Rice extolls Iraq progress (Surprise trip...she's in Iraq)

maddezmom

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Tue Jan-15-08 07:28 AM
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Rice extolls Iraq progress (Surprise trip...she's in Iraq)

Source: AP

BAGHDAD - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a surprise trip to Iraq, said Tuesday that national reconciliation has moved along "quite remarkably," citing a new law that allows thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to reclaim government jobs or pensions.

Rice, who split off from President Bush's Mideast tour, said the Iraqi parliament's approval of the U.S.-sought benchmark law Saturday was a first step and showed that last year's "surge" of American forces was paying dividends.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080115/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

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lapfog_1

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Tue Jan-15-08 07:32 AM
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1. Every trip to Iraq from a BFEE member is a "surprise"

and it's because they don't want to be killed on the way in or while they are there. They never, ever stay longer than overnight... and rarely stay that long. Mostly it's fly in, get to the green zone, meet and greet, buzz out.

Tells me a lot about the security situation in Iraq. More than the press stories of "progress" and "violence down".

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notadmblnd

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Tue Jan-15-08 07:43 AM
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2. Damn that's some extreme lengths to go just to meet up with her boyfirend

somewhere in the ME. She must really be in lust.

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Dr.Phool

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Tue Jan-15-08 08:06 AM
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3. Big sale on shoes at Abdul's Bagdhad Bazaar.

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Thor_MN

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Tue Jan-15-08 08:13 AM
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4. Did they turn on the power and water while she was there?

Headline yesterday said some areas of Iraq were down to a couple hours of power and water a day.

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Supersedeas

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Tue Jan-15-08 11:09 AM
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5. remarkable but not for the reasons that she'd like to spin

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