Coalition staff to stay "locked" in Basra HQ for security reasons

eom

occupation authorities shutting themselves up in Saddam Hussein's palace, that's somehow fitting.

Too much flower throwing (pollen).

Thanks, I needed that. :7

:eyes:

"The tide is turning. The enemy is taking terrible losses."

This correspondent was in Jordan, for example,
when the Islamic Action Front declared a jihad
in favor of Iraq and Palestine if the US attacks Iraq.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC01Ak04.html

From 111203-This has happened, in the form of the Hizbul
Islami al-Iraqi (Islamic Party of Iraq), which
sprouted in Mosul in the north and spread rapidly.
Under Saddam, all literature of the Muslim
Brotherhood was banned, even for reference
purposes.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EK12Ak03.html


As the Pentagon learned in Vietnam, body
counts
are essentially meaningless when the
number
comprising the enemy force cannot be
ascertained.

Sanchez has to know that roughing up more
of the civilian population in the Sunni triangle
is not only going to fail, but plays entirely into
the hands of the Iraqi freedom fighters. The
American army is going to be the main recruiting
office for the resistance. If Sanchez knows this,
why is he helping the freedom fighters?
xymphora

TET......

;)

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and aren't they going to miss the saddam statues being blown up or torn down, etc.? they're going to miss all the anti-hussein parades, which means no candy for the troops.

AWOL's ego is too big to admit he f*cked up "big time".

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