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2007-03-21 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2007-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And here I thought that "Al Anbar Revival" is a Sunni tribute band to the music of John Fogarty.

Posted by Penguin 2007-03-21 00:06|| 2007-03-21 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Bad Moon Gawd aRisin?

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-03-21 00:48|| 2007-03-21 00:48|| Front Page Top

#3 A good start - and a turning point.

THIS is what has been needed: THe Sunnis not only to abandon AlQ, but to actively oppose them by sending their sons to join the police force and Army.

The press missed it.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 01:02|| 2007-03-21 01:02|| Front Page Top

#4 The press ~~missed~~ suppressed it.

I assume this is what you really meant, OS! :-)

Posted by gorb 2007-03-21 07:52|| 2007-03-21 07:52|| Front Page Top

#5 MSM has been covering US/Iraqi police ops in Anbar, but not this. Probably because the coalition ops are sourced to Centcom/MNF. What re the sources for KUNA/Al Hurra on this? Either the Govt of Iraq, or direct sources in the tribes. The Govt of Iraq has generally proven a less reliable source than Centcom/MNF, and its hardly surprising the MSM doesnt have the same contacts in Anbar that KUNA or Al Hurra do - language, culture, all that.

Im not saying I think this story is WRONG - I will take it with SOME salt, but not that much.

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-03-21 09:05|| 2007-03-21 09:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Probably the tribes are the source. Which means it coudl be laser accurate, or puffed to make the local imir look bigger.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 11:43|| 2007-03-21 11:43|| Front Page Top

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