Monday, December 15, 2003

Iraq War: Succinct Analysis

I picked up the reference to this Reuters story via Billmon. This is another one where a few words paint a graphic picture. The final two paragraphs of this story are what I mean (my emphasis).

Iraq Car Bombs Kill Nine Day After Saddam's Capture by Nadim Ladki, Reuters 12/15/03

<< If anyone imagined Saddam's capture would bring swift peace, the words of U.S.-trained Iraqi policeman Ahmed Ali may cause them to think again.

<< "We want this to lead to more attacks on the Americans. There will be a holy war against them. It will be much worse. We all love Saddam," he said, standing near U.S. soldiers he works with in Falluja, confident they would not understand his Arabic. >>


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