[lit-ideas] Re: Gotcha!
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:12:07 -0700 (PDT)
Eric,
I really wouldn't feel that I even need to respond to
the claims of the US military spokesman in Baghdad.
However, I'll remind you that you know quite well that
well before Zarqawi's death the suggestions were made
and documented that he and his organization were not
very important to the insurgency. I know that you know
this because we had a lively exchange on the subject
weeks before he was assassinated. Would appreciate it
if you stop assuming that we all have 10-hours memory
spans.
O.K.
--- Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As for the death of Zarqawi being insignificant, as
> was
> suggested earlier, it looks like the good news is
> even
> better than first thought. -EY
>
>
> Post-al-Zarqawi Raids Kill 104 Insurgents
>
> By KIM GAMEL
> Associated Press Writer
>
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_RAIDS?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-06-15-08-25-20
>
> BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- American and Iraqi forces have
> carried
> out 452 raids since last week's killing of terrorist
> leader
> Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and 104 insurgents were killed
> during
> those actions, the U.S. military said Thursday.
>
> Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S. military
> spokesman in
> Baghdad, said the raids were carried out nationwide
> and led
> to the discovery of 28 significant arms caches.
>
> He said 255 of the raids were joint operations,
> while 143
> were carried out by Iraqi forces alone. The raids
> also
> resulted in the captures of 759 "anti-Iraqi
> elements."
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5084324.stm
>
> Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffaq
> al-Rubaie, said
> the killing of Zarqawi marked the "beginning of the
> end" of
> al-Qaeda in Iraq.
>
> He said documents seized after the raid that killed
> Zarqawi
> had given coalition forces "the upper hand".
>
>
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