Iraqis Fight Like Americans

About time! In another couple of years, the Iraqis will be some of our best friends. IF the Leftists and Defeatists don't surrender first.

Leadership: Iraqis Fight Like Americans: "Iraqis may differ on whether U.S. troops should be in the country, but all agree that the Americans are formidable warriors. Increasingly, Iraqi troops are wearing similar combat uniforms and driving hummers. The Iraqi soldiers consciously copy their U.S. counterparts. This includes handling their weapons, and moving around, in a similar fashion. But it isn't all superficial imitation, the Iraqis stand and fight now. U.S. troops, back in Iraq after having been away for a year or so, are pleasantly surprised to find, when called to reinforce an Iraqi unit (like a checkpoint, or a police station) under fire, that the Iraqis are now fighting harder and smarter. In the past, the U.S. troops would often show up to find the Iraqi troops or police had fled.



With so many Iraqi units equipped with M-16s, and wearing similar uniforms, it's often hard to tell Iraqis and Americans apart. This has led to situations where, in the thick of combat, a U.S. NCO goes up to a soldier and yells an order, which results in an Iraqi soldier turning around and giving the U.S. sergeant a puzzled look."

Another Suicidal Spring Offensive

Just more young boys who are going to die for a failed religious group. Even the True Believers are able to see that fighting the Western militaries is just suicide for nothing. Better to be a farmer in a ut than a pile of bloody slime splattered over the countryside.

Bush is winning. This War might be over if the Leftists had ever found a way to get good news out of the fighting zones. Finally, their slander and lies are known to the Muslim people because of the cripples and scared people who have returned from the fighting. If the Media had ever reported on the slaughter of the shaheeds like they do the deaths of the soldiers, then those shaheeds might never have gone off to get beaten.

The Media lied, Muslims died.

Afghanistan: Another Suicidal Spring Offensive: "Last years Spring Offensive (which actually lasts until September), left 6,000 people dead, about two-thirds of them Taliban. But about 200 foreign troops were killed, along with two thousand Afghan civilians and security troops. The Taliban declared that a victory, but on the ground the reality was quite different. The Taliban lost a lot of popular support last year, and are increasingly seen as another bunch of bad guys trying to take over.



France is sending another 1,000 troops to Afghanistan, increasing its force to 2,900. These are fighting troops, as opposed to the non-combat 'peacekeepers' most European troops send. The U.S./NATO force is fighting alongside the 49,000 man Afghan Army (which is slowly growing to 80,000). The 60,000 Afghan National Police are less professional and reliable than the army, so it's pretty much up to the local and foreign troops to deal with the Taliban and drug gang combat forces.



The Taliban are increasingly dependent on the drug gangs, and their money, to pay their fighters. Few Taliban gunmen are willing to work for free, and each year, the Taliban has to pay more to get men to grab their guns and join. This is partly due to the high attrition rate. Last year, over 20 percent of those who signed on to work for the Taliban, were killed or badly wounded. The foreign troops have air power and smart bombs, a combination that the Taliban still have not figured out how to deal with. The real enemy is the drug gangs, which are often tribal groups dedicated to getting rich and keeping the government out. "

7 Russian Cult Members Emerge From Cave

I love watching fools, they are so entertaining!

7 Russian Cult Members Emerge From Cave: "Seven women who had holed up in a cave for months other members of a Russian cult awaiting the end of the world emerged Friday night and were being treated by emergency workers, regional officials said.

More than two dozen others remained behind but were expected to come out as early as Saturday, the governor's office said.

About 35 members of the Christian cult entered the cave near the village of Nikolskoye, 400 miles southeast of Moscow, in early November to await the end of the world, which they expected in May. They threatened to detonate gas canisters if police tried to remove them by force.

The vice governor of the Penza region, Oleg Melnichenko, said in televised comments that the seven women came out voluntarily, carrying satchels with their belongings. He said the cult leader, the self- declared prophet Pyotr Kuznetsov, was brought from a local psychiatric hospital to help persuade the women to leave.

He said the women walked on their own nearly a mile to a prayer house, where emergency workers were talking with them, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported.

'There is no reason to urgently hospitalize any of them,' Melnichenko was quoted as saying.

