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Originally posted by tinfoil
I don't understand. For the most part, these attacks that the Iraqi's are launching are killing their own. How is this helping their cause? Does this sort of thing not risk turning the public away from them? Yes, the Iraqi's may want the US out, but do they want it this badly?
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Polls show that 70+ percent of Iraqis now fear working with the Coalition forces, so the attacks on their fellow Iraqis are working precisely as the guerrilla forces intend (but yeah, it sounds pretty stupid...)
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