> "American troops on the Syrian border are enjoying a
> battle they have long waited to see - a clash between
> foreign al-Qa'eda fighters and Iraqi insurgents.
>
> Tribal leaders in Husaybah are attacking followers of
> Abu Musab Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born terrorist who
> established the town as an entry point for al-Qa'eda
> jihadists being smuggled into the country.
>
> The reason, the US military believes, is frustration
> at the heavy-handed approach of the foreigners, who
> have kidnapped and assassinated local leaders and
> imposed a strict Islamic code."
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/07/04/wirq04.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/07/04/ixworld.html
>
Lt. Col. Timothy Mundy, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, the person making this claim, seems to have a lot of "face time" with the media for a combat officer.
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You'd think from the number of news article derived from his statements that he would be the local Marine PR liason for the *Strategic Hamlet* formerly know as Al-quaim.
It's what the Marines said they were going to the outback to do.... and it's what they've done.
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/lookup/2005540285?opendocument
Caption: AL QA'IM, Iraq- Lt. Col. Timothy Mundy, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment meets with the mayor of Al Qa'im, March 14. The mayor, Raja Nuwaf Fahran Al-Sharhi and his sons met with Mundy and representatives of the 5th Civil Affairs Group to discuss future projects and better relationships between Iraqis and US forces at the super phosphate plant in Al Qa'im. Through an interpreter Mundy listened to issues presented to the mayor by his people. Photo by: Cpl. Eric C. Ely
Cooperate, or you could end up being in a shallow ditch with a bunch of "...recovered "kurdish" bodies that "Saddam Hussein, the inhumane dictator"(tm) massacred.... unh.... years ago.
That's what this photo says to me.
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