Another official in the governor's office, who gave only his first name, Alexander, said the other cult members still in the cave were expe"

Rhode Island Governor's Executive Order Steps Up Illegal Immigration Fight

FOXNews.com - Rhode Island Governor's Executive Order Steps Up Illegal Immigration Fight - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum: "Linking the presence of undocumented workers to Rhode Island's financial woes, Gov. Don Carcieri signed an executive order that includes a series of steps to combat illegal immigration.

The order signed Thursday requires state agencies and companies that do business with the state to verify the legal status of employees. It also directs the Rhode Island State Police and prison and parole officials to more aggressively find and deport illegal immigrants.

The Republican governor said he understands that illegal immigrants face hardships — but he does not want them in Rhode Island, America's smallest state. 'If you're here illegally, you shouldn't be here illegally. You shouldn't be here,' Carcieri said."

Fitna arrives

Teachers targeted in Thailand's deadly insurgency

Teaching Muslims should be illegal? That way they can better control the ignorant population. Tyrants always demand that their population be ignorant of everything except how to submit to authority. I can see why followers of the Religion of Submission like tyrants and hate democracy.

AFP: Teachers targeted in Thailand's deadly insurgency: "Rebels' main targets include soldiers, policemen, officials, Buddhists and Muslims seen as collaborating with Thai authorities.

But the attacks on teachers have taken an especially heavy toll, crippling the region's educational system and often provoking national outpourings of grief.

Militants have killed 75 teachers and burned down 297 public school buildings since early 2004, according to a regional educational office in Yala.

The statistics belie the brutality of the attacks.

One Buddhist teacher was shot in his parked car and then burned alive inside it.

Another was killed when four rebels dressed in school uniforms, walked into a classroom and shot him dead at point-blank range in front of his terrified students.

Even more horrifying, a man's severed head was mounted on the gate to a middle school last year, with the heads of two other victims left on a nearby bridge and a road.

Armed soldiers now escort teachers to and from school, and stand guard on campus during classes."

Iraqi security forces battle the Mahdi Army

Honesty from the Battle for Iraq. Refreshing to get a real assessment instead of the spun version the Media feeds us.

Iraqi security forces battle the Mahdi Army - The Long War Journal: "The clashes with the Mahdi Army come just weeks after Muqtada al Sadr admitted failure in Iraq. 'So far I did not succeed either to liberate Iraq or make it an Islamic society — whether because of my own inability or the inability of society, only God knows,' Sadr wrote to his followers. 'The continued presence of the occupiers, on the one hand, and the disobedience of many on the other, pushed me to isolate myself in protest. I gave society a big proportion of my life. Even my body became weaker, I got more sicknesses.'

Sadr declared an extension of his unilateral cease-fire on Feb. 22 after the US military and the Iraqi government brought significant political and military pressure on the Sadrist bloc and the 'rogue' elements of the Mahdi Army. This decision caused sharp divisions inside the Sadrist movement and the Mahdi Army, with some politicians and military commanders vowing to fight the US military and the Iraqi government.

Sadr's Mahdi Army has been formed by Iran's Qods Force along the lines of Lebanese Hezbollah. Imad Mugniyah, the senior Hezbollah military commander who was killed in Syria in February, was among those behind the formation and training of the Mahdi Army. Iran established the Ramazan Corps to run weapons, fighters, and support to the Special Groups, whi"

Video: UN Watch on Another Corrupt UN Human Rights Official

lgf: Video: UN Watch on Another Corrupt UN Human Rights Official: "It’s amazing (not in a good way) what’s going on in the United Nations on a daily basis, and UN Watch is blowing the whistle on yet another outrage. Here’s a video presentation on the radical Marxist, dictator-supporting Jean Ziegler, and why he should never be anywhere near the UN Human Rights Council."

Freedom Fighter Called “Terrorist” by INS

Commentary » Blog Archive » Freedom Fighter Called “Terrorist” by INS: "Karen DeYoung published a story in the Washington Post that ought to embarrass anyone making decisions about who deserves permanent residence in the U.S.

Saman Kareem Ahmad is an Iraqi Kurd who worked as a translator with the Marines in Iraq’s Anbar Province. He was one of the few selected translators who was granted asylum in the U.S. because he and his family were singled out for destruction by insurgents for “collaboration.” He wants to return to Iraq as an American citizen and a Marine, and has already been awarded the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter and General David Petraeus wrote notes for his file and recommended he be given a Green Card, but the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) declined his application and called him a “terrorist.”

