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July 02, 2003

Iraqi attacks could signal wide revolt

This is one of the uglier of the recent Mess in Mesopotamia stories I've read, in terms of portending a grim future.

The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Iraqi attacks could signal wide revolt

By The Associated Press and Los Angeles Times

VICTOR CAIVANO / AP

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops in Iraq are getting ambushed everywhere and every day — while guarding gas stations, investigating car thefts or on their way to make phone calls home.

Each new attack is raising questions about whether the violence is a last gasp from Saddam Hussein loyalists or signs of a spreading revolt. The Pentagon is puzzling over how many resisters there are, how well they are organized and how they can be stopped.

Private risk analysts are warning of an even chance of Iraq descending into open revolt.

And although the term is rarely used at the Pentagon, from every description by military officials, what U.S. troops face on the ground in Iraq has all the markings of a guerrilla war — albeit one in which there are multiple opposition groups rather than a single movement.

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Posted by Lance Brown at July 2, 2003 02:39 AM | TrackBack
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