January 07, 2005

Captured Terrorist Admits Iran and Syria Connection

- Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi militant suspected of involvement in beheadings and other bloody attacks told Iraqi authorities that his group has links with Iran and Syria, according to a tape aired Friday by an Arabic TV station funded by the U.S. government.

Moayad Ahmed Yasseen, leader of Jaish Muhammad, which is Arabic for Muhammad's Army, was captured nearly two months ago in Fallujah, the former guerrilla stronghold west of Baghdad.


Nothing new, but nonetheless worth noting. It would be "news" in a sense if Zarqawi admitted he was aided by Syria or Iran, but we already know the terrorist groups operating inside of Iraq and killing innocent Iraqis and U.S. soldiers are aided by both the syrian and Iranian governments. Yet we sit by the side and do nothing.

Open to discussion:
What can we do other than sanctions? Assuming we have the military capability to strike Iran or Syria, could this country sustain another war that many will see as an ongoing Iraqi war? Translation, will the anti-war Left rebel too much and cause too much instability within our own nation even if the evidence is insurmountable?

Cross-posted at In the Bullpen

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