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10/12/05 |
al-Qaida No. 2: U.S. 'Ran' From Vietnam
By KATHERINE SHRADER
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a letter to his top deputy in Iraq, al-Qaida's No. 2 leader said the United States ``ran and left their agents'' in Vietnam and the jihadists must have a plan ready to fill the void if the Americans suddenly leave Iraq.
``Things may develop faster than we imagine,'' Ayman al-Zawahri wrote in a letter to his top deputy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. ``The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam - and how they ran and left their agents - is noteworthy. ... We must be ready starting now.''
Senior U.S. military commanders have said that Iraqi security forces are improving significantly and some U.S. forces could return home early next year. Yet skeptics have raised concerns about whether such statements simply let the insurgency know how long they must wait for the U.S. to leave.
In a letter taking up 13 typed pages in its English translation, al-Zawahri also recommended a four-stage expansion of the war that would take the fighting to neighboring Muslim countries.
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Clarification/Follow-up by Erewhon on 10/12/05 5:18 pm:
It is worth noting that Zawhari rapped the Iraq Al Qaeda leader for being too bloodthirsty, butchering hostages, and killing too many Shiites.
Al Qaeda is becoming particular about it's public image. That indicates that they want to take over Iraq after the Coalition Forces leave.
Bush is also becoming particular about his image after many once staunch supporters on the conservatiove side are abandoning his as a disaster.
"You can't fool all of the people all of the time"
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