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2006-03-06 Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-06 01:59|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Glad to see AP is admitting it.

That we were fortunate enough to have an RBer on the ground telling us this some time ago shouldn't be held against them. Heh.

BH6 knows his shit cold. AP follows, waay back, cringing in his long shadow, lol.

Posted by .com 2006-03-06 02:06|| 2006-03-06 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The conservative province was one of Saddam Hussein's strongholds that violently turned on American troops after what many considered a pivotal event: Soldiers in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne fired on demonstrators in Fallujah in April 2003, killing 16 and wounding 65.

The U.S.-led invasion also cost Anbar's Sunnis their privileged status. Many who lost government jobs or military commissions joined the insurgency, which turned the sprawling province into the country's deadliest killing zone for American troops.

A forthcoming book by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ahmed Hashim, an adviser to Abizaid on the insurgency, says understandable grievances pushed a broad swath of Sunnis to fight the U.S. occupation. The American response - labeling the rebels "dead enders" and dismissing the idea of sharing power with them - exacerbated the war, Hashim says.

"The U.S. military establishment ... has proven again that it has neither the organizational or cultural flexibility to deal with insurgencies," Hashim wrote

AP's admissions come with more than a bit of spin, though. U.S. troop response to rioters as the pivot that turned the locals against the American invaders? Not what I would call unbiased analysis. As for Mr. Light Colonel Hashim, I sincerely hope General Abizaid didn't pay close attention to his advice.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-03-06 06:55|| 2006-03-06 06:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Now that the Sunnis have shot themselves in both feet, they come to the table and blame their absence on the Great Satin.
"It's all Bush's fault....we read it in the paper."

Posted by wxjames 2006-03-06 10:45|| 2006-03-06 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Nuthin more peaceful than a deadman.

Posted by Lucas McSain 2006-03-06 15:51|| 2006-03-06 15:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Great Satin

I'm fond of velvet, myself ....

Posted by anon 2006-03-06 16:47|| 2006-03-06 16:47|| Front Page Top

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