Michael Ware reports: Al Qaeda in Iraq

One of the world's top war reporters, Michael Ware, reports on AQI based on details centered around the capture of a huge cache of documents in Anbar province.

Al Qaeda's folder on Operation Desert Shield expresses the depth, structure and measure of its military command. It is perhaps the most compelling illustration of how al Qaeda works.

Yet the Desert Shield folder is but one found among the thousands of pages of records, letters, lists and hundreds of videos held in the headquarters of al Qaeda's security prince for Anbar province, a man referred to in secret correspondence as Faris Abu Azzam.

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Ware reports on an AQI with a surprisingly strong command structure as of 2006, and an organization aware that its severe treatment of Iraqis spelled public relations trouble.


If Al Qaida is in Iraq when Barack Obama is president of the United States, will he go after them?

Reality-based community still having trouble facing reality

The self-described "libhomo" dropped by to voice skepticism about reports that violence in Iraq is diminishing.

The line is that the reports all come through official government channels, either controlled by the United States or by our puppet government in Iraq.

Reporter Michael Ware reeled off plenty of criticism of the surge strategy.

Here's Ware earlier last month:


For those not inclined to watch the video, this is how Ware starts out:

Well, I have to say it truly is a blessing what the Iraq that I have returned to.
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It is logical to expect that a real decrease in violence in Iraq results in a person like Ware rendering that type of assessment.

The alternative involves conspiratorial thinking that makes Ware the puppet of the administration despite his near-constant criticisms of the administration.

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