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To: Keith Feral who wrote (150066)	10/31/2004 1:52:37 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

Iran is providing more rebel assistance to the Sunni* troops.* Show proof. Iran is a Shia-dominated theocracy.

To: Keith Feral who wrote (150066)	10/31/2004 2:44:52 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

<the police and troops of Iraq are fighting the resistance against rebel leaders with the help of US troops> Iraqification is just another FaithBasedInitiative. Believing it requires ignoring all the available facts. But don't take my word for it, here's what our own military says: From today's NY Times: Commanders voiced fears that many of Iraq's expanding security forces, soon to be led by largely untested generals, have been penetrated by spies for the insurgents. Reconstruction aid is finally flowing into formerly rebel-held cities like Samarra and other areas, but some officers fear that bureaucratic delays could undermine the aid's calming effects. They also spoke of new American intelligence assessments that show that the insurgents have significantly more fighters - 8,000 to 12,000 hard-core militants - and far greater financial resources than previously estimated. Perhaps most disturbing, they said, is the militants' campaign of intimidation to silence thousands of Iraqis and undermine the government through assassinations, kidnappings, beheadings and car bombings. New gangs specializing in hostage-taking are entering Iraq, intelligence reports indicate. "If we can't stop the intimidation factor, we can't win," said Lt. Gen. John F. Sattler, the commander of nearly 40,000 marines and soldiers in western and south-central Iraq, who is drawing up battle plans for a possible showdown with more than 3,000 guerrillas in Falluja and Ramadi, with the hope of destroying the leadership of the national insurgency.