Sectarian violence is within that nation (for the most part) and is their own killing their own.. and ours in the process.. why are we in the middle of that? How many terrorists are our troops actually capturing/killing? An honest question because in my mind there are plenty of things we could be doing that would be much more effective in the war on terror than spinning our wheels in the middle of sectarian violence.
2007-03-28 05:54:37 · 11 answers · asked by pip 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
None of it. I think the acts of "terror" that we hear about are actually rebels fighting against what they view as an oppressive invasion.
We would do EXACTLY the same thing.
2007-03-28 06:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sectarian violence is terrorism.
Very little of the "sectarian" violence in Iraq involves two armed sides, it is almost always one side or the other killing unarmed civilians with random bombs or other techniques. That is terrorism.
In any case the sectarian violence was started by the Al-Quedia type terrorists initially, to bring chaos to the country. To ignore the "sectarian" violence because it is not dirrected at us, misses the point that the whole reason for the sectarian violence is an effort by the terrorists to show that they can prevent normal life from happening in Iraq.
While it may have been started by Al-Quedia it is self sustaining because of historical reasons and revenge. We can break the revenge cycle by strong police action, and that will increase the stability of Iraq to the point that the Al-Queida type terrorists no longer have the ability to blend into and hide in the chaos.
2007-03-28 13:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Fred 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 1 %
2007-03-28 12:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by beren 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well on the part of the U.S., judging from the fact that we're just shooting back at snipers and people who are trying to blow us up, not very much. Think about it. If an Iraqi army entered our country would you be happy with them?
2007-03-28 12:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very little as compared to the totals. But since stats aren't published for "true" terrorist attacks then we may never know.
2007-03-28 13:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The US is the one trespassing, the one who picked the fight, shock and awe style, and so it's the US who are the terrorists..
2007-03-28 16:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would say about 5% maybe....0% in the beginning, or course, but we have bred new terrorists that would love to kill more of our troops.
2007-03-28 12:59:23 · answer #7 · answered by 2010 CWS Champs! 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not really their own killing their own. There are a lot of fighters from other countries.
2007-03-28 12:57:23 · answer #8 · answered by Abu 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
about 4 percent.
2007-03-28 12:57:22 · answer #9 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All of it is related to terrorism.
2007-03-28 12:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by Scott B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