Homegrown Insurgency
April 18th, 2008 by Admin
Is it? Media reports call Al Qaeda In Iraq a “Homegrown Sunni Insurgent” group even though it was created by and is still led by foreign terrorists.
The Washington Post: “ … Al-Qaeda In Iraq, A Mainly Homegrown Sunni Insurgent Organization.” (Sholnn Freeman, “Bombing Kills 55 At Funeral In Iraq,” The Washington Post, 4/18/08)
The New York Times: “ … Al Qaeda In Mesopotamia, The Homegrown Sunni Insurgent Group.” (Erica Goode, “30 Are Killed In Bombing At Funeral in North Iraq,” The New York Times, 4/18/08)
The facts – you know, the ones the media are supposed to be reporting – are quite the opposite for anyone willing to pay attention to history and reality.
Image from truthdig.com
Al Qaeda In Iraq was founded by foreign terrorists linked to senior Al Qaeda leadership. Al Qaeda in Iraq founder Abu Musab al Zarqawi was not an Iraqi and neither is his successor, Abu Ayyub al-Masri.
Jordanian terrorist Zarqawi pledged alliance to bin Laden and changed his group’s name to al Qaeda in Iraq in 2004, promising "to follow his orders in Jihad."
Bin Laden publicly declared Zarqawi the "Prince of al Qaeda in Iraq," instructed followers to "listen to him and obey him," and regularly communicated with him through his second-in-command Zawahiri.
After Zarqawi's death, al Qaeda in Iraq named as its leader Abu Ayyub al Masri, an Egyptian with deep and longstanding ties to al Qaeda senior leadership.
The U.S. intelligence community reports that many of al Qaeda in Iraq’s other senior-most leaders are also foreign terrorists. The Washington Post even quotes “Omar al-Baghdadi,” whom the we believe is a fictional character Al Qaeda specifically created to fool iraqis into believing they were homegrown .
The Washington Post: “Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi … Encouraged Supporters To Step-up Attacks Against U.S. Forces.”
“Sunni insurgent groups have urged people to break ties with Iraqi security forces and with the Awakening councils. In a recorded message this week, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group believed to have been founded by al-Qaeda in Iraq, encouraged supporters to step-up attacks against U.S. forces and Iraqis working with them.” (Sholnn Freeman, “Bombing Kills 55 At Funeral In Iraq,” The Washington Post, 4/18/08)
Multi-National Forces – Iraq: “Omar al Baghdadi” Is The “Fictional Political Head” Of Al Qaeda In Iraq, Created “To Put An Iraqi Face On the Leadership of Al Qaeda.” BG Kevin Bergner, MNF-I: “This is what we have learned or confirmed from Mashhadani's capture. In his words, ‘The Islamic State of Iraq is a front organization that masks the foreign influence and leadership within al Qaeda in Iraq in an attempt to put an Iraqi face on the leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq.’ To further this myth, al-Masri created a fictional political head of the Islamic State of Iraq known as Omar al-Baghdadi.” (Brig. Gen. Kevin Bergner, Press Briefing, 7/18/07)
“They Use Another Individual To Be His Voice … [An] Actor In The Form Of A Fictitious Character.” Bergner: “… Mashhadani tells us that [al Baghdadi] is a creation of the al Qaeda in Iraq leadership to help put an Iraqi face on the leadership of their efforts here in Iraq, and that they use another individual to be his voice; it's someone who has never been seen, but that that is really just his voice, and that what the individual — this fictitious person says is directly driven by al-Masri and is really just al-Masri's guidance being articulated by this actor in the form of a fictitious character.”
Consider yourselves educated against the hypocrisy of our media and the rally cries of our detractors.
Posted in Military Perspective
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Well, there's some hard investigative reporting on the part of the WP…
Have to say it fits in well with their living in make-believe land where imaginary "facts" and people are found.
Hey, Morton, are you suggesting we get rid of posse comitatus and deploy troops to Chicago and New Orleans to combat crime?
