Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister: "There is no option of cutting and running"

sabra

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:09 PM
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Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister: "There is no option of cutting and running"

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23819009.htm

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In London, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said Iraqi forces were gradually taking over responsibility for security but added that Iraq needed the support of the international community to combat what he called "a difficult onslaught by terrorists".

"We must win this battle and we will win it. But the rest of the world including the UK and the United States must understand that the stakes are very high in Iraq. There is no option of cutting and running," Salih told Sky television.

"The fate of Iraq is vital to the future of the Middle East and the world order," said Salih, in London for talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair.

I guess the BushCo speech writers are working for the Iraqi gov't?

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bluerum

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:10 PM
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1. BTW - keep sending trunks of money. We like it. nt

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Donnachaidh

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:11 PM
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2. They see the end of their gravy train and are panicked

If we leave who will line their Swiss accounts with money?

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jobycom

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:12 PM
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4. More than that. They need our military to enforce their dictatorship.

Otherwise a different dictator will take over and they will be standing trial like Hussein.

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jobycom

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:11 PM
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3. Maybe he's just heard the phrase so much he thinks it's common English?

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NOLADEM

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:17 PM
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8. Yeah, don't you just love to hear political catchphrases

out of the mouth of the occupied?

Has a certain ring of democracy, doesn't it?

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jobycom

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:21 PM
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9. Sure. In the way Kermit always sounded like Jim Hensen.

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BootinUp

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:12 PM
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5. So he refuses to acknowledge the real problem?

Great....

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The_Casual_Observer

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:14 PM
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6. Since when is that son of a bitch making the rules?

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acmavm

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:16 PM
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7. We leave, this guy's toast. And he knows it.

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Hubert Flottz

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Mon Oct-23-06 02:23 PM
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10. "the world order,"

He meant Poppy Bush's "New World Order"

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