Iraq

As the opposition is becoming more organised and deadly, the people of Baghdad are becoming more afraid by the day. These days of Ramadan will be sad and hard for them. There is no security in Baghdad, if you read between the lines of most publications. This past Monday, 4 suicide attacks that left at least 35 people dead and more than 200 injured.

Bush is blaming this mess on foreign troops in Iraq.

He is right.

They dont belong there, they never should have invaded the country in the first place.

He also said the bombings was because of the progress of the occupation and the desperation of the insurgents.

I'm not quite sure what to make of this nugget...

ermmm... Is the man insane???



Well, at least he is not taunting them to "bring it on" again.



I will take Robert Fisk's word for it any day:

Some of America's enemies may come from other Arab countries, but most of the military opposition to America's presence comes from Iraqi Sunnis - not from Saddam "remnants", "diehards" or "deadenders" (the Paul Bremer cover-up titles for a real and growing Iraqi resistance), but from men who in many cases hated Saddam.



They don't work "for" al Qaeda. They don't work for Mullah Omar or Osama bin Laden.



But they have learned their own unique version of history. Attack your enemies in the holy month of Ramadan. Learn from the war in Algeria. And the war in Afghanistan.



Learn the lessons of America's "war on terror". Go for the jugular. "Bring'em on." Kill the leadership. You're with us or against us, collaborator or patriot. That was the message of yesterday's bloodbath in Baghdad.