PROBLEMS WITH THE WAR WHORES' NARRATIVE

The Iraq War Whores have been chortling about the imminent "victory" in Iraq yet our own military contradicts their fantasy. In an AP article. we find that U.S. spokesman Rear Adm. Gregory Smith said

"While Iraqi and coalition forces continue to make sustained progress against these terrorists, al-Qaida and other militia extremist groups remain a dangerous enemy of Iraq,"

Further, we also have another twist on the insurgency, that the Shia extremists are trying to make it seem that Al Qaida is behind some attacks:

During overnight raids, U.S. and Iraqi soldiers arrested four members of an unidentified Shiite "special groups cell," who confessed to the bombing, U.S. spokesman Rear Adm. Gregory Smith told reporters.

"Based on subsequent confessions, forensics and other intelligence, the bombing was the work of an Iranian-backed special groups cell operating here in Baghdad," Smith said, adding that he was not accusing Iran itself of ordering the blast.

The market is located in a Shiite area and has been targeted before by Sunni extremists. But Smith said the attackers wanted people to believe that the bomb, packed with ball-bearings to maximize casualties, was the work of al-Qaida in Iraq so that residents would turn to Shiite militias for protection.

This causes a problem for the narrative because we've been told repeatedly that Al Qaida is behind almost all the attacks.

Finally, the War Whores almost always point to how calm the Kurdish provinces are and never mention the problems just below the surface:

Kirkuk has seen a rise in violence that authorities blame in part on insurgents who fled security crackdowns in Baghdad. Tension among the city's Kurdish, Arab and Turkomen population is running high because of Kurdish aspirations to incorporate Kirkuk into their semiautonomous zone.