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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (238015)	7/26/2007 10:00:31 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) of 281500

First of all, I've never read an article yet which claims that AQ in Iraq was more than 1500-2000 people. And usually less than that. Sure, 1500-2000 people can create havoc, but they can do so long term only if they have the tacit support of many 000s more who will feed, shelter and hide them. But if they lose that support, they will fairly quickly be rounded up and/or killed. Second, I recall reading articles last fall about how Sunni tribes in Anbar were getting sick of these lunatics and beginning to turn against them and cooperate with the US against them. All I've read over the past 6-9 months has pretty much confirmed that. I admit it--I'm going on newspaper, magazine and journal articles. I haven't actually been to Iraq. I don't speak Arabic. Surely you can admit that I am on firm ground in stating that they are NOT "the only outfit in town with big guns, organization, and utter ruthlessness" and that you were overstating their capacity when you implied the opposite. Both Shia and non-AQ Sunni have plenty of weapons and organization, and are capable of plenty of ruthlessness when they driven to it.

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