If not, who are they then?
2007-08-05 17:38:18 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Iran seems to be the driving force behind trying to create a civil uprising in Iraq. Where do you think all those W.M.D.'s we could not find went. My guess is Iran as a distinct possibility. I say visit Iran and help a Muslim meet ALLAH right NOW. Syria fits the profile also.
2007-08-06 13:58:42 · answer #1 · answered by DIAL 911 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of them somewhere between 70% and 80% are not affiliated with Al Quaeda. Instead, they are the paramilitary wings of the various political parties (including some of the parties currently in the government).
Basically, they are all scared that, if they lay down their arms, the other groups will seize power and become a new Saddam. The utter failure of the legislators and the government to try to resolve issues through actual debate, bills, amendments, and votes in Parliament and to take any action against any of these militias is what keeps these groups going.
Some of the groups are receiving support from foreign governments (including Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia). None of them are under the control of any outside group. Some of them want the Americans to go so that they would be free to resolve the matter once and for all by military means. Some of them want the Americans to stay (at least until they can grow strong enough to have a chance to win). None of them have shown the slightest inclination to compromise to achieve a peaceful settlement.
2007-08-06 00:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by Tmess2 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would say almost none are under their command, though many more will probably side with them now that we have invaded their country. We are not focusing on Osama or Al Quaeda by invading Iraq and many large U.S. corporations in fact are profitting handily from this war. The U.S. causes the most violence in Iraq. We should pull out the troops.
2007-08-06 01:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by IdeaGuy82 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A goodly number, I would suppose. But there are also Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds who are all engaged in ethnic and sectarian fighting. Al Qaeda sees this, I imagine, as an opportunity to join in the bloodbath. While the sectarian nuts are killing each other and some US troops, Al Qaeda is there but their reason is to kill Westerners. It's the perfect scenario for them, hiding among the ruins of a civil war.
2007-08-06 00:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
no while there is a small fraction of al qaeda in Iraq most problems are being caused my the shite muslims and other Iraqi political fractions in-fighting.
2007-08-06 00:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by firetdriver_99 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They are Sunni and Shiite factions attacking eachother. They are also other Islamic factions within both those sects who are attacking other factions within their own sects. It's a mess.
Watch this video. It's very good and it's very insightful information from the military and from a writer/intellectual who teaches about the mideast at Sarah Lawrence college and who travels there all the time:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07272007/watch2.html
2007-08-06 00:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are not.
Most are insurgents -- fighting for control over their little corner of the country. All they really care about is not being under the control of someone else -- they are not all working together.
There is a small Al Qaeda faction, that started in 2004 according to US intelligence estimates. They are causing some problems, just to be a pain.
But the majority would stop fighting if the other people they were fighting simply left them alone.
2007-08-06 00:42:23 · answer #7 · answered by coragryph 7 · 7⤊ 3⤋
Mostly they are under the command of Bush. Things were pretty quiet until he invaded Iraq. People could walk around Baghdad without being killed by car bombs.
2007-08-06 01:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
not,most are Iraqis. they are trying to lay it off on militias according to a news story. with further reading it says it was those that left the militias. it is all a flip flop about who the bad guys are,one week the sunnis,the next the shiites. stay tuned for more confusion
2007-08-06 01:03:00 · answer #9 · answered by here to help 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure that we would not tolerate if another country came in and decided what was "good" for us. We invaded a sovereign nation. They have every right to fight back.
We are being fed propaganda from the media and this administration. Remember when it was the communists?
2007-08-06 01:52:50 · answer #10 · answered by alana 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