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2006-08-12 Iraq

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Posted by ed 2006-08-12 07:31|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the military arm of the Mahdi army?

that's REALLY lame

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-12 09:08|| 2006-08-12 09:08|| Front Page Top

#2 U.S. forces detain 60 at Iraq funeral

Avout Damn Time.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-08-12 09:20|| 2006-08-12 09:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I have just got to stop posting Pre-Coffee.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-08-12 09:22|| 2006-08-12 09:22|| Front Page Top

#4 "The extent of Iranian involvement here has long been the subject of debate within the U.S. military and civilian establishment. Privately, some senior U.S. officials are skeptical that the Iranian government is doing more than providing money to select Shiite groups. Others insist the Iranians are providing weapons and training to some Shiite factions."

Oh please. The freakin shaped charges have Tehran stamped all over them. No one with half a brain disputes what the Iranians are doing in Iran and have been since the war started. Iran has always been a bigger problem than Syria, IMO. If there is one focus on the shortcoming of Rmmy's limited troop strategy it is that there were not enough troops to secure the borders. Major screw up as far as I can see.

Posted by Remoteman 2006-08-12 10:39|| 2006-08-12 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Syria is like an arm (or a tentacle). Hezbollah is like the sock-puppet on the end of that arm.

Why we allowed Muqtada al-Sadr to fester is beyond my reckoning.

Posted by eLarson 2006-08-12 11:51|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-08-12 11:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Not so sure about a "surge" in indirect fire at the IZ, but in the past few months (well before Lebanon) there was a return to intermittent fire (frequently duds and usually hitting anything in particular). And recent love notes have in fact came from novel parts of town.

Too tired, otherwise would post an article about the current second phase of the B'dad security operation, only to point out that what we're now doing in B'dad should probably have been done long, long ago (and elsewhere, as needed). Surrounding troublesome areas and systematically clearing them. Is this rocket science?

I could be all wet, but if I'm not some analysts and historians with access to all the command reasoning and direction from above should be able to do some devastating stuff on how - at the tactical level - we've fought this one. Greatest military that ever walked the Earth, but looks like there has been some major malfunction in the most basic decisions here.

Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2006-08-12 15:19|| 2006-08-12 15:19|| Front Page Top

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