Mic,
Great to hear from you on here!! It's been a while since we've seen you on 360. You tell it like it is and don't care what others think. I love that!

The video that we saw on 360 last night was horrific to me! I can't imagine seeing someone executed right in front of me. Having to live like that must really mess with your psyche! Can't wait to see the rest of your report.

Take care and please stay safe!!

Cindy...Ga.

Michael, thank you so much for your post, you are an outstanding investigative journalist. When Iraq is falling off American’s radar your reports keep us informed. Thanks to CNN too for all their support as well, there are many of us still wanting to know what is going on in Iraq.
Please stay safe Michael and crew.

I'm glad we are getting information about this. Iraq has been forgotten by the press lately. Everything that goes on there, should be of the utmost importance. Our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan deserve our undivided attention. They are not out of harms way and we owe them and their families so much. The Iraqi people also need us to stay focused on what's going on. Please keep the coverage coming.

Lorie Ann, Buellton, Calif.

As is now well known, as it was before the war by " american intelligence", the al Quaida ideology was not accepted by the secular regime of Sadam.

You yanks ate Bush's BS hook, line and sinker when everyone else in the world knew it was a lie.

You deserve whatever you get for being stupid.

I must say I was very distressed to see/hear the shot from the snippet.

I don't think that Americans should be showing it to that extent because that is advertising for them and we have enough violence in video games and life already.

I know people are curious and we want to know but I think that our society is too driven to know everything and there is too much raw bloodshed.

People become desensitized to it and just pass it off instead of doing something about it. Like a doctor who becomes callous to a patient dying because he sees it all the time.

We need to stop these crazies but the traditional ways are not working.

Michael:
Your article was an intense read about the inside of al Qaeda war machine. If anything, it verifies that al Qaeda was and is a military force also fighting a war.

It is my concern that al Qaeda will go underground and become more invisible if their military strategies continue to fail. These insurgents are not just a band of brothers fighting against a town bully; it is an organized, clever, funded, idealistic army who may plan another type of 911 to gain global attention.

Sharon, the current disciplined internal structure of Al Quaida is the result of the vanquished members of Sadam's armed forces running the show as the article states.

Once the yanks have been run out of Iraq they will be the basis for a new Iraqi Armed Forces and their involvement with Al Quaida will cease.

At this point they (Al Quaida) will indeed go underground as they were before your invasion of Iraq brought them recruits and a global platform but they will be nowhere near as effective as they were earlier in Iraq with Sadam's officers running the show.

Good report Michael,
You have earned my attention by reporting the facts and not opinions.
Stay safe

hi michael, its nice to read your blog
please stay safe.

tammi

Hi Michael,

Chilling article. Stay safe. I don't know how you war correspondents can sleep at night. Perhaps you don't?

Yeah, we never hear the stories of the PTSD in war reporters. Surely it exists.

Michael.

Glad to see your article – scary though it be. I appreciate your reports because you tell the facts backed up with more facts and with little embellishment. I'm looking forward to your report on 360 and am glad 360 is reporting on Iraq and Afghanistan again.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Things and stories will only get worse the closer we get to November. There are far worse atrocities going on globally that are not covered. Iraq and Afghanistan are war zones. But, there is genocide going on in other countries, and it is not covered.

The Republicans and their surrogates and backers will bring the fear machine out very soon to scare everyone into submission. Hopefully, most are smarter than that. This fall, when it politically helps the Republican Administration and McCain, the war will get very, very bad..........

Mr. Ware

As a military wife whos husband has been deployed to Iraq I for one thank you for your honest reporting. I've always told everyone I know if they want to know the truth about whats really going on in Iraq to listen to your reports where they can get an honest , objective report.

Stay safe and keep doing the great reporting that you do.

From a proud military wife and so proud of our soldiers.

Al Qaeda was only underground, pre-911, to the majority of Americans who live with blinders on. 1998 two US embassy blown up in Africa, US naval ship suicide bombed, and, if you dig deeper, on and on it can go. In 1999 I had to give a speech for a communications class and chose to do it on Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden; speaking on those very things. I concluded by saying something much worse is going to happen on US soil. A few commented that I was in the realm of fear mongering saying that a battle on US soil would never happen. To myself I called them fools and naive.
Now we are all finally starting to see that Al Qaeda is not just some rag tag terrorist cult that can be given the name Freedom Fighters. They are not just an enemy of the US, they are an enemy of mankind. They do not respect life, they only respect death. I'm reluctant to use the word hate, but this is an enemy whom you can hate. It is foolish to lump them together with other groups like Hamas or Hezbollah as they are also enemies of Al Qaeda. The blanket of the term terrorist should not cover Al Qaeda, they are to much of an enemy for that. This group must be hunted down, killed, destroyed, obliterated and any other non-politically correct word you can think of; no matter where they are. Even Pakistan, should they lack the will or ability to do it themselves, no matter what the Pakistani government says. To do anything less and we are leaving ourselves open, if not inviting, a future attack; perhaps, more severe. Pakistan has a nuclear arsenal and fragile government. They must not be allowed to go to the under ground of the public eye again. Call me a fear monger if you want, but I will say aloud this time, you're a fool.
Micheal Ware, thank you for your work and good luck in the continuing of it.

Does this clipping mean the Bush administration just found out about al Quaeda and the previous statements from them was just propaganda? Maybe Scott McClellan is in fact correct about the Bush administration.