Who to Believe?
Jul 31, 202023K Shares461.1K Views
Last month, Osama bin Laden released a tape in which he railed against Iraqi tribal leaders who have turned on al Qaeda and admitted that coalition forces are growing stronger in Iraq. Ladies and gentlemen, some may deny the surge is working, but among the terrorists there is no doubt. Al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq, and this enemy will be defeated. (Applause.)
Sunni Arab guerrillas ambushed an American convoy in the northern city of Mosul with a roadside bomb on Monday, then sprayed survivors with machine-gun fire from perches in a nearby mosque, killing five American soldiers.
It was the second devastating attack on United States forces this month, bringing the number of fatalities to 36 this year, and the latest sign that the main front of the insurgency has shifted to northern Iraq.
While American fatalities have fallen sharply in Baghdad and Anbar Province, they have not slowed in the north. Three-fifths of the American servicemen killed this year were in three provinces dominated by Sunni Arabs north of Baghdad.
Paula M. Graham
Reviewer
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