Soldiers doubt mission to lay foundation for Baghdad security plan

BAGHDAD, Iraq: Soldiers spearheading the increase in U.S. forces in Baghdad are papering car windows and storefronts with purple stickers listing telephone numbers and an e-mail address where Iraqis can send intelligence tips to help stop the violence.

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Moving door to door, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers smashed padlocks with sledge hammers, clipped through wire gates and rifled through hundreds of buildings as Iraqi mechanics, their hands slick with grease and motor oil, peered from nearby shops.

Instead of discovering a network of clandestine car bomb factories, the soldiers instead found only a few Kalashnikov rifles, eight grenades and some wire.

"We're told this new surge is going to be more intelligence-based instead of just hitting random sites," said Staff Sgt. Jamie Slagle, 31, as he flipped through a stack of unused stickers. "But that's what seems to me to still be going on."

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/12/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Surging-Doubts.php

What AssClowns These Soldiers are really stoopid

They are (supposedly) there to win the people's trust.


Its no wonder so many are getting their brains blown out.


If some thug smashed my door in I sure the Fuck wouldn't help that person.


The Iraqi police should do these jobs, unfortunately most of them are Members of someones DEATH SQUAD

Yeah, that's gonna work.


:sarcasm:

????

better tune into Fox Snooze to find out.

What, is there suddenly reliable phone service, electricity and internet availability in Iraq?

For myself, I can't say I'd be really inclined to get in touch with the thugs who broke into my home or business and left their calling card, especially when they have so many bang-bangs at their disposal.