Keep talking. You make yourself sound more and more ignorant with every keystroke. I hope your family and friends (both of them) aren't reading this.
THIS IS FOR MORTON .
LET ME REMIND YOU WHAT YOUNG MEN DID FOR THIS COUNTRY 67 YEARS AGO.
AS MEMORIAL DAY APPROACHES, LET ME REMIND YOU OF WHAT ONE YOUNG 16 YEAR OLD DID FOR HIS COUNTRY. THIS COMING MEMORIAL DAY , MAY WE NEVER FORGET 2nd LT. AUDIE LEON MURPHY.
THIS MEMORIAL DAY WEEK END MARKS THE 37th ANNIVERARY OF HIS DEATH.
This is from http://www.audiemurhy.com:
Audie Leon Murphy, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to national fame as the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. Among his 33 awards and decorations was the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." He also received every decoration for valor that his country had to offer, some of them more than once, including 5 decorations by France and Belgium. Credited with either killing over 240 of the enemy while wounding and capturing many others, he became a legend within the 3rd Infantry Division. Beginning his service as an Army Private, Audie quickly rose to the enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant, was given a "battle field" commission as 2nd Lieutenant, was wounded three times, fought in 9 major campaigns across the European Theater, and survived the war.
During Murphy's 3 years active service as a combat soldier in World War II, Audie became one of the best fighting combat soldiers of this or any other century. What Audie accomplished during this period is most significant and probably will never be repeated by another soldier, given today's high-tech type of warfare. The U.S. Army has always declared that there will never be another Audie Murphy.
On 21 September, 1945, Audie was released from the Army as an active member and reassigned to inactive status. During this same time, actor James Cagney invited Murphy to Hollywood in September 1945, when he saw Murphy's photo on the cover of Life Magazine. The next couple of years in California were hard times for Audie Murphy. Struggling and becoming disillusioned from lack of work while sleeping in a local gymnasium, he finally received token acting parts in his first two films.
His first starring role came in a 1949 released film by Allied Artists called, Bad Boy. In 1950 Murphy eventually got a contract with Universal-International (later called Universal) where he starred in 26 films, 23 of them westerns over the next 15 years. His 1949 autobiography To Hell And Back was a best seller. Murphy starred as himself in a film biography released by Universal-International in 1955 with the same title. The movie, To Hell and Back, held the record as Universal's highest grossing picture until 1975 when it was finally surpassed by the movie Jaws. In the mid-60s the studios switched from contract players to hiring actors on a picture-by-picture basis. Consequently, when his contract expired in 1965 Universal did not renew. This gave him the opportunity to work with other studios and independent film producers. In the 25 years that Audie spent in Hollywood, he made a total of 44 feature films.
Despite his success in Hollywood, Audie never forgot his rural Texas roots. He returned frequently to the Dallas area where he owned a small ranch for a while. He also had ranches in Perris, California and near Tucson, Arizona. He was a successful Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racehorse owner and breeder, having interests in such great horses as "Depth Charge." His films earned him close to 3 million dollars in 23 years as an actor. Audie loved to gamble, and he bet on horses and different sporting events. He was also a great poker player. In his role as a prodigious gambler, he won and lost fortunes.
Audie Murphy wrote some poetry and was quite successful as a songwriter. He usually teamed up with talented artists and composers such as Guy Mitchell, Jimmy Bryant, Scott Turner, Coy Ziegler, or Terri Eddleman. Dozens of Audie Murphy's songs were recorded and released by such great performers as Dean Martin, Eddy Arnold, Charley Pride, Jimmy Bryant, Porter Waggoner, Jerry Wallace, Roy Clark, Harry Nilsson and many, many others. His two biggest hits were Shutters and Boards and When the Wind Blows in Chicago. Eddy Arnold recorded When the Wind Blows in Chicago for his 1993 album Last of the Love Song Singers which is currently in release by RCA.
