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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 03:07 PM
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Rumsfeld, acknowledges insurgency could last for years
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS


WASHINGTON, June 26 — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday he is bracing for even more violence in Iraq and acknowledged that the insurgency ''could go on for any number of years.''
Defeating the insurgency may take as long as 12 years, he said, with Iraqi security forces, not U.S. and foreign troops, taking the lead and finishing the job.
The assessment comes on the heels of the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll showing public doubts about the war reaching a high point — with more than half saying that invading Iraq was a mistake.

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/ap06-26-074959.asp?t=apnew&vts=62620051245
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 03:09 PM
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1. Cakewalk my ass!!!
:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 03:10 PM
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2. Apparently the definition of
"last throes" has changed.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 03:17 PM
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3. 1 throe = 6 years
I guess Cheney was right
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