, Al Qaida is staying, but the Christians have to go! nt

[Az_lefty]

8. Mission accomplished...what a total fuck up!!!

:grr:

[underpants]

9. Wow NO ONE saw THIS coming

[krkaufman]

10. Well, they'll likely be left to roam in Iraq ...

... so long as we are still there. Sunni nationalists would quickly tire of them once we left, though.