Audie sufferred from what is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)and was plagued by insomnia and depression. During the mid-60's he became dependent for a time on doctor prescribed sleeping pills called Placidyl. When he recognized that he had become addicted to this prescription drug, he locked himself in a motel room, stopped taking the sleeping pills and went through withdrawal symptoms for a week. Always an advocate for the needs of veterans, he broke the taboo about discussing war related mental problems after this experience. In a effort to draw attention to the problems of returning Korean and Vietnam War veterans, Audie Murphy spoke-out candidly about his personal problems with PTSD, then known as "Battle Fatigue". He publicly called for United States government to give more consideration and study to the emotional impact war has on veterans and to extend health care benefits to address PTSD and other mental health problems of returning war vets.
While on a business trip on May 28, 1971, (Memorial Day Weekend) he was killed at the age of 46. A private plane flying in fog and rain crashed in the side of a mountain near Roanoke, Virginia. Five others including the pilot were also killed. Although Audie owned and flew his own plane earlier in his career at Hollywood, he was among the passengers that tragic day.
On June 7th, Audie Murphy was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. His gravesite, near the Amphitheater, is second most visited gravesite year round. President Kennedy's grave is the most visited.
In 1996 the Texas Legislature officially designated his birthday, June 20th, as Audie Murphy Day. On June 9, 1999 Governor George W. Bush, Texas made a similar proclation declaring June 20th to officially be Audie Murphy Day in the state of Texas.
This is from wikepedia:
Born in Texas,[2][5] to Emmett Berry and Josie Bell Murphy (ne Killian) who was of Irish descent,[5][6] poor sharecroppers,[3][5] and grew up on farms between Farmersville and Greenville, as well as near Celeste, Texas (Hunt County).[2] Murphy was the sixth of twelve children,[6][5] nine of whom survived until the age of eighteen.[1][5] His brothers and sisters included Corinne, Charles Emmett (Buck), Vernon, June, Oneta, J.W., Richard, Eugene, Nadine, Billie, and Joseph Murphy. He went to school in Celeste until the eighth grade,[5] when he dropped out to help support his family (his father deserted them in 1936), working for a dollar a day, plowing and picking cotton on any farm that would hire him.[5] He became very skilled with a rifle, hunting small game to help feed the family.[1] One of his favorite hunting companions was neighbor Dial Henley who noticed that young Audie never missed when he shot at squirrels, rabbits, or birds. When that was pointed out to him, Murphy remarked, "Well, Dial, if I don't hit what I shoot at, my family won't eat today." During the 1930s Murphy worked at a combination general store/garage and filling station in Greenville, Texas.[2][5] At sixteen he was working in a radio repair shop when his mother died[2][5] on May 23, 1941. Later that year, in agreement with his older sister, Corrinne, Murphy was forced to place his three youngest siblings in an orphanage[5] to ensure their care (he reclaimed them after World War II).
Place of birth Kingston, Texas
Place of death Brush Mountain near Catawba or Roanoke, Virginia
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1942%u20131945 (US Army)
1950%u20131966 (Texas National Guard)
Rank First Lieutenant (USA), Major (TNG)
Battles/wars World War II: Sicily (July 1943), Salerno, Anzio, Rome, France: Operation Anvil-Dragoon (Aug. 1944), Holtzwihr (Jan. 1945)[1]
Awards Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star (2)
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star (2)
Purple Heart (3)
French Legion of Honor[1]
French Croix de Guerre ( Palm)[1]
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm[1]
Other work actor, songwriter, horseracing, oil
Morton the next time you call America a 'LOSER NATION',just remember that you are insulting every veteran of this great country.
Morton – you say "THE USA COULD CARE LESS ABOUT IRAQI PEOPLE,
THEY CARE ABOUT THE OIL RESERVES."
Morton – The Iraqi people love the U.S. military.
You too are a true American HERO,
Morton. Thank you for your patriotic insight.
Respectfully, Thomas Folan