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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:32 PM
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Iraqi police lose control over Mosul
Last throes indeed!

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http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/july/07_21_2.html

IRAQI POLICE LOSE CONTROL OVER MOSUL


BAGHDAD -- Iraqi police were said to have lost control over Mosul.

Residents in the northern Iraqi city said police have stopped patrolling most of the city. They said Islamic insurgents have taken control of neighborhoods and walk freely with their weapons through most of Mosul.

"The western part of Mosul has been outside government jurisdiction," Iraqi parliamentarian Hanin Al Qadu said.

Other officials in Mosul agree. They said the spate of assassinations of police and civilian officials has resulted in the erosion of authority in Mosul, the third biggest city in Iraq.

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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:35 PM
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1. Will Mosul become the U.S.'s next Fallujia?
....Just how many Iraqi cities will Bush order to be flatten by military bombs, snipers and Wolf Packs?
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:37 PM
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2. problem is, there is still violence coming out of Fallujia!
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:46 PM
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3. I know that, but there are many time sfewer Fallujians.....
....Does Bush want the same thing for Mosul?
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:48 PM
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4. I hear you
and I wouldn't put it past the administration.
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wookie294 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 01:56 PM
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9. I believe Bush is slowly withdrawing from Iraq
That's a big reason why Mosul is "out of control." Armed gangs associated with Sadr have controlled ALL of Basra for many months, but coaltion troops have not attempted to stop it. We are withdrawing from Iraq in stages, imho.
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0rganism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:54 PM
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5. Does this imply that at some point the police "had control over Mosul"?
Edited on Wed Jul-20-05 12:55 PM by 0rganism
I mean, that's how I read "lost control"; you can't lose what you never had.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:57 PM
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6. Yes, but who had control over Mosul.....no one
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Hobarticus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:11 PM
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17. Remember, 90% of the country is pacified...
Too bad 95% of the population lives in the other 10%.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 12:58 PM
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7. "Let civil war and chaos reign"
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wookie294 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 01:58 PM
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10. Mosul is probably less violent today without US troops
Get American forces out of Iraq and the violence will decline.
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fshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 01:48 PM
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8. Bottom line.
A vast majority of Americans, Democrats and Republicans, prefer to manipulate a civil war somewhere than to deal with a constitutional crisis at home.
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 02:06 PM
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11. Move along...nothing to see here
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 03:13 PM
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12. is the oil safe?
yes? then why does it matter?

we're only in it for the oil!
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StrafingMoose Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 03:28 PM
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13. Exactly...
Edited on Wed Jul-20-05 03:28 PM by StrafingMoose
So easier to take the oil when the country's all broken into civil war, then you just fund the warlord who sits ontop of the well!

Rumsfeld: "Hmmm..Where's that Zarqawi guy when you need him?!"
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 03:37 PM
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14. Iraqi police don't even control the green zone.
Imagine controlling Mosul. Everyone told Bush that an invasion would unleash anarchy. Even his dad knew that. PNAC idiots just think the world is just a big toy for their amusement.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 04:13 PM
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18. the very sad truth
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 03:40 PM
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15. Yawn... am I to be surprised?
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DeadManInc Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-20-05 03:52 PM
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16. You had to have control to lose it!
:wtf:
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