seattle.politics

In article <0T4e9jh5IbsN34@ >,
Chris Bellomy wrote:

> In Al < @ > wrote:
> > In article < @ >,
> > Tim Crowley wrote:
> >
> >> President Bush gave Al-queda a pass- they are as strong as
> >> ever.
> >
> > Not in Iraq anymore.
>
> Please. We're not stupid.

But I'm certain you'll keep trying.

Given the reports from Anbar, where the sunni tribes are proud of their
growing victories over al-Qaida, I'd say your narrative may need
updating.

(I know that al-Qaida is not and never has been within a country mile of
Iraq, but that's what the Iraqis and everyone else calls them.

Except those who don't, who call them "not al-qaida."

But you do have a point, given the accepted premise of al-qaida as a
self-replicating, they've apparently killed so many in Anbar the place
is now full of them.

But they seem somehow less violent.