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| Iraq |
| Maliki condemns Haditha killings |
| 2006-06-02 |
| Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki yesterday condemned as a terrible crime an alleged massacre of civilians by US Marines last year. Maliki’s coalition goverment said a national security committe would work with US-led forces to make sure there was no repeat of what occurred in the western town of Haditha in November. Many Iraqis believe unjustified killings by US troops are common, but few have been confirmed by investigations. “The crime and misery of Haditha ... is a terrible crime where women and children were eliminated,” Maliki told a news conference after a cabinet meeting. He said this week he wanted investigations into Haditha and other cases. In an interview on Tuesday he said his patience was wearing thin with excuses that US troops kill civilians “by mistake”. His deputy said those responsible should be brought to justice and punished. “We will engage with multinational forces command seriously about means and modalities to prevent the re-occurrences of such incidents,” Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said yesterday. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #25 "Sniting Chereck4226" .com? Is that you? Come on, don't be shy! -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-06-02 18:49 |
| #24 23, I dont see what thats such a big deal. Im old enough to remember when a citywide ticket in NY had to include the 3 i's - Italy, Ireland, and Israel. When people kept track of the number of Catholics in US cabinet. And when there was one (but only one) "jewish seat" on SCOTUS. It doesnt mean you cant get qualified people, and it doesnt mean youre not a democracy (of course Felix Frankfurter was heckuva lot better than Abe Fortas :) ) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-02 16:52 |
| #23 Sadly, the "rules" say the Interior must go to a Shia and Defense to a Sunni. Wonderful qualifications specs. So f'n f'd. |
| Posted by: Throluting Thravimble3768 2006-06-02 14:17 |
| #22 "...and much will depend on who he picks for Interior Minister on Sunday." LH, Perhaps an understatment but spot on nontheless. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-06-02 14:14 |
| #21 " |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-02 13:26 |
| #20 Well this certainly could be a turning point for US involvement. We are going to get hammered on this and now the jihadis are going to be able to make claim after claim about "atrocities" and the media will just lap it up. I read Iraq the Model yesterday and he was claiming that Sunni harboyz are trying to enforce Sharia on multiple neighborhoods within Bagdhad. If you wear short pants, for example, you get shot in the legs. Course the F*ckin BBC won't cover that. Yes, I admit I am getting tired of this shit and am wondering more and more whether the lives of our brave men and women are worth risking trying to make something of this Arab shithole. I hope that I am wrong. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2006-06-02 13:08 |
| #19 Is Jihad BunDone in our future? |
| Posted by: 6 2006-06-02 12:13 |
| #18 Spike returns - like the Herpes boil - erupting at times when he can tell us how superior the UN is and how bad everyone else is. Asshat. Your blue helmet buggery won't fly ...still. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-06-02 11:09 |
| #17 LH, yep, Maliki is walking the political tight rope over there between looking down the road and dealing w/the extremists in his own backyard. Welcome back Mike. I think it was apparent he is ranting and using some hyperbole to express a figurative point - though that's just me. Truth be told I like an honest disenting devil's advocate - but that's only if someone is here to actually do that effectively instead of nitpicking and doing the ole grab/twist/pull ala old Aris. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-06-02 10:24 |
| #16 Mikey's gotta hard-on over more accusations of American war crimes. At least he's predictable. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-06-02 09:39 |
| #15 captain America is right. Maliki could hardly do anything less than this and retain credibility at home. Hes our ally, not our puppet, and its time we had the maturity not to expect our allies to act like our puppets. His first step was NOT ramadi, but to make a move on the militias in Basra. How serious that move is has yet to be seen, and much will depend on who he picks for Interior Minister on Sunday. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-06-02 09:35 |
| #14 Note that Mikey still employs the same kiddie gambit of trying to set the agenda - "Address my strawman!". He was challenged to refute the post's substance. He bravely ran away. Still the same asshole who was justly banned for his inability to actually debate anyone or contribute anything meaningful or germane. |
| Posted by: Throluting Thravimble3768 2006-06-02 09:22 |
| #13 MS bangs the UN drum in 5...4...3... |
| Posted by: SR-71 2006-06-02 09:13 |
| #12 How's the paranoid gig going? |
| Posted by: Jack Rubenstein 2006-06-02 09:00 |
| #11 That's an insult to cunts. |
| Posted by: anon 2006-06-02 08:55 |
| #10 Mikey - Had you come here to actually learn or discuss, you could begin with Gen Chiarelli. He fits the bill. But that's not why you're here. Given your single-mindedly goofy posts, you've come to demonstrate you're still the same pointless insipid cunt that .com identified you to be long ago. Congratulations, you've succeeded. |
| Posted by: old timer 2006-06-02 08:52 |
| #9 How shall I fuck off, O Lord? |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-02 08:44 |
| #8 Mikey's back!!! heh |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-06-02 08:34 |
| #7 Ulart Thomotch5445: Sniting Chereck4226 was quite explicit in identifying them as those "who apparently have become politicians in uniform." Could you name some particular members of our country's military leaders "who apparently have become politicians in uniform" and therefore should be fucked? Or else could you describe some characteristics of the military opinions and advice of