November 17, 2004

Zarqawi Claims Control Over Sunni Triangle

Evan Kohlman's Global Terror Alert brings the news that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq (formerly Tawhid and Jihad) claims it controls the Sunni triangle. Yes folks, there are no Marines in Fallujah! You are not seeing what you think you are seeing. According to Evan Kohlnman's translation of the Zarqawi communique found here: The US only controls parts of Fallujah and Baqubah; Ramadi and Mosul are completely under the control of jihadi forces; the jihadis continue to thwart Coalition efforts in the rest of the Sunni triangle, including Baghdad.

To what extent the terrorists control the streets is unknown to me. Certainly yesterdays PR nightmare will not help.

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 10:56 AM | |