I'm not anticipating any positive new developments, but that's just me.
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| Iraq |
| Obama Loses Fallujah |
| 2014-01-05 |
| BEIRUT -- A rejuvenated al-Qaeda-affiliated force asserted control over the western Iraqi city of Fallujah on Friday, raising its flag over government buildings and declaring an Islamic state in one of the most crucial areas that U.S. troops fought to pacify before withdrawing from Iraq two years ago. The capture of Fallujah came amid an explosion of violence across the western desert province of Anbar in which local tribes, Iraqi security forces and al-Qaeda-affiliated militants have been fighting one another for days in a confusingly chaotic three-way war. |
| Posted by:Omavising Ebbemp9815 |
| #8 Fear notteth, I say, SecState Jaawhn + OWG "Co-Superpower" Riusing Iran is coming! * DEMOCRATIC UNDERGOUND > AP NEWS, WAPO = KERRY: US WILL SUPPORT IRAQ, BUT WIDOUT [sending in any US]TROOPS. That's what Iran + Hezbollah + anti-Assadian domestic, regional opposition groups are for. OTOH, iff Bammer-promised $$$ + Arms were, how should I politely say, [snail-like]"slow" in reaching the anti-Assad FSA + aligned, WILL THE SAME COME WEIRDLY-N-MYSTERIOUSLY SUDDENLY "FASTER" NOW THAT FUTURE OWG CO-SUPERPOWER RISING IRAN + ITS PROXY HEZBOLLAH ARE AMERIKA'S NEW BFFS??? Will the US-NATO/Allies be arming Iran in exchange for Iran not dev or deploying NucWeapons, at least for a time??? DITTO NOW AS PER AQ-THREATENED IRAQ? POST-2014 AFGHANISTAN = AFPAK? OTHER??? Lest we fergit, IRAN + its PAN-PERSIAN/IRANIAN UNION will eventually be at odds or in competition agz US NATO ALLY TURKEY + TURKEY'S DESIRED PAN-TURKIC UNION. * TOPIX > [Tehran Times] IRAN READY TO PROVIDE MILITARY AID TO IRAQ TO DEAL WID TERRORISTS. * RELATED BIGNEWSNETWORK > IRAN READY TO HELP IRAQ BATTLE AL-QAIDA: IRAN'S MILITARY CHIEFS. DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF MOHAMMAD HEJAZI SAID ON SUNDAY THAT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC [of Iran] WAS PREPARED TO PROVIDE MILITARY EQUIPMENT + ADVICE TO IRAQ TO HELP IT BATTLE AL-QAIDA. Whew, dats a long title. VERSUS * TOPIX > [Bloomberg] AL-QAEDA FALLUJAH ATTACK SHOWS GROWING POWER AMID SYRIA WAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-01-05 20:56 |
| #7 Big mistake not to give Sunnis their own autonomous region. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-01-05 19:19 |
| #6 The optiks are kinda screwed up tho with MetroMan in Office. Have you ever "spoken" with someone who said it was Nixon's decision to abandon S. Vietnam? I have. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-01-05 17:14 |
| #5 The optiks are kinda screwed up tho with MetroMan in Office. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-05 14:18 |
| #4 Keep in mind that the Democrats and the media has always wanted the war in Iraq to turn into another 'Vietnam' [war]. From Harry Reid's "The war is lost" to this they have worked tirelessly to create a new 'Vietnam II' to relive their glory days of the 70's. I think their only regret is there wasn't a huge loss of American lives and planeloads of body bags returning (or not returning) to accompany their accomplishment of turning Bush'es War into a complete failure. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-01-05 14:08 |
| #3 Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-01-05 08:34 |
| #2 Wow. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-01-05 06:27 |
| #1 I'm not anticipating any positive new developments, but that's just me. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-01-05 03:35 |