“We did not see it coming.”

[erik_kosberg]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...pectinsurgency

One of the nation's top generals during the invasion of Iraq said Thursday that the insurgency took U.S. military leaders by surprise because they believed the assurances of Iraqi opposition groups and defectors that American forces would be welcomed.

That’s what you get for not hanging out at EA where you would have heard plenty of doubt. Doh!

[drmomentum[$]]

Chalabi the Wacky Iraqi and his buddies "Curveball" and "Red River."

When does the comic book come out?

-JP

[erik_kosberg]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, senior Sunni cleric calls for Jihad:

"I ask US President (George W.) Bush to withdraw from Iraq or else Ramadi will become a graveyard for US soldiers," declared Sheikh Akram Ubayed Furaih at weekly prayers in the city, 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Baghdad.