Way he saw it. Zarqawi was taking advantage of tensions that had been on the ground and taking a candle to that pocket of gas. You could watch the country going aflame. We needed to get zarqawi. But he was good at evading capture. He could essentially remain invisible. Zarqawi made it clear we could lose in iraq. My fellow citizens, at this hour american and Coalition Forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. Every politician wants us to go crush an army. They give us their flag, and we can all go home and everybody is wonderful, like a world war ii victory. That shit aint going to happen. In the battle of iraq the United States and our allies have prevailed. [ cheers and applause ] the United States and allies invaded iraq in the spring of 2003 and there was a set of assumptions that proved to be wrong. One, that we would be accepted as liberators, and two, that there would be the ability to turn
The Islamic State's Central African representative, locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces, recently re-pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State's new overall leader, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Quraishi.
years of violence, are hoping this could be a turning point. when zarqawi was removed from the battlefield, that was by no means end of anything. that was merely the restart of the larger purpose. this thing is not over by far. it s great that we got him, but zarqawi created an army. and he created an army that was not just in iraq. he created a credible insurgency with terrorist tactics, something bigger than a small terrorist organization. he created a movement. we also remind you of the haunting words that our sheikh zarqawi told you. the smarks been lit here in iraq. when i look at what we re facing now, i see zarqawi all over this battlefield. zarqawi is the father of the islamic state. and that consists of lebanon, jordan, parts of israel, all of syria. most of iraq.