Abizaid says enemy in Iraq numbers only 5,000
The story mistakenly claims the enemy is heavily armed. They are infact lightly armed using explosives that are detonated either at a distance or by someone committing suicide.
"...The insurgents' goal is to break the will of the United States and send its forces packing, by expanding attacks into previously quiet northern and southern Iraq to send a message that nowhere in Iraq is safe, Gen. John Abizaid told reporters Thursday .
"But Abizaid insisted that U.S. forces would stay as long as necessary to stabilize Iraq and not be pushed out early for any reason, including the political pressures of President George W. Bush's upcoming re-election campaign.
"...Abizaid said U.S. commanders are seeing some high-level coordination of the attacks, mostly at the regional level, but no evidence of a national resistance leadership. He also dismissed comments, including some by a top U.S. commander in Iraq, that Iraq's former leader is behind the attacks.
"'I think Saddam Hussein is one of the most incompetent military leaders in the history of the world. And to give him any credit, to think that somehow or other he planned this is absolutely beyond my comprehension,' Abizaid said. Abizaid said he believes Hussein is alive and in Iraq."
The story mistakenly claims the enemy is heavily armed. They are infact lightly armed using explosives that are detonated either at a distance or by someone committing suicide.
"...The insurgents' goal is to break the will of the United States and send its forces packing, by expanding attacks into previously quiet northern and southern Iraq to send a message that nowhere in Iraq is safe, Gen. John Abizaid told reporters Thursday .
"But Abizaid insisted that U.S. forces would stay as long as necessary to stabilize Iraq and not be pushed out early for any reason, including the political pressures of President George W. Bush's upcoming re-election campaign.
"...Abizaid said U.S. commanders are seeing some high-level coordination of the attacks, mostly at the regional level, but no evidence of a national resistance leadership. He also dismissed comments, including some by a top U.S. commander in Iraq, that Iraq's former leader is behind the attacks.
"'I think Saddam Hussein is one of the most incompetent military leaders in the history of the world. And to give him any credit, to think that somehow or other he planned this is absolutely beyond my comprehension,' Abizaid said. Abizaid said he believes Hussein is alive and in Iraq."
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