Freed prisoners now fighting against US

[CShine]

Inmates released from the US-controlled Abu Ghraib prison had joined anti-US rebels in Iraq, along with officers of former leader Saddam Hussein, Time magazine said today. Militants were turning anti-US resistance into an international jihad, or holy war, the weekly news magazine said in its latest issue. Time interviewed insurgents, tribal and religious leaders as well as US intelligence officials. Officers of Saddam's feared intelligence service and of his Republican Guard, who founded the Battalions of Islamic Holy War, told Time that some of their members had once been detained at Abu Ghraib prison.

Former military officer Abu Mustafa told Time that the jail had effectively become a religious school. "We studied hard every day and often into the night," he said. "There was one man who didn't even know how to pray. When he got out he was like an imam, and is one of our most ferocious fighters on the front line."

The United States released hundreds of inmates after determining they posed no danger. But some of the former detainees and former Saddam security forces had joined forces with Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, Time said. The United States blames Zarqawi for many of the bloodiest attacks in Iraq. Commanders told Time that Zarqawi did not personally direct the attacks, but set long-term strategy.

The recruited former regime officers, once known for their wayward behaviour, were no longer drinking or smoking, they told Time. They said they wanted to turn Iraq into another Afghanistan, as it was before the 2001 US invasion - a place for groups like al-Qaeda to flourish.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9975925%255E401,00.html

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. More winning the hearts

and minds of the Iraqis </sarcasm>

This news does not surprise me.

[gumby]

2. Well Duhhhh

Chuck Colson anyone?

What did this Bozo administration expect?

Nevermind.

[BattyDem]

3. The Bush* Administration ...

The only people on the planet who didn't see this coming!

Putting electrodes on a man's testicles is not the most efficient way make friends.:eyes:


On edit: I don't even want to think about what's going to happen if they capture one of our guys. :-(

[leQ]

4. all according to plan

they can't have a stable iraq now. kerry's gonna win.

[bushneedstogo2]

5. Why do they hate us??? Let me count the reasons why!

[pinniped]

6. Someone cable them that they are free!

No more need to fight.

:party:

But I suspect they will not notice a difference and rightfully so.

[Disturbed]

7. One Army soldier & one Marine captured.

The Marine will probably get his head chopped off. No word on Army soldier since his capture about three weeks ago.

[0007]

8. How can they be blamed?

Fucking with the bee hive to steal honey along with unnecessary torture will produce chaos every time.

[Barrett808]

9. So would that make Abu Ghraib a "terrorist training camp"? n/t

[daleo]

10. Could be propaganda, at least partially

"They said they wanted to turn Iraq into another Afghanistan, as it was before the 2001 US invasion - a place for groups like al-Qaeda to flourish."

In other words: the U.S. military can never leave now, or Al-Queda will take over Iraq.

[tom_paine]

11. What? You think maybe getting smeared weith shit and old tampons made

them mad at us?

Hell, here at home in Imperial Amerika, people pay good money to get smeared with shit and old tampons.

</sarcasm off>

Bunnypants*, a uniter of the people's of the world in hatred of his Amerikan Empire...including 2/3rds of Amerikans.

Our misfortune is that a 33% approval rating, so to speak, is more than enough for the busheviks to steal this "election" as they did in 2000 and 2002.

[denverbill]

12. Jebus, you think they'd be thankful they are in the fraternity.

Why did they volunteer for the hazing anyway if they didn't want to join the fraternity?