Kill our own people! Yeah! That'll take them by surprise! CNN.com reports:
Video provided to CNN shows an al Qaeda in Iraq firing squad executing one-time allies -- fellow Sunni extremists -- who were not loyal enough to the terror organization, coalition military analysts said.AQI's executing its own members can only mean one thing: More of them are helping Coalition forces or becoming sympathetic to reconciliation efforts.
In the video provided by coalition military officials, armed men wearing masks are shown standing behind nine kneeling men, all of whom are wearing blindfolds or hoods with their hands presumably tied behind their backs. The video shows the men being executed.
Political progress at the national level may be slow, although I think it's moving quickly, all things considered. But plenty of real progress has been made at the local level in terms of mixed ethnicity and religion neighborhoods finding peace, refugees returning, increased cooperation with U.S. military forces, and a growing sense of national identity. That nation is growing more stable, not less, with each passing day, and AQI is hurting because of its increasing alienation from the people they depend on for shelter, information, and recruits.
They should probably make a new investment: Barack Obama for President!]
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