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2007-01-14 Iraq

Mahdi Army lowers its profile, anticipating arrival of U.S. troops

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 We're not necessarily going after the militias if the militias don't come after us

Oh joy!

Posted by gromgoru 2007-01-14 03:23|| 2007-01-14 03:23|| Front Page Top

#2 How many milita members can hide under a bed? I don't know the answer, but I'll bet it depends on whether or not they kick the kid out from under the bed.

Posted by gorb 2007-01-14 03:36|| 2007-01-14 03:36|| Front Page Top

#3 However, nothing in what that American commander said limits the actions of the Kurdish brigades. Expect them to be used against both the Sunni and Shias. Besides which, Maliki has been warned that it is HIS job to take on the militias, not ours. If he cannot or will not, why should we? We need to be concerned with Al-Q and the Baathists, the ongoing tribal slaughter is only incidentally related to the primary American concerns.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-14 04:35|| 2007-01-14 04:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Shouldn't that be the powerful Mahdi Army? Amazing how the locals fall in line once you send in the Legions.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-14 09:32|| 2007-01-14 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 The Increasingly Powerful Mahdi Army

ExMan.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-14 16:48|| 2007-01-14 16:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Let the Kurds manhandle them for a while, soften them up a bit for us.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-01-14 17:10|| 2007-01-14 17:10|| Front Page Top

#7 One has to wonder if Mr. Maliki might not have a "crossfire" moment here fairly soon.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-14 17:22|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-14 17:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Watch what is done and not what is said. I wonder if the Kurds were really upset about the raid on the Iranian *cough cough* consulate....Just a thought.

Posted by Alaska Paul ">Alaska Paul 2007-01-14 17:46|| 2007-01-14 17:46|| Front Page Top

#9 One thing that hasn't been said is anything by the Iraqi Prime Minister that he supports W's initiative. A lot of second-hand, mushy quotes is all I've read.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-14 18:32|| 2007-01-14 18:32|| Front Page Top

#10 All this pre-deployment rhetoric has done is give the tator tots time to blend in. After a few months of doing not much, there will be a pull out and then the tators will re-don their black uniforms, etc, etc.
should have capped Tator's arse and all his minons long ago and been done w/ it.

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-01-14 19:57|| 2007-01-14 19:57|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd still wetwork tater and tell Maliki "insh'allah".

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-01-14 21:30|| 2007-01-14 21:30|| Front Page Top

#12 F this - we should kill our enemies as they try to kill us.

Posted by jds 2007-01-14 21:49|| 2007-01-14 21:49|| Front Page Top

#13 we should kill our enemies as before they try to kill us.

Fixed that for ya', #12 jds. :-D

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