Saddamite strategy is to isolate US by attacking support personel
The attack on the Spainish intelligence team is an example of how Saddamites are trying to peel off support for US efforts in Iraq by killing people from other countries or from support organizations like the Red Cross. They are still too weak to attack the US directly and their hope is that by chasing off allies and support units they can cause the US to bear more of the burden and thus give up.
As startegies go, it is probably the best they can come up with, but it is still pretty weak, because in reality the Saddamites are very weak. With only a few thousand "troops" they are suffering attrition with each attack they initiate or with each attack the US initiates. This is not a viable strategy long term, unless the Democrats come to power in the US. That is certainly what Yasser Arafat is waiting on in Israel and it is what the Saddamites are reduced to at this point.
The attack on the Spainish intelligence team is an example of how Saddamites are trying to peel off support for US efforts in Iraq by killing people from other countries or from support organizations like the Red Cross. They are still too weak to attack the US directly and their hope is that by chasing off allies and support units they can cause the US to bear more of the burden and thus give up.
As startegies go, it is probably the best they can come up with, but it is still pretty weak, because in reality the Saddamites are very weak. With only a few thousand "troops" they are suffering attrition with each attack they initiate or with each attack the US initiates. This is not a viable strategy long term, unless the Democrats come to power in the US. That is certainly what Yasser Arafat is waiting on in Israel and it is what the Saddamites are reduced to at this point.
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