Iraq Fighting.
Several coordinated attacks occurred in Iraq overnight. The Times is reporting that at least 105 people were killed--the main brunt being from four car bombs in Mosul. Fighting was also reported to be heavy in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. Base10 recalls reading that the heaviest fighting in WWII occurred when the Nazi regime was on verge of final defeat. Base10 thinks there is a parallel here. If the Islamists are so confident that they can defeat all enemies, why are they targeting civilians in the week immediately preceeding the transfer of power. Answer: they realize that the game is over if democratic institutions reach Iraq. Their main arguments blaming all the Arab world's problems on America and Israel is refuted.
- posted by Base10 @ 10:41 AM