Iraq violence
The violence in Iraq was significant yesterday. The LATimes has the latest numbers, 80 reported Iraqi deaths and the announcement of 6 US military deaths. (8 were killed over the weekend.) The violence was from all across the country.
One of the bombs went off in front of the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad, the hub of the police forces.
And it sounds like the Iraqi forces took pretty big losses in Shia Diwaniyah, "34 bodies were brought in — 25 Iraqi soldiers, seven civilians and two militiamen." (10 militants captured.)
(Later: add this, "Some of the soldiers were executed in a public square after they ran out of ammunition.")
(As an aside, has anyone else noticed that the 90 day security crackdown in Baghdad is timed almost perfectly to the US election day? Realistically, that timeline is probably pretty malleable and likely to stretch, but it is curious, no? )
One of the bombs went off in front of the Iraqi Interior Ministry in Baghdad, the hub of the police forces.
And it sounds like the Iraqi forces took pretty big losses in Shia Diwaniyah, "34 bodies were brought in — 25 Iraqi soldiers, seven civilians and two militiamen." (10 militants captured.)
(Later: add this, "Some of the soldiers were executed in a public square after they ran out of ammunition.")
(As an aside, has anyone else noticed that the 90 day security crackdown in Baghdad is timed almost perfectly to the US election day? Realistically, that timeline is probably pretty malleable and likely to stretch, but it is curious, no? )
posted by mikevotes at
8:29 AM
3 Comments:
Yes, I noticed the timing. I mentioned it a couple of weeks ago.
That is the idea, I think, to crackdown on Baghdad so they can claim some kind of success before the election.
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Praguetwin, at 11:13 AM
That's what I was trying to say. And, it's all about temporarily fixing the numbers(metrics) not about solving the problem.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 12:56 PM
Well they are going to loose there because things will start to spin out of control in Mosul, Fallujah and else where.
What am I saying? They already have started. The numbers are roughly the same, especially for U.S. troop loss which is the key number in the states I think, wrong as it is.
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Praguetwin, at 6:19 PM
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