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To: redfish who wrote (128063)	4/1/2004 11:56:34 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Why would I suspect that? Why are you bringing it up? Maybe because it's pretty obvious? Such militant movements don't just "pop up" without ideological and religious mental conditioning by religious leaders. The fact that such groups existed within Iraq was indicative that Saddam was losing control over the security situation in the country and the militants were biding their time in preparation for a determined effort to replace his corrupt and despotic power structure. The same with the Shia communities, such as Sadr's movement. Both religious factions were girding themselves for a civil war to take place when the time was ripe. So maybe you should ask yourself why you didn't suspect that angle... Why would it be our job to defuse it? For the very same reason we were forced to overthrow the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. The Taliban didn't attack the US, Al-Qaeda did. They used the Taliban as a political cover and front for their own international militant agenda. It's pretty obvious that any fundamentalist movement in Iraq would have used the same strategy against it's neighbors and westerners. It may have required several years, or even a decade. But the trend was as obvious as it was 10 years ago in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hawk