Contrary to the Bush administration's claims that we're making progress Iraq, things in are continuing to get worse. The Washington Post is now reporting that "Abu Musab Zarqawi's foreign-led Al Qaeda in Iraq took open control of a key western town at the Syrian border, deploying its guerrilla fighters in the streets and flying Zarqawi's black banner from rooftops."
"A sign newly posted at the entrance of Qaim declared, "Welcome to the Islamic Kingdom of Qaim." A statement posted in mosques described Qaim as an "Islamic kingdom liberated from the occupation.""
President Bush's talking point that "Iraq is a front on the war on terror" has become somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Al Qaeda was not in Iraq prior to our intervention and now they are. Furthermore, Vice President Cheney's claim that Iraqi insurgents are in their "last throes" is absolutely absurd. America doesn't need some rosy picture of the war - we need the truth and we need a strategy for success.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/05/AR2005090500313.html