The INS says Ahmad “conducted full-scale armed attacks and helped incite rebellions against Hussein’s regime, most notably during the Iran-Iraq war, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom” while a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)."

International Federation of Journalists Admits to Working For “Palestinian Cause”

Israellycool » Blog Archive » International Federation of Journalists Admits to Working For “Palestinian Cause”: "In a press release condemning Hamas for restricting press freedom, the International Federation of Journalists states:

“This intimidation and political bullying of journalists does great damage to the Palestinian cause,” said Aidan White, IFJ General Secretary. “It undermines efforts of journalists throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip to work together to build a unified media movement in favour of stability and democratic development.”

So the major reason to push for more press freedoms in Gaza isn’t to help inform the world about truth, but rather to further the “Palestinian cause.”

Can you imagine a statement from any international agency professing support for the “Zionist cause” the way that these supposedly objective journalists explicitly support the “Palestinian cause?”"

The Truth About Margaret Sanger

Interesting that the commie who founded the ACLU was friends with a fascist and racist like this. They overlapped by hating the US.

BlackGenocide.org | The Truth About Margaret Sanger: "How Planned Parenthood Duped America

At a March 1925 international birth control gathering in New York City, a speaker warned of the menace posed by the 'black' and 'yellow' peril. The man was not a Nazi or Klansman; he was Dr. S. Adolphus Knopf, a member of Margaret Sanger's American Birth Control League (ABCL), which along with other groups eventually became known as Planned Parenthood.

Sanger's other colleagues included avowed and sophisticated racists. One, Lothrop Stoddard, was a Harvard graduate and the author of The Rising Tide of Color against White Supremacy. Stoddard was something of a Nazi enthusiast who described the eugenic practices of the Third Reich as 'scientific' and 'humanitarian.' And Dr. Harry Laughlin, another Sanger associate and board member for her group, spoke of purifying America's human 'breeding stock' and purging America's 'bad strains.' These 'strains' included the 'shiftless, ignorant, and worthless class of antisocial whites of the South.'

Not to be outdone by her followers, Margaret Sanger spoke of sterilizing those she designated as 'unfit,' a plan she said would be the 'salvation of American civilization.: And she also spike of those who were 'irresponsible and reckless,' among whom she included those ' whose religious scruples prevent their exercising control over their numbers.' She further"

ROGER BALDWIN: Founder, American Civil Liberties Union

ACLU as a communist organization? Who would have guessed?

ROGER BALDWIN: Founder, American Civil Liberties Union: "Raised in the Boston suburb of Wellesley Hills, Baldwin's ancestral roots were rich and comfortable. Relatives included Mayflower Pilgrims, a general in George Washington's army, and the founder of the Boston Young Men's Christian Union. Family friends ranged from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Oliver Wendell Holmes to Booker T. Washington. Reared in a patriarchal household, Baldwin had parents who considered themselves 'agnostic Unitarians.' Inevitably, as he later noted, Baldwin attended Harvard College during the period when the Progressive movement unfolded, with its calls for righting some of the wrongs resulting from the process of rapid modernization. After completing his M.A. degree, Baldwin heeded the advice of his father's attorney and confidant, Louis D. Brandeis, to head for the Midwest to seek his fortune.In St. Louis Brandeis entered the field of social work, establishing a national reputation in the process. As the period of direct U.S. involvement in World War I approached, Baldwin ended up in New York where he became a leading figure in the American Union Against Militarism. Concerned about the plight of wartime dissidents, including the members of the Industrial Workers of the World, Baldwin eventually headed the National Civil Liberties Bureau. Determined to safeguard the political rights of the IWW members, the Wobblies, and conscientious objectors"

Obama Advisor Blames US Jews for Lack of Mid-East Peace - Jewish World - Israel News - Arutz Sheva

So, Obama hates honkeys and Jews? I guess he is Muslim!

Obama Advisor Blames US Jews for Lack of Mid-East Peace - Jewish World - Israel News - Arutz Sheva: "Once again, a furor surrounding US Presidential candidate Barack Obama has erupted, this time over a senior military advisor to the Obama campaign with a history of anti-Israel remarks. He has strongly criticized pro-Israel Jews in the United States for allegedly torpedoing peace efforts in the Middle East.

