Iraqi insurgents stage show of strength on city's streets

[Thom Little]

Masked gunmen belonging to al-Qaeda in Iraq took control of the centre of the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi yesterday, in a brazen show of force after mounting a fierce rocket and mortar attack on a US military base and local government buildings.

Residents described several hundred heavily armed men pouring onto the streets in the early morning, setting up roadblocks across the city’s main arteries and patrolling streets where American patrols usually travel.

Leaflets were distributed to houses and posted on walls announcing the identity of the city’s sudden occupiers, saying that it had been taken over by al-Qaeda in Iraq, the group led by Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

“Its followers will burn the Americans and will drive them back to their homes by force. Iraq will be a graveyard for the Americans and its allies,” one of the leaflets read.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1900221,00.html

[fasttense]

1. Oh God, the poor Iraqi people. What have we wroth? n/t

[niceypoo]

2. Freedom is on the march?

[Village Idiot]

3. I think you mean "wrought."

But the Iraqis seem "wroth" alright. Who knows what this is going to mean...

It seems like the US forces have to "re-take" several communities on a semi-annual basis - Tal-Afar, Ramadi, Al Kut, etc...

Perhaps if they had "wrought" correctly the first time, the Iraqis would not be so "wroth" with them?