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January 23, 2005

Newsflash

Posted by Bill

Abu Musab Zarqawi is marginalizing himself into irrelevance:

Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born militant whose al Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for some of the most deadly insurgent attacks in postwar Iraq, called candidates running in the Jan. 30 elections "demi-idols" and the people who plan to vote for them "infidels," according to a Web site that broadcast a speech reportedly made by Zarqawi.
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"We have declared a fierce war on this evil principle of democracy and those who follow this wrong ideology," said the speaker, who identified himself as Zarqawi. "Anyone who tries to help set up this system is part of it."

We can win this. With 80% of the population aligned against the terrorists, Iraq can win this.

UPDATE: On the same page.

Posted by Bill at January 23, 2005 06:39 PM | TrackBack (5)

Comments

We can only hope.
Seven days until the first real test.

Posted by: Adam Gurri at January 23, 2005 07:12 PM

It's not just Zarqawi that free Iraq is up against. The moonbat establishment -- the mainstream media, the U.N., eurocrats, etc. -- will do everything they can to discredit and undermine. If Iraq succeeds, it will be a pariah like Israel. Only if it fails completely and degenerates into civil war or Islamofascism will it find its way back into the world's good graces. Or maybe I'm just getting cynical...

Posted by: Van Helsing at January 23, 2005 08:02 PM

Dipping a toe into the churning waters of Kookdom aka democraticunderground finds them dismissing the terrorist Zarqawi as just a Rovian creation

Posted by: Darleen at January 23, 2005 08:53 PM

Speaking of irrelevance, over in The Corner Andrew Stuttaford makes a most excellent juxtaposition of Zarqawi's quote with another one:

"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win."
- "Democratic" Party spokesman Mike al-Moore

Posted by: LagunaDave at January 24, 2005 03:31 AM