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2007-09-07 Iraq

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2007-09-07 03:06|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 i give it 1 month before US forces have too clear the city again

Posted by here now gone tomorrow 2007-09-07 08:51|| 2007-09-07 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Always with the negative vibes...

Posted by Oddball 2007-09-07 09:28|| 2007-09-07 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 I am now becoming confident, that once we do leave, and the goverment screws up, there is an Anerican trained army that will start the coup.

Posted by plainslow 2007-09-07 09:34|| 2007-09-07 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 With respect to Fallujah, my understanding is that the police are backed up by IA personnel serving with the police on a rotating basis; further, the locals neighborhoods have watchers and the tribes and subtribes have watchers and the mosques have watchers all of whom are anti ALQ.

We'll see.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-09-07 09:38|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-09-07 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I also suspect that any IA personnel not essential to ongoing operations are going to be training extra hard, and on a very tight schedule. This Corps operation in the North may very well signal that the IA may soon have to face the Iranian army.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-09-07 11:01|| 2007-09-07 11:01|| Front Page Top

#6 As long as they leave two stones one on top another---it's not a victory.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-07 11:06|| 2007-09-07 11:06|| Front Page Top

#7 As long as they leave two stones one on top another---it's not a victory.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-07 11:24|| 2007-09-07 11:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Oooops

Posted by gromgoru 2007-09-07 11:24|| 2007-09-07 11:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Its nice to see a ME nation kicking terrorist ass and not selling our weapons to the Chinese.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-09-07 11:42|| 2007-09-07 11:42|| Front Page Top

#10 Job well done - BZ to the USMC who secured and trained the IA that enabled the police to move in.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-09-07 14:19|| 2007-09-07 14:19|| Front Page Top

#11 From what I've heard about the Iraqi Police, though, I can't say I'm confident.

Posted by eLarson 2007-09-07 14:52|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-09-07 14:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Under al-Hashemis guidance, his soldiers routinely respond with, I am Iraqi, whenever asked by civilians whether they are Shiite or Sunni

Yep, that's the first big step.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-07 14:53|| 2007-09-07 14:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Always with the negative vibes...

Close but no cigar. If you're going to quote Kelly's Heroes, it's:

"... always with the negative waves"

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-07 14:59|| 2007-09-07 14:59|| Front Page Top

#14 As long as they leave two stones one on top another---it's not a victory.

"I find your lack of faith ... disturbing."

Sir William
President of the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-07 15:07|| 2007-09-07 15:07|| Front Page Top

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