- "So we just go around kicking doors in, which is
exactly what the enemy wants us to do." Iraqis cooperating with the
coalition are said to now be the most at-risk target of insurgents.
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- WASHINGTON (NFTF.org) --
There are now 130 daily attacks against coalition forces, with these forces
only comprising one-third of the strength needed to fight the growing
guerilla
movement, reported The Scotsman.
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- In a Nov. 30 column, Andrew Neil disclosed intelligence
received at "a series of off-the-record briefings" with unnamed
sources in Washington. Neil reflected that he'd been accurately warned
prior to the meetings, "In both places (Iraq and Afghanistan) it is
worse than you think."
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- A former U.S. diplomat said the coalition has only a
third of the forces needed to combat insurgents, and they still don't know
exactly what faction is coordinating the attacks.
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- "So we just go around kicking doors in, which is
exactly what the enemy wants us to do," Neil was told.
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- The insurgents themselves are described as focused,
forward-thinking
operators with unnervingly accurate intelligence information (in one
instance,
details of Paul Bremer's schedule).
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- Spies are reportedly infiltrating Iraqi police training
classes, recently revved up from graduating new local civilian police after
3 months of training to turning them out in one week.
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- Adding to the constant assaults on occupying troops,
officials, non-governmental organizations and civilian foreign workers,
Iraqis cooperating with the coalition are said to now be the most at-risk
target of insurgents.
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- "Last week a U.S. commander reported a slackening
of attacks on his own troops because the insurgents were concentrating
on assassinating those they see as quislings," wrote Neil.
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- YellowTimes.org correspondent Lisa Ashkenaz Croke drafted
this report.
http://www.yellowtimes.org/article.php?sid=1688
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