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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Iraqis "stand up"

(Reuters) "The United States confirmed on Sunday that U.S. special forces units were operating alongside Iraqi government troops in Basra..."

(Not to mention the air cover, artillery strikes, intelligence, etc.)

posted by mikevotes at 8:11 AM

3 Comments:

  • The only question now is will Bush/Maliki try to take Basra.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:04 AM  

  • Impossible to say. It's fluid right now. Sadr is calling his fighters to stand down, but he's also issued conditions that the Maliki gov't is unlikely to adopt, freeing prisoners, stepping out of neighborhoods.

    Also a test of Sadr's control

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 1:39 PM  

  • Undermining Sadr's control will probably be the next strategy Maliki tries.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:45 PM  

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