(Pentagon:) Al-Qaeda in bid to 'influence US poll'

[sabra]

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20659037-5005961,00.html

Al-Qaeda in bid to 'influence US poll'From correspondents in Washington

THE Pentagon's chief spokesman today attributed the rising violence in Iraq to attempts by al-Qaeda to influence the US elections and stir up opposition to President George W. Bush.

Eric Ruff, the Pentagon press secretary, stopped short of saying that al-Qaeda wanted a Democratic victory in the November 7 elections and denied emphatically that he was implying that.

He singled out a Washington Post report quoting a local al-Qaeda leader as saying the group's leader, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, wanted redoubled attacks "to have a great effect on the American elections".

"It would seem that if they can increase the violence, they can increase opposition to the war and have an influence against the president," Mr Ruff said.

:crazy:

[cyberpj]

1. They say that so that Bush supporters will show up just to be sure. nt

[LynnTheDem]

2. rotflmao!!!

An entire nation with less than 3 hours electricity a day, cities & towns nothing but piles of rubble and rotting stinking corpses...and the pentagon thinks Iraqis give one shit about elections in America.

ROTFLMAO!!!

No wonder, is it, the world thinks of Americans as the most arrogant & ignorant people on the planet.

[Parche]

16. yes it is correct

Even those terra ists hiding in the Afghani caves are waiting with glee to find out the US
election results
I think they use everready batteries or something like that to power their massive
internet,phone and computer bases.............hurl

[bamacrat]

3. If the pukes lose big they will call it terrrrrrrism.

[Amonester]

4. Next (if that doesn't "work" in the polls, as we know it won't):

The Pentacle will be back to their colorful:
"Terra!! Terra!! Terra!!" "usual" Modus Operandi.

R they not sohohoho predictable by now? :crazy:

[shain from kane]

5. Nothing that we see in the next week can replace what we have seen in the

last 3 1/2 years. Most people have their minds made up already, or they shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[Benhurst]

6. The Pentagon should keep its bloody hands out of U.S. politics.

[kurth]

7. NEXT: Rumsfeld orders soldiers to "protect" our ballots

and "inspect" them for accuracy.

[Demit]

8. Any insurgency wants to stir up opposition to their occupiers. We did.

I don't understand the logic of this line of reasoning. That, Isn't It Awful, They're Just Doing This to Stir Up Opposition to The President. Well, I guess the fact that the Pentagon is attributing all the violence to al Qaeda, instead of also noting the insurgent sectarian and inter-sect groups that are also committing it, answers my question as to what their logic is. The Pentagon is in actuality stumping for Republican victories in the midterms. Disgraceful. This is such a horrible nightmare we're living through.

[daysleeper]

9. Funny

I find it ammusing that this administration has the ego to think that terrorists care if there is oposition to Bush or not. If anything he keeps them in buisness so why would they try to stir up problems for him.

[Straight Shooter]

11. Scraping the bottom of the barrel for reasons to vote Republican.

Vote for us so the violence in Iraq will stop (ain't gonna happen), even though we're the ones who caused it in the first place by supporting bush and his policies.

Remember the "last throes"?

Welcome to DU, daysleeper! :hi:

[BootinUp]

10. Maybe they just want us the fuck out ya think?

Mr. Ruff, they couldn't give two shits who the President is who is in the congress.

[rail]

12. ...from the party that brought you voodoo economics,

voodoo vote influencing?

So let's see how this works, from the perspective of a supposed vote-influencin' Iraqi combatant...
if this here (Sunni/Shia) kills this here neighbor of (Shia/Sunni) descent, MAYBE it'll get discovered by local authorities (although many authorities can't/won't go into certain war torn areas) who MAYBE will report it (although locals can't keep complete records) and MAYBE international media will pick up the story (although news of deaths is spotty and makes up a lesser percentage of US news content) and MAYBE Americans (who as a whole haven't follow Iraqi news in detail) will notice it and MAYBE they'll vote out the incumbent administration (despite low US voter turnout percentage).

Wow, that's as effective as giving a corporation a million dollars in tax cuts in the hopes of creating one (1) whole private sector job.

[truthisfreedom]

13. now the military is the next "freebie" political arm of the administration.

they think they can use every office of this country to run their smear campaign against half of our great nation, the members of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

[Richard Steele]

14. Right. It has NOTHING to do with all their dead friends and neighbors.

Got it loud and clear, Pentagon spokesDude!


:sarcasm:

[mitchum]

15. So Eric "Fluffer" Ruff is loyal to bushco, not the Constitution?

[Up2Late]

17. Oh, here comes another FAKE Osoma bin Laden Audio tape!

Look for it in the next few days, I'm almost confident enough to place a bet on it, if I had any money or knew where to do it.:grr:

[54anickel]

18. A vote for a Dem is a vote for the " terrists"!!!

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[54anickel]

20. The entire GLOBE is going to be watching this election closely. Most

of them will be celebrating if there's a Dem takeover of Congress. At least there'd be some hope that Americans aren't ALL idgits.

Welcome to DU Streamlake. :hi: Has Al Q taken over the Iranian gov't as well, or were you going someplace else with that observation? If Dems are going to "hammer home utter disdain" for any "bombing", it should be against rampant terror and bombing by anyone (including Bushco).

[brentspeak]

21. What the heck is the Pentagon doing making political statements?

This is frightening, as well as infuriating.

[Neecy]

22. Note the wording...

It isn't the Iraqi-born and led 'insurgents' and Maliki death squads who are causing all of the violence, but Al-Qaeda, the convenient boogy man for desperate Republicans.

Same big lie, different year.

[Bragi]

23. The attacks are intended to HELP Bush... /NT