Iraq
As I suspected, the recent Badr/Mahdi ceasefire was part of an effort to get the British out of Basra. (The British wanted to go, but couldn't leave without "peace," so the Iraqis gave them a window of "peace.")
(Time Magazine) "Has the US Ceded Southern Iraq?"
(AFP) "The director of the international airport of Iraq's southern port city of Basra was kidnapped by unknown gunmen outside his home on Tuesday night." (This is the same airport where the British soldiers are based.)
Say a little prayer for the Marines. The Osprey has arrived in Iraq. (This thing crashes in safe field tests. I can't imagine trying to use it in a sand filled, wind blown battlefield.)
(FT) Two more pro-US Sunnis were targeted by bombings that killed "at least 22." (It's not really clear if the "Al Qaeda" strategy of killing collaborating Sunnis is working, but it is certainly ongoing.)
(Reuters) The opening of the US embassy in Iraq has been delayed indefinitely because of problems in construction. (You just don't get the same work quality out of human trafficked near slaves as you used to.)
(Time Magazine) "Has the US Ceded Southern Iraq?"
(AFP) "The director of the international airport of Iraq's southern port city of Basra was kidnapped by unknown gunmen outside his home on Tuesday night." (This is the same airport where the British soldiers are based.)
Say a little prayer for the Marines. The Osprey has arrived in Iraq. (This thing crashes in safe field tests. I can't imagine trying to use it in a sand filled, wind blown battlefield.)
(FT) Two more pro-US Sunnis were targeted by bombings that killed "at least 22." (It's not really clear if the "Al Qaeda" strategy of killing collaborating Sunnis is working, but it is certainly ongoing.)
(Reuters) The opening of the US embassy in Iraq has been delayed indefinitely because of problems in construction. (You just don't get the same work quality out of human trafficked near slaves as you used to.)
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