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2008-04-05 Iraq

Bill Roggio's take on the Good, the Bad and the Ugly at Basra

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-04-05 17:32|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Maliki has changed his rhetoric, however, and indicated that criminals are now the target of operations.

Different label, same targets.

Posted by phil_b 2008-04-05 18:30|| 2008-04-05 18:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting take on things. I suspect that this unit was not necessarily as friendly to Maliki as it appears. In fact, it almost seems like he was trying to humiliate them on purpose. Perhaps their commanders were aligned with someone trying to undermine Maliki.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-05 23:15|| 2008-04-05 23:15|| Front Page Top

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