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2007-02-05 Iraq

Baghdad offensive set to begin - U.S. officers

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Posted by gorb 2007-02-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Prediction: the south Tigris sectors of Baghdad will be under martial law within a week. Then comes the house to house search for al-Qaeda and the Mahdites. After phase 1 is complete, then troops head north. First surprise: the people are so conflict weary that they will support the operation.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-02-05 00:54|| 2007-02-05 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a multiple order magnitude of difference, not just a 30 percent, I mean a couple hundred percent

That would be 20% of one order of magnitude.

/metaphor police

Posted by Excalibur 2007-02-05 09:00|| 2007-02-05 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 A good 1st rough estimate of the magnitude of increase, but let's not be so negative. Actually,

100% + 200% (couple hundred percent increase) =

3 units,

log10(3) = .47,

so 47% of a magnitude increase.

/nitpicking

Posted by The Approximator 2007-02-05 09:39|| 2007-02-05 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 "This time soldiers will get pay bonuses to come to Baghdad and will be given a finite tour of duty, so they know their deployment will not be open-ended, the American officers said."

"One, two, three, what are we kurds fighting for, dont know, want to get back to Irbil bad, but im heading for old Baghdad..."

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-02-05 09:43|| 2007-02-05 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 *giggle*

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-05 10:06|| 2007-02-05 10:06|| Front Page Top

#6 I have an idea. Ear bounties. Like were used to get control of various varmint and vermin populations in our rural areas. Maybe $1 per ear would work. For no more than $50 million we could clean up the whole country.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-02-05 12:41|| 2007-02-05 12:41|| Front Page Top

#7 LOL you guys; I guess because 100% has a couple of zeros in it he thought it must be a couple orders of magnitude. There's a future for this fellow in Washington.

Posted by KBK 2007-02-05 14:29|| 2007-02-05 14:29|| Front Page Top

#8 You want fries with that magnitude ?

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