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2007-11-16 Iraq

'Brit pullout from Basra leads to fewer attacks

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Posted by Steve White 2007-11-16 10:37|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

Posted by Don Vito Corleone 2007-11-16 12:21|| 2007-11-16 12:21|| Front Page Top

#2 We thought, 'If 90 percent of the violence is directed at us, what would happen if we stepped back?

They'd stop shooting at you, probly .....

Posted by lotp 2007-11-16 14:03|| 2007-11-16 14:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, less attacks because the bad guys run everything now and get away with whatever, duh

Posted by Mad Eye Thrineger4793 2007-11-16 16:48|| 2007-11-16 16:48|| Front Page Top

#4 FREEREPUBLIC/POLIPUNDIT Posters > believe that the insurgency is only temporarily down while Islamists/insurgents recoup = rebuild, that the violence will recur when and iff the US-Brits, etc. withdraw or downsize, AND THAT EVEN IFF IT DECIDES TO COMPL WITHDRAW [which Dubya won't]AMER STILL NEEDS TO KEEP HITTING HARD AT THE INSURGENTS + [ATTACK?] RADICAL IRAN ANYWAY IN ORDER TO KEEP AMER SAFE IN THE AFTERMATH. IOW, any so-called US-specific "Withdrawal" from Iraq or elsewhere does NOT mean the USA should NOT attack-occupy IRAN NOR stop engaging local Govts to fight Radical Islam.

*POSTERS > HISTORY OF MODERN + POST-MODERN WARFARE/INSURGENCIES > INIDCS WEAKENED MILITANTS WILL ATTACK AGAIN WHEN STRONGER OPPONENTS REDUX OR LEAVE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-16 17:31|| 2007-11-16 17:31|| Front Page Top

#5 This just means that militias now firmly control their turf, and if anybody wanders over the line, they will disappear. On one side the Badr Capone gang, and on the other the Sadr "bugs" Moran gang.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-16 18:21|| 2007-11-16 18:21|| Front Page Top

#6 WAFF.com > MILLIBAND: EU SHOULD EXTEND GROW/EXTEND BEYOND EUROPE. You just know RUSSIA-CHINA are going to tolerate this [NOT].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-16 20:53|| 2007-11-16 20:53|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Don Vito Corleone 2007-11-16 23:34|| 2007-11-16 23:34|| Front Page Top

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