Iraq
First off, don't miss last night's story that Secretary Gates is considering extending deployments for every soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Related to that, (USAToday) Army Reserve Falters on Recruitment, and (BostonGlobe) West Point grads are leaving the military at the highest rates in 30 years.
(AP) Following their successful anti-US protest, followers of Sadr threaten to quit the Iraqi government "to protest the prime minister's lack of support for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal."
(Technically, a Sadr withdrawal does not bring down the government, however, with so many non-Sadr MP's hiding abroad, there is no parliamentary quorum without Sadr, meaning nothing will get done. No benchmarks, no oil law, nothing.)
(Independent) Robert Fisk claims the US is about to start a campaign of "gated communities" in Baghdad. The plan would involve barricading entire neighborhoods and issuing ID's for entry and exit. Fisk claims this is modelled on Petraeus' experience with Tal Afar.
(LATimes) Reporter recalls the layers of truth told in Iraq (Fascinating read.)
(AP) The US now says the Iranians are training Iraqis to make EFP's. (I thought they were so technical they could only be made in Iran or am I reading a month old paper?)
(NYTimes) Heavy fighting in Sunni Fadhil in Baghdad. (There are reports that it didn't initiate in the mosque, and 13 of 16 US wounded were back on duty the next day.)
(AFP) The Red Cross warns on the plight of Iraqi civilians, "It's clear for us that the humanitarian situation is steadily worsening and affecting in one way or another, directly or indirectly, all Iraqis today."
Related to that, (USAToday) Army Reserve Falters on Recruitment, and (BostonGlobe) West Point grads are leaving the military at the highest rates in 30 years.
(AP) Following their successful anti-US protest, followers of Sadr threaten to quit the Iraqi government "to protest the prime minister's lack of support for a timetable for U.S. withdrawal."
(Technically, a Sadr withdrawal does not bring down the government, however, with so many non-Sadr MP's hiding abroad, there is no parliamentary quorum without Sadr, meaning nothing will get done. No benchmarks, no oil law, nothing.)
(Independent) Robert Fisk claims the US is about to start a campaign of "gated communities" in Baghdad. The plan would involve barricading entire neighborhoods and issuing ID's for entry and exit. Fisk claims this is modelled on Petraeus' experience with Tal Afar.
(LATimes) Reporter recalls the layers of truth told in Iraq (Fascinating read.)
(AP) The US now says the Iranians are training Iraqis to make EFP's. (I thought they were so technical they could only be made in Iran or am I reading a month old paper?)
(NYTimes) Heavy fighting in Sunni Fadhil in Baghdad. (There are reports that it didn't initiate in the mosque, and 13 of 16 US wounded were back on duty the next day.)
(AFP) The Red Cross warns on the plight of Iraqi civilians, "It's clear for us that the humanitarian situation is steadily worsening and affecting in one way or another, directly or indirectly, all Iraqis today."
posted by mikevotes at
8:43 AM
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Robert Fisk claims the US is about to start a campaign of "gated communities" in Baghdad. The plan would involve barricading entire neighborhoods and issuing ID's for entry and exit. Fisk claims this is modelled on Petraeus' experience with Tal Afar.
I claim it is modeled on Orange County, CA
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Praguetwin, at 1:48 PM
Or Angola Prison in Louisiana.
Part of it is about locking out the outside insurgents, but part of it is also about locking the people in for the searches.
After all, they're not roping off the safer neighborhoods, they're locking down the prison blocks.
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mikevotes, at 3:44 PM
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