U.S. presses attack on al-Qaida in Iraq

[partylessinOhio]

U.S. presses attack on al-Qaida in Iraq
By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - U.S. forces fighting al-Qaida and allied militants intensified operations Wednesday in Baghdad and on all four points of the compass around the capital. To the south, suspected Shiite militiamen bombed three Sunni houses of worship in what may presage a war of the mosques.

An Associated Press reporter in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province to the north and east of Baghdad, reported intense gunbattles in the streets and around the main market district as American and Iraqi forces sought to clear the city of al-Qaida fighters.

Gen. Abdul-Karim al-Rubaie, an Iraqi military commander in Diyala, told the AP that security forces had ringed the city and were not letting anyone come or go. He said many al-Qaida fighters had hidden their weapons and were trying to flee Baqouba. ...

In what appeared to be the second largest assault, an estimated 2,500 U.S. soldiers were pushing into districts south and southeast of the capital. They killed four insurgents, detained more than 60 others and destroyed 17 boats, "significantly disrupting insurgent operations on the Tigris River," the military said. ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070620/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AmaPXuwlplofCTHgCZmIXOCs0NUE

Insurgents Attack but the Media Can't Cover It
An attack in Baghdad killed nearly 80 people, and cameras were turned away.

Video link on above web site.

[Bonhomme Richard]

1. Maybe, maybe one out of a thousand are al-Qaida.

This is all part of psyops being played on the american public and, as usual, the media plays right along.
They know there is more support for going after al-Qaida therefore maybe they can generate more support for the Iraq fiasco if they can sell that myth.
It's all bullshit.

[MidwestTransplant]

2. Notice how every anti-us force in Iraq is now Al Qaida or Shiite Militia.

Back when we had a popular war President, they distinguished between Al Qaida, Shiites, Baathists and other insurgents.