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Resistance in Iraq Is Home Grown
(Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 02 September 2003)
Despite the U.S. government's insistence that Iraq has become the new battlefield of global terrorism, most of the resistance is home grown. The guerrillas are militants from the deposed regime, but they are also ordinary Iraqis opposed to occupation. They are ex-intelligence officers and farmers, militiamen and merchants, bombers and fishermen, according to more than a dozen interviews with Americans and Iraqis. . . . The Najaf attack and the bombings in Baghdad at United Nations headquarters and the Jordanian Embassy, all within 22 days, reflect a new, higher level of coordination. For the dozen or so daily ambushes targeting American troops, however, there is little indication of an overarching coordination uniting cells. . . . "The former regime left behind a huge military arsenal, and it's enough to fight for tens of years," . . . An alliance with Islamic extremists allows guerrillas to cast their fight in religious terms, which also helps to distance them from the discredited Hussein regime. The puritanical Wahhabi brand of Islam, for example, is especially anti-Western. Adherents believe that any non-Muslim who trespasses on Islamic land is an invader who must be repelled. Its members have also clashed with the Shiites for generations. . . . "Our religion asks of us jihad whenever we are being occupied," said the guerrilla . . . The insurgents are able to blend into their villages and towns, eluding capture, thanks largely to tribal networks and ancient friendships. Those connections also help pay their bills. . . . "It was a mistake to let Saddam sit and rule us as he did, and not resist," said the affluent manager of an import-export business from Fallouja. "We won't make that mistake again." . . . "After this occupation, the American government became the enemy," . . . "We tell our people they must be patient, but patience will not last."

posted by Lorenzo 8:19 PM