http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...733%255E2703,00.html
AMERICAN officials are drawing an alarming new portrait of the insurgency in Iraq, showing it has significantly more fighters and far greater financial resources than had previously been estimated.
The New York Times reported yesterday that when foreign fighters and the network of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were counted with home-grown insurgents, the hard-core resistance numbered between 8000 and 12,000 people.
That tally swelled to more than 20,000 when active sympathisers or covert accomplices were included.
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Military and other government officials in Iraq and Washington said the core of the Iraqi insurgency now consisted of as many as 50 militant cells that drew on "unlimited money" from an underground financial network run by former Baath Party leaders and Saddam Hussein's relatives.
Of course Bush could've taken him out, but was more intent on invading Iraq than actually keeping us safe from terrorism.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/
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AMERICAN officials are drawing an alarming new portrait of the insurgency in Iraq, showing it has significantly more fighters and far greater financial resources than had previously been estimated.
The New York Times reported yesterday that when foreign fighters and the network of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were counted with home-grown insurgents, the hard-core resistance numbered between 8000 and 12,000 people.
That tally swelled to more than 20,000 when active sympathisers or covert accomplices were included.
...
Military and other government officials in Iraq and Washington said the core of the Iraqi insurgency now consisted of as many as 50 militant cells that drew on "unlimited money" from an underground financial network run by former Baath Party leaders and Saddam Hussein's relatives.
Of course Bush could've taken him out, but was more intent on invading Iraq than actually keeping us safe from terrorism.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4431601/