Suicide Bomb Attacks Present Top Challenge in Iraq

On April 18, 2007, Gerry J. Gilmore at American Forces Press Service wrote this news article that went in part like this...

Note: The following was said by Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, the commander of U.S. Central Command, as he testified before the House Armed Services Committee members on Capitol Hill.

... “However, I will tell you quite honestly that it bothers me and I hold my breath regularly in anticipation, regrettably, of the suicide bombers,” Fallon said. “These people that are just seemingly, totally bent on creating as much chaos and bloodshed as possible, particularly against the civilian communities. I think we are challenged to work against this problem.” The best way to circumvent al Qaeda’s strategy in Iraq is to convince the country’s Sunni population that it has a viable stake in the new Iraq’s future, Fallon said. The al Qaeda-Sunni extremist nexus “is the most destabilizing” element in Iraq today, he reiterated. A key to establishing stability across Iraq is to convince its people there’s a better life for them down the road, the admiral said...

Read this news article in full at the CENTCOM website link below...
Suicide Bomb Attacks Present Top Challenge in Iraq, Fallon Says