Chris,

I pray it doesn’t take another successful terror plot executed on American soil (or European, given bin Laden’s latest) to give Americans (and the world) another wakeup call, after hitting the snooze button moments after 9/11.

I can fully relate to what Nanjing is saying. What more do these islamofascists have to do to prove to a loud majority of Americans (and Europeans) that “death to the infidel” relly does mean they are activly trying to kill us for the sole ‘crime’ of our existance?

I think what Mark is looking for, is to further document/research firsthand/second hand anecdotal accounts of what he already knows. Hopefully Christine sees his question, and returns to give a response.

Mark, you might be interested in trying to contact a poster who goes by Nanjing. He made a few comments in this thread, including:

Ordinary Iraqis have told me that Iraq had already been infiltrated by al-Qaida operatives even before the 2003 invasion, and indeed they were still there working as operatives and coordinating al-Qaida foreign fighters from North Africa to Indonesia prior to the fall of Baghdad.

al-Qaida in Iraq suffered hard about this time last year and moved what was left of their operation from Anbar Province to the suburbs of Iraq in hopes of getting better press coverage and creating more carnage.

Many Iraqis that I spoke to were mystified at American reluctence to take the threat seriously for any length of time; just five years (when I was there) after our 9-11 losses. I suppose even al-Qaida is a little miffed at our indifference to the attack. After all, 9-11 was suppose to be the kick off for the end of the Western Age; instead they watched Americans accuse eachother of a 9-11 conspiracy while they themselves were not given much mention in any discussion by Congress or members of the press.

Unfortunately, any war that lasts longer than a flash in the pan victory followed by a big “hoorah” isn’t popular with liberals, and I’m afraid to say, increasingly reluctant conservatives as well. Lets just hope it doesn’t take a thermonuclear strike against the U.S. mainland before people get serious.

During the initial invasion, and the British first set foot on Basra within the Sunni Triangle, they had encountered members of Al Qaeda who were shooting at the British from a house when the soldiers were patrolling the euclayptis grove adjacent to Al Qaeda’s location. According to the U.K. Sunday Times who was reporting on this event stated that the enemies that were apprehended confessed that there were 1,200 of them in the city and that they had been there before the invasion took place.

Now, I will try to e-mail the editor of the U.K. Sunday Times and see if he or she could help me find the story again. Or I’ll try to search the website’s archives and see what I find there. If I find the article, then I will provide the link.

By all means, I am not trying to answer for Christine because I respectfully acknowledge that she is capable of doing so for herself. I just wanted to help direct this to your attention in case you are interested. Take care.

His explanation was more elaborate. After that, I didn’t need a report, to know the truth. I knew it was true.

The MSM will go out of their way to spin anything to fit their agenda. All of the reports and intelligence, will never change their stripes. If they can’t spin it, they won’t report it.