Call From Baghdad: Iraqis Rejecting Al-Qaeda
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 11:42PM My husband, MSG Proctor, called me from Baghdad this afternoon. He’s excited about his mission with Multi-National Force-Iraq and they’re accomplishing a lot.
I was glad to hear him say that the biggest change he noticed since he was there for a year in 2003-04 was that Iraqis are overwhelmingly rejecting al-Qaeda and the insurgency. Muslim clerics are now preaching against acts of terrorism from the mosques, whereas they used to preach against Coalition Forces. They condemn the recent al-Qaeda suicide attacks using 2 mentally retarded women from their pulpits and openly call al-Qaeda and groups like them “taqfari” or false Muslims, a very important distinction in Islam. Al-Qaeda’s disgusting tactics continue to backfire on them, and backfire BIG.
He says Iraqis have profoundly turned against al-Qaeda and terrorism. They want their country to function and be unified more than ever. He also said this endeavor will take longer than the rest of the Bush presidency and it’s crucial to VOTE REPUBLICAN. We cannot afford a Democrat in the White House if we want Iraq to continue on the road to freedom and self-sustenance.
Hubby is also getting a photo with GEN Petraeus in a few hours after some sort of meeting. Cool!
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That's great Amy!
Well we can hope a tipping point has been reached, I think it has. Lets see how operations up in the North go. The defeat of Al Qaeda goes along way to bringing the militias to heel since they lose some of their reason to exist. There is talk on Capital Hill of a bill to fund the rest of the year for the troops, it was vauge and from what I saw and no strings were attached to the money.
Thanks for the encouraging news, Amy!
The good news is starting to pour out of Iraq now, thanks to brave men like your husband and those he serves with, OOORAA. What part of Baghdad is he stationed in as his report closely mirrors what Mike Yon has been saying.
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Web Reconnaissance for 02/15/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day...so check back often.
A.Q. was never part of the Iraqi insurgency to begin with. Don't believe me? Go to the Pentagon website and look it up.