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To: tejek who wrote (203832)	9/24/2004 7:59:51 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) of 1576255

I just heard Allawi speak. He said Iraq is divided into 18 provinces. Of the 18, only 3 are experiencing any insurgency. Within those 3 provinces only a few cities are experiencing insurgency. So he said that things are actually not as bad around Iraq as the press claims. Now, I don't know whether to believe him or the press. However, one thing I do know is that Zarqawi is not already in power in Iraq. Right now, he is clearly a destabilizing source, but he does not control the resources of Iraq and can't tap into oil revenues to fund his terrorism. Imagine if we left and somehow he managed to wrest control of the country from Allawi. That is entirely possible and it would be disastrous for the region, as well as for the western countries. It would be a radioactive terrorist state as bad as North Korea, but a hell of alot more aggressive. He would personally ensure that western nations became a hell on earth. If that happened, I wouldn't be surprised if we had to resort to nuking Iraq to kill Zarqawi. If you think things are bad now, then you are really lacking imagination on exactly how bad they can get throughout the entire world if we leave too early.

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