U.S. Sees Sadr City As Model for Fallujah

maddezmom

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Thu Nov-18-04 09:38 AM
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U.S. Sees Sadr City As Model for Fallujah

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Goats nibble on rotting vegetables, barefoot children scavenge through garbage and women in black robes scuttle over slivers of pavement to avoid raw sewage floating down the street. As U.S. soldiers pass by, the bustle continues uninterrupted.

This is Sadr City, Baghdad's biggest slum, home to over 2 million Shiite Muslim inhabitants and the stronghold of the militant Shiite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr.

Violence has convulsed the area twice this year, with U.S. soldiers battling al-Sadr's militia in April and again in the summer before an October cease-fire.

But these days Sadr City is an experiment in peace, one some U.S. military officials believe could be a model for Fallujah once resistance there is suppressed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=7&u=/ap/20041118/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blueprint_for_fallujah

dear god, this is the role model for democracy and freedom. :eyes:

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skooooo

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Thu Nov-18-04 09:43 AM
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1. Goats nibbling on rotten vegies coming to a neighborhood near you!

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maddezmom

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Thu Nov-18-04 09:47 AM
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2. don't leave out, knee deep sewage, hepatitis and typhoid

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Cocoa

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Thu Nov-18-04 09:58 AM
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3. sounds like the perfect place for Bush Square

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/9/22/21447/9277

"And a year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush. There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated." - Richard Perle, 9/22/03

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lynx rufus

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Thu Nov-18-04 10:13 AM
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5. That is too Heavy, as we said in the olden days

where is this leading?
how will it end?

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Barrett808

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Thu Nov-18-04 10:23 AM
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6. "How will it end?" Humiliating withdrawal, of course

Edited on Thu Nov-18-04 10:24 AM by Barrett808

The only question is: Under this administration or the next?

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lumpy

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Thu Nov-18-04 10:36 AM
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7. The Richard Perle quote is priceless,Cocoa

This is one quote I will record in my book of memories of this dreary period in US history. This from a man who helped design the outrageous assault against the people of Iraq.

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NNN0LHI

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Thu Nov-18-04 10:04 AM
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4. What happened to...

..."the mission of US forces is to kill or capture Moqtada al-Sadr" ? How many U.S. deaths is this guy responsible for? Now Bush says he can run for president of Iraq. Crazy world.

Don

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GoBlue

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Thu Nov-18-04 10:37 AM
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8. Satire City is more like it

Looking forward to the travel packages on Travelocity.

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