In a 2003 interview with The Oregonian newspaper unearthed by The American Spectator magazine, General Merrill 'Tony' McPeak, a former chief of staff in the United States Air Force who is a candidate for secretary of defense in a potential Obama administration, claimed that efforts to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority failed because there is no US-written 'playbook' to create peace.

An interviewer asked General McPeak 'So where's the problem? State? White House?' McPeak pulled no punches. '(The problem rests in) New York City. Miami. We have a large vote here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it…nobody wants to take on that problem. It's just too tough politically. So that means we can't . . . you can't develop a Middle East strategy. It's impossible,' he said."

Misunderstanders of Their "Peaceful" Faith

This is a LONG list! I thought about reading it to the People, but it would put them to sleep before I got half way through. Instead, I will just list the people who aren't kafir or worse in modern Islam:

. . .

Jihad Watch: D.C. Watson: Misunderstanders of Their "Peaceful" Faith: "Here is an incomplete list of Muslims in the United States who have been arrested and/or convicted for either planning or acting out their 'jihad' against unsuspecting, innocent men, women and children. Will the Muslim organizations in America ever stand up for once and address the facts, or will they continue trying to mask what's really going on within their own community by accusing Americans of practicing the biases and double standards that they themselves practice in accordance with their own beliefs?

Step right up, place your bets."

Study of 'Wife-buying'

Why is this practice on the rise in civilized Europe? Could it be that Europe is in devline to barbarism?

Islam in Europe: Netherlands: Study of 'Wife-buying': "Trouw published a couple of columns about human trafficking in the Netherlands in the past couple of weeks. A recent report shows that Dutch citizens are the largest group of victims, followed by citizens of Nigeria, Bulgaria and China. Forced marriages is on the increase, but most victims are brought in for prostitution or work, or are victims of 'lover-boys'.

There were 579 cases of documented human trafficking in the Netherlands in 2006, and 716 in 2007, an increase of 123%, and authorities suspect it's just the tip of the iceberg."

Muslim leader accuses police of political correctness

How nice that the Muslims are getting on the side of Law and Order even before the Law Enforcement Officers. See what PC Leftists do to a country? Take heed, before it is too late!

Islam in Europe: UK: Muslim leader accuses police of political correctness: "A muslim leader has accused the police of failing to tackle Asian gangs suspected of prostituting young white girls. Officers are accused of being 'over cautious' when investigating Muslim criminals because they fear being branded racist.


Last night Mohammed Shafiq, director of the Ramadhan Foundation, said the police were differentiating between criminals on the basis of race. He claimed, driven by fear of race riots in places like Blackburn and Oldham, officers were 'overtly sensitive' and not clamping down on the sordid practice.


His controversial comments in this week's Panorama reignite a massively controversial issue which exploded over a Channel 4 documentary in 2004. That programme which claimed Asian men in Bradford were grooming under age white girls for prostitution was pulled from C4's schedules. This was because police claimed at the time that it could provoke racial violence during the local election campaign. Now the BBC is to risk the wrath of police officials and campaigners by airing a programme which will look at the same issue."

Come Die For Me

AQ is almost irrelevant anymore. They have lost their connection to the Islamic base because of their extremist views and lack of tolerance of variations to religion. I think that bin Laden is almost a mockery of what he used to be. Praise the Lord! Nice to see that Carrot Top is about as dangerous as bin Laden.

Counter-Terrorism: Come Die For Me: "The second recent bin Laden tape calls for more death and destruction in Gaza, where radical Palestinians are calling for a fight to the death with Israel. Untrained volunteers are not much use to Hamas, the largest Palestinian terror organization, because Israel has cut off access to Israeli civilians. Bin Laden, however, knows that the border between Gaza and Egypt has broken down, and it's easier for anyone to get into Gaza. The al Qaeda volunteers can then make desperate attacks at Israeli troops guarding the border fence. In response to that, Israel has issued new rules-of-engagement for its troops. Now, Israelis are to use 'whatever means necessary' to prevent the capture of Israelis, or any violence against Israelis. Islamic terrorists have a much harder time killing Israelis, than they do killing Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thus Bin Ladens call for followers to flock to Israel, will likely get most of them killed.

Bin Laden's two new calls to arms will probably have the same impact previous ones had. That is, very little. His bark is far worse than his bite."

