The Christian Science Monitor covers the frustration of US troops as they face an outgunned enemy that fights to the death rather than surrendering.
Meanwhile, The Times reports that documentary evidence has been found confirming that Saddam Hussein imported at least hundreds of Islamic militants in preparation for this war and inserted them into the Feyadeen. These foreign fighters apparently led the resistance in Basra.
Did these fanatically devoted militants drive their less militant compatriots towards martyrdom? This type of arrangement strikes me as being a religious variant of a loyalty officer.
This almost begs the question: how many militants filtered into Iraq to lay low as sleepers in order to better mobilize action against US-led occupation?
There's also an interesting comment in the Times piece made regarding to the relationship between bin Laden and al Qaeda. Is the definition of al Qaeda narrow or broad?
"These are not just zealots who grabbed a gun and went to the front line. They know how to employ guerrilla tactics so someone had to have trained them. They are certainly organised, and if it's not bin Laden's people, its al-Qaeda by another name. But they certainly came here to fight the West."Posted by at April 13, 2003 12:23 AM | TrackBack
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