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2005-08-14 Iraq-Jordan

Say What? Iraqi Sunnis Battle To Defend Shiites

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Posted by Captain America 2005-08-14 01:44|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hero! *cheers*

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-08-14 02:38|| http://communistposters.com/]">[http://communistposters.com/] 2005-08-14 02:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess the "insurgency" isn't "raging" in Ramadi quite the way most media reports would leave most people to believe. Imagine.

Meanwhile, there's a reason Mosul's been seeing less and less, and less and less ambitious, enemy activity. Unemployment hasn't changed. Sunni Arab harassment of Kurds hasn't changed. Certain people were killed or captured. In Samarra things have gone the other way -- again not due to economic conditions. I fear that 90% of so-called counter-insurgency doctrine and thinking is bunk: force, killing, intimidation, and keeping the initiative are still the requirements for success. In the Iraqi context, the soft side is of trivial importance.

Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2005-08-14 03:42|| 2005-08-14 03:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Ahmad sounds like he has a little Rantburger in him. I'll bet he didn't really say "nonsense." Maybe the reporter knows how sensitive some of the marshalls get about use of the vernacular.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-08-14 11:59|| 2005-08-14 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Fu*k you Zarqawi.

Posted by bgrebel9 2005-08-14 13:59|| 2005-08-14 13:59|| Front Page Top

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