Marine commander says al-Qaida likely behind deadly Ramadi attack, but no

[sabra]

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4328231&nav=3YeX

Marine commander says al-Qaida likely behind deadly Ramadi attack, but no proof

(Washington-AP, Jan. 6, 2006 10:25 AM) _ The commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq said Friday he suspects that al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq carried out the suicide bomb attack in Ramadi that killed dozens, including two U.S. troops, on Thursday, although he has no evidence to prove it.

"This attack shows the desperate, murderous nature of al-Qaida," Marine Maj. Gen. Stephen Johnson told reporters at the Pentagon by teleconference from his headquarters in Fallujah, the predominantly Sunni Arab city west of Baghdad.

He said local citizens blamed Al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

"We don't have any evidence that it was al-Qaida," Johnson said, although the attack bore "all the markings of al-Qaida," including the use of a suicide bomber.

proof, we don't need no stinkin proof!

[reichstag911]

1. Probably behind the tsunami, too!

And Katrina...and the Harriet Miers nomination...and...

[leesa]

2. Goldstein strikes again!

[HuffleClaw]

3. 'he has no evidence to prove it'

idiot. an accusation by one guy is hardly worthy of a headline. he could have claimed it was those flying monkeys from the wizard of oz too.

[Roland99]

4. Maybe it was "Al Qaeda in Jordan" branching back into Iraq.

[stop the bleeding]

5. all 3% of them of the overall 7% of foreigners that are in the insurgency

ooops I mean patriotsurgency.

In fact NPR said this morning that this was Sunni's killing Sunni's that were volunteering to join the Iraqi police force.

Hello - message is "Brother you join the other side and I'll kill ya" and they did.


proof, we don't need no stinkin proof!

[LibDemAlways]

6. My favorite line in this

bullshit fiction is "He said local citizens blamed Al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi." Telling the truth would get Major Gen. Johnson court-martialed, but it goes something like this: "Local citizens blamed the continuing presence of the United States military and any Iraqi who would, out of desperation, collaborate would them. When asked about Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, local citizens shurgged their shoulders indicating they had never heard of him."

[Thorandmjolnir]

7. Speaking of no proof

There are several discussion on DU about conspiracy theories. I think the Bush Administration and the military have us all beaten when it comes to crazy conspiracy theories.

""We don't have any evidence that it was al-Qaida," Johnson said, although the attack bore "all the markings of al-Qaida," including the use of a suicide bomber."

So all suicide bombers are al-qaida? That news to me.

They keep saying whenever something bad happens, that it has the "markings of a-qaida". But what does al-qaida do differently from any other resistance movement?

Finally, if he has no proof, why does the AP quote him? Would they quote him if he said that the bombing had all the markings of the penguins from the movie Madagascar?

[leftchick]

8. OR some americans and brits dressed up as Al-Qaida?

just a thought.