Anatomy of the Iraqi Resistance

[darkboong]

We were talking about the nature of the Iraqi resistance at one point.

In terms of public and verifiable evidence it must be conceded, emphatically no less, that there simply has been no tangible occurrence of an Iraqi resistance group publicly condoning the targeting of civilians.

many of the acts of destruction that have been connected to the "insurgency" have found no resonance with the major groups of the Iraqi resistance;

What has been most disturbing has been the ease by which westerners have attributed the most draconian and cruel features to the Iraqi resistance while absolving the US of any duplicity in their occupation. The administration's insistence that the Iraqis (or other "foreign" Arabs) are trying to start a civil war within their own country has never been supported by any logical analysis. Meanwhile it remains true that so long as there is chaos in Iraq the Americans must remain to insure "security."

http://www.counterpunch.org/laith05212005.html

It threw up a couple of surprises for me.