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Jcrowley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:21 PM
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US Forces Turn Baghdad Into A 'Controlled Population' Prison

US forces to 'wall off Baghdad streets'

April 11, 2007 12:43pm

US FORCES in Baghdad are planning to seal off vast areas of the city with barricades, effectively imprisoning the inhabitants of neighbourhoods, according to The Independent.

"The campaign of 'gated communities' - whose genesis was in the Vietnam War - will involve up to 30 of the city's 89 official districts and would be the most ambitious counter-insurgency program yet mounted by the US in Iraq," wrote Robert Fisk.

The project to stop the movement of insurgents and weapons would involve joint US-Iraqi "support bases" in nine of the 30 districts to be "gated" off.

Militias would be cleared from civilian streets which would then be walled off and the occupants given ID cards. Only the occupants would be allowed into these "gated communities" where there were likely to be pass systems, visitor registration and restrictions on movement outside.

"Civilians may find themselves inside a 'controlled population' prison, Fisk said.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21538570-5005961,00.html
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:22 PM
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1. Won't work
Bushco will soon run from Iraq.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:24 PM
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2. Warsaw ghettos?
Somehow, this plan reminds me of another population control
solution employed by another group of fiends.

BHN
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angstlessk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:24 PM
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3. So, Baghdad is the new West Bank? n/t
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:25 PM
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4. Petraeus is a fool
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:51 PM
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5. I walk away to start dinner and come back to find this thread SUNK!?! WTF
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :argh: :argh: :argh:
BHN :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Jcrowley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:02 PM
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9. Look you
Edited on Wed Apr-11-07 08:02 PM by Jcrowley
This is Imus country.



Global Climate Catastrophe? No-No

Genocide in Mesopotamia? Bah

Energy Decline? Pfft

Get your head on straight now.


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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:16 PM
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11. SORRY! Note to self...
Must educate self about what MATTERS.

Oh, say, I heard Paris Hilton got arrested!
Now THAT, MATTERS!

:banghead:
BHN
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:55 PM
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6. Through the gates of hell and back again.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 07:58 PM
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7. Beta test,
Coming to a city near you soon.
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katmondoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:02 PM
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8. Where do they go for food?
God! what a mess!
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:16 PM
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10. "They made a desert and called it peace." - Tacitus
He was speaking of the Roman conquest of Britain. Another empire out to "civilize" the world.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:20 PM
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12. Congress should stop funding the war now.
Bush vetos the war appropriation? Fine, bring them home. No second bill.
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Grandrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-11-07 08:33 PM
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13. Good grief!
Walling off the city, sounds like...an occupation on crack! :yoiks:
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