Iraq
(NYTimes) The Maliki government claims to have arrested 420 Mahdi militiamen. (Mahdi denies this. These may be renegades or disloyals that Sadr is giving up.)
(AP) The Iranian ambassador says he has been assured by the Iraqis that the 5 Iranians captured in Irbil will soon be released.
(AP) Iraqi state TV says that 100 (Sunni) insurgents were killed in NE Baghdad. (Same article, a raid three days ago netted 1,959 Katyusha rockets?)
(Rawstory) US forces raid a Kurdish refugee camp. (Looking for PKK? Iranian support?)
(Reuters) Sudan claims 9 US soldiers "raided" its embassy in Baghdad.
(AP) The Iranian ambassador says he has been assured by the Iraqis that the 5 Iranians captured in Irbil will soon be released.
(AP) Iraqi state TV says that 100 (Sunni) insurgents were killed in NE Baghdad. (Same article, a raid three days ago netted 1,959 Katyusha rockets?)
(Rawstory) US forces raid a Kurdish refugee camp. (Looking for PKK? Iranian support?)
(Reuters) Sudan claims 9 US soldiers "raided" its embassy in Baghdad.
posted by mikevotes at
8:15 AM
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The Maliki government claims to have arrested 420 Mahdi militiamen.
"Round up the usual suspects."
-Capt. Renault (Making an empty show of authority to deflect closer attention from Nazi occupiers of Casablanca.)
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-epm, at 11:22 AM
I have this feeling that this is like a drug baron turning over his problem people to the dirty cops.
"We have to show the bosses something, Mr. Sadr."
And, he's probably just as glad to be rid of them.
(Pardon my cynicism, but I've earned it watching this show.)
Mike
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mikevotes, at 1:00 PM
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