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Monday, August 07, 2006

The Battle for Baghdad

Juan Cole:
It turns out that the Sunni Arab guerrilla strategy had been gradually to ethnically cleanse southern districts of the capital [Ar.], so as to cut it off from the Shiite south. One observer in Baghdad told a friend of mine that this operation is make or break. If the US cannot stop the deterioration of security in Baghdad at this point, then the capital is lost, and with it the country.

Ironically, after intensively covering Iraq for over three years, the US mass media are largely missing this story, the pivotal one for the endgame.

posted by mikevotes at 7:19 AM

9 Comments:

  • Well, the U.S. mass media is missing it, but you can bet we aren't. I've got my eyes wide open on this one. This is it.

    By Blogger Praguetwin, at 9:53 AM  

  • Yeah. Cole also made not that Mosul is falling apart since troops were pulled out to Baghdad. And it looks to me like Fallujah is doing the same.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 10:46 AM  

  • This is it, and there are not enough troops for it. What is a few more brigades but a chance for more IEDs? And the mess in Lebanon makes it even more difficult. It's awful.

    By Blogger Bravo 2-1, at 12:38 PM  

  • Yeah, The whole "war" is a complete mess. We're over extended militarily and the fallout from that is that we're crippled diplomatically. Iran is winning, the N. Koreans are winning, The Russians are winning, and the Chinese are winning.

    I find the addition of so few troops to Baghdad interesting. It's not much of a commitment or a decisive move. The plan is to control neighborhood by neighborhood, but the insurgents are just going to flow around such a small presence.


    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:11 PM  

  • ...Mosul is falling apart since troops were pulled out to Baghdad. And it looks to me like Fallujah is doing the same.

    That probably wouldn't be too hard to predict would it? (Rhetorical question)

    By Blogger Praguetwin, at 1:13 PM  

  • Good Afternoon:

    Spc. Ziegler here from U.S. Central Command Public Affairs, don’t worry, big brother is not watching. I seem to get that allot. I am not posting a comment here to try and persuade anybody to change there mind or point of view. My only intention is to invite readers to visit the CENTCOM website at www.centcom.mil . We offer press releases, news stories etc. from Iraq, Afghanistan and all other areas with the Central Command Area of Responsibility. With that said, I hope you will pay a visit and I hope you will find the information useful.

    Thanks for your time.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:13 PM  

  • Praguetwin, but I would've expected a little longer lag time.

    Everybody else, SPC Ziegler is referring you to the Centcom.mil site, the top address for the command that covers Iraq and Afghanistan.

    And on that site, there's not one mention that there's actual fighting going on!!!! IT's frightening.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 3:36 PM  

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