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To: Sam who wrote (124646)	2/12/2004 11:14:13 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I find it risible that we are to believe that someone like Zarqawi is painted to be thinks that it will be impossible to continue attacks on an Iraqi govt elected under the auspices of the US He never said impossible. He said that the jihadists are going to have a 'hearts and minds' problem of their own, once the police they are blowing up are related by blood to the people whose sympathies they are trying to win. Even if sanctions were lifted, no one was going to support just allowing Saddam a free hand with no restraints or overseer. I can certainly think of several countries who had millions of reasons to do just that. And take one guess which would have been the only country left trying to impose the restraints? No, while Saddam's troop movements might remain under scrutiny, he would have had a free hand to buy whatever toys he desired. Remember, if we had not gone into Libya, Gaddafi would not have flipped, and AQ Khan's Sam's Club for Nukes would still be operating. "They" are trying to start a civil war, not the US Well, of course they are. Who wins and who loses in the mideast if the US succeeds in establishing a democratic Iraq? The US has no conceivable interest in civil strife in Iraq. The terrorists have every interest. This is a game with high stakes. Both sides know it. And, as others have pointed out, since when does the US leak messages to Al Qaeda that might not have been otherwise delivered? When the US sees an advantage in it. Next question? If Ricardo is right, this increase in attacks really is a blip; if he is not right, the increase will continue for the foreseeable future. Time will indeed tell. The pattern right now seems to be, fewer attacks but deadlier, and with more AQ fingerprints. This is a struggle that will be won only with better intelligence and more Iraqi police and and informers.