Rabbi Alleges Attack: Men Chanted 'Allah Akhbar'

The Lord works in mysterious ways!

wcbstv.com - Rabbi Alleges Attack: Men Chanted 'Allah Akhbar': "Rabbi Alleges Attack: Men Chanted 'Allah Akhbar'
Victim: Stolen Yarmulke Prompts Altercation That Leads To Brutal Beating Inside NYC Subway Station
Reporting
Jay Dow
BROOKLYN (CBS) ― A Brooklyn rabbi is speaking out after a scary encounter with a man accused of snatching his yarmulke off his head.

Rabbi Uria Ohana's crash course on street justice -- and the justice -- system continues.

'I got a call from the district attorney,' Ohana said. 'I'm going to testify in front of the grand jury.'

The case is against 18-year old Ali Hussein, accused of snatching Ohana's yarmulke last week inside a park slope subway station. It was an offense Ohana says he couldn't let pass.

'I decided to chase him to get my yarmulke back,' Ohana said.

Prosecutors haven't classified the incident as a bias crime yet, but a Brooklyn resident who spoke to CBS 2 HD says he's not encouraged by what happened.

'It's unfortunate that these two cultures that don't get along a world away … even here in Brooklyn … are not getting along,' Brooklyn resident Miguel Yazinsky said.

Rabbi Ohana says as he ran back down the station's stairs two of Hussein's friends got up from this bench and chased him out of the station.

'They were screaming 'Allah Akhbar (God is great) and pun"

The Monkey Tennis Centre: BBC erases all traces of Bush speech lies; so what have we learned?

The Old Media is getting used to the bloggers to find out their lies and half-truths, but it seems that they are still trying to put lies past us! Or is the reality that they are assuming that their loyal readers expect these half-truths and will ignore any corrections later on? Hmmm. I will put my money on them assuming no one will point out their lies. We all no what 'assuming' means! HA HA!

The Monkey Tennis Centre: BBC erases all traces of Bush speech lies; so what have we learned?: "Exhibiting a thoroughness worthy of Orwell's Ministry of Truth, the BBC has been busy erasing all traces of the corporation's blatantly dishonest reporting of President Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion.

I'll provide a quick recap for anyone who's new to the story (you might also want to read, in the following order, my previous three posts) before bringing things up to date. On Wednesday the BBC reported the speech under the headline 'Bush speech hails Iraq 'victory''. The headline was supported by the following sentence in the story:

He said recent troop reinforcements had brought about 'a major strategic victory in the broader war on terror'.

However, this isn't what Bush said. What he said was:

The surge has done more than turn the situation in Iraq around – it has opened the door to a major strategic victory in the broader war on terror."

73 Different Pakistani Muslim Sects Declare Fatwa on Taliban

After all these years, the people are finally getting tired of the slaughter by the Taliban. However, any edict like this out of Islam I take with a large grain of salt. I remember how Mohammad promised his opponents a safe travel to talk to him and then had his thugs slaughter them as they traveled. Because Islam is the Religion of Peace and Truth.

The Jawa Report: 73 Different Pakistani Muslim Sects Declare Fatwa on Taliban: "The alleged militant group familiarly known as “Taliban” was declared “out of Islam” by 73 different sects of Muslims through an edict (Fatwa) circulated in parts of the narrow tribal strip of Darra Adamkhel.

The edict in Urdu language was circulated on behalf of Mufti Zainul Aabideen on Friday night. The one page edict focuses on Talibans’s terrorists’ acts in the area, particularly slaughtering of human beings and suicide attacks.

The edict against the Taliban terror is considered first-ever effort on the part of any religious figure in the last five years. Earlier, the late Maulana Hassan Jan publicly denounced Taliban acts, but he was mysteriously assassinated in retaliation. After the killing of late Maulana Hassan Jan, a large number of Ulema and religious scholars remained reluctant to say anything openly against the Taliban.

It is for the first time that a religious scholar declared “Taliban” as being “out of Islam.” The edict said that all the acts of Taliban are against the basic norms of Islam and humanity. “Even the Taliban leaders are considering themselves and their directives as superior to true Islamic principles and directives as ordained by Almighty Allah,” the edict said."

Joint Afghan-NATO operation kills Taliban commander and 50 rebels

Praise the Lord and I pray that this will help some mothers to keep their children at home safe. I doubt it since I have read the Koran and know that dying as a martyr is the best death for a Muslim.

Hey Leftists! Your side is still losing! HA!

DEBKAfile - Joint Afghan-NATO operation kills Taliban commander and 50 rebels: "Joint Afghan-NATO operation kills Taliban commander and 50 rebels

March 23, 2008, 12:29 PM (GMT+02:00)

The defense ministry in Kabul reported that Mullah Hashim was killed with 50 of his fighters in a joint air and ground operation near Deh Rawood in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan. NATO forces in this province are under Dutch command. In Kandahar, two US troops were killed by a road mine during a security patrol."

Syria masses three army divisions on Lebanese border

Of course the terrorists who have made up so much evidence of "Israeli atrocities" have plenty of evidence of Israelis killing one of the terrorists famous for the slaughter of innocents and manufacturing evidence. Of course.

And the Syrians are just preparing for Peace keeping missions inside of the land formerly known as Israel to allow the Iranian supported terrorists to keep their freedom fighters on the frontlines and hunt down any surviving Jewish women and children. It is all just part of the Peace they all profess to love. I just hope the Peace Loving UN Force gets out of the way in time so they don't have to file a protest about the slaughter of those Forces.

DEBKAfile - Syria masses three army divisions on Lebanese border: "Syria masses three army divisions on Lebanese border

March 23, 2008, 7:56 PM (GMT+02:00)

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the Syrian deployment is backed by the concentration of pro-Syrian Palestinian factions in the Beqaa valley of Lebanon, amid rising war tensions between Hizballah and Israel.

Hassan Nasrallah declared Hizballah would wage “open war” with Israel at the end of the 40-day mourning period the group observed for Imad Mughniyeh who was killed in Damascus February 12. His deputy has maintained that Hizballah had “100 percent solid evidence' that Israel had killed Mughniyeh, which Israel has consistently denied.

Monday, March 24, Nasrallah will address a big memorial rally in South Beirut. The Israeli army is on high alert for a possible Hizballah attack from Lebanon. The Magen David Adom ambulance service is on emergency standby across the country."

Al Qaeda Recruiter Blues

Another story that the Leftist Media won't cover. People not dying just does not make good TV! Besides, if the terrorists stop killing Americans, who will the Media root for?

Attrition: Al Qaeda Recruiter Blues: "No one there wants to admit that al Qaeda has been beaten in Iraq, but the more first-hand accounts that show up, the more convincing the stories are. The truth is this. The al Qaeda volunteers have long been enticed by the prospect of killing American soldiers. That rarely happens, and survivor accounts always make that point, and the fact that al Qaeda is mostly killing Iraqis. Last year, most of the Sunni Arabs turned on al Qaeda, and this has been most difficult for the al Qaeda recruiters to deal with."

An Iraqi Insurgent Tell-All: Al-Qaida Is To Blame For "Killing Sunnis" And "Demolishing Their Homes, Mosques, and Their Hospita

I love watching the various terrorist groups attack each other! Now that it is well known that the CIA and other intelligence agencies have penetrated the various groups, watching them fall apart is bliss. When they were growing during the 90s, all we had was growing apprehension about the lack of direction from the National Leadership. Even though the current president has backed off on the pressure, the lasting effects of his previous work are still coming to fruition.

Wonderful! Go read the whole thing and bask in the glow of great work.

Counterterrorism Blog: An Iraqi Insurgent Tell-All: Al-Qaida Is To Blame For "Killing Sunnis" And "Demolishing Their Homes, Mosques, and Their Hospitals": "The NEFA Foundation has obtained a copy of a recent interview with a senior military commander of the Hamas al-Iraq insurgent group in the restive Diyala province of Iraq. During the interview, the unnamed Hamas commander sharply condemned the 'criminal actions launched by the Al-Qaida network targeting innocent civilians and... other jihad movements... The occupying forces were unable to enter many districts and villages of Diyala until Al-Qaida paved the way for them when they began killing the Sunnis and demolishing their homes, mosques, and their hospitals.' The Hamas al-Iraq commander also addressed allegations of Iranian logistical support for local Al-Qaida operations, and the relationship between Iraqi Hamas and a variety of other organizations--including the Muslim Brotherhood, the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), the Council of Iraqi Ulema, the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Awakening Councils, the 1920 Revolution Brigades, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Front (JAAMI), the Mujahideen Army, and the Islamic Army of Iraq (IAI).

Among the highlights of the interview:"