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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:11 AM
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Iraq insurgents say election truce won't last

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Iraq insurgents say election truce won't last

FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi secular insurgents and Islamist militants said on Friday they would soon resume attacks on U.S. troops and their Iraqi allies, saying they had only observed an election truce to let fellow Sunni Arabs vote.

Both Saddam Hussein loyalists and religious militants said the insurgency would rage until U.S. troops leave Iraq.

"As long as the occupation exists along with those agents who brought it, we will continue our armed struggle," said Abu Muyasir, 52, a former member of Saddam's Baath party who is a local guerrilla leader in Falluja, west of Baghdad.

He said rebels would also remove politicians such as Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a leader in the ruling Shi'ite bloc.


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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:14 AM
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1. Just like the last time....
The media will talk about how successful the elections were, Bush will get on television to crow about "democracy in Iraq" and Bush's poll numbers will go up. Give it about a week.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:17 AM
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2. Iraq will be parcelled up between Iran and Kuwait soon...
The whole mess will be civil war once we leave.

And we will leave.

We will leave either intentionally, or by being destroyed there.
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pocket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:15 AM
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3. Kuwait?
I don't think they can fight their way out of a paper bag.
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:30 AM
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4. The US will help them of course
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:47 AM
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5. They can afford the mercenaries... nt
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