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To: michael97123 who wrote (50637)	6/17/2004 11:53:35 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793970

You sure? Zaquawis plea was sometime ago and they seem have gotten the insurgency off the ground in spite of the fact we knew what was coming. Yes. Or as sure as I can be under the circumstances. A letter from Zarqawi was very recently intercepted: etaiwannews.com A leader of militants in Iraq has purportedly written to Osama bin Laden saying his fighters are being squeezed by U.S.-led coalition troops, according to a statement posted on Islamic Web sites. It was not possible to authenticate the statement allegedly from Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian whose insurgent group claimed responsibility for the videotaped beheading of American Nicholas Berg. Titled "The text of al-Zarqawi's message to Osama bin Laden about holy war in Iraq," the statement appeared Monday on Web sites that have recently carried claims of responsibility for attacks in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. "The space of movement is starting to get smaller," it said. "The grip is starting to be tightened on the holy warriors' necks and, with the spread of soldiers and police, the future is becoming frightening." ************************************ With Zarqawi squeezed and Al Sadr throwing in the towel, I think a very good case can be made for the proposition that the insurgency is running out of steam. Bombs will continue to explode, of course, but this too will start to slow after the transition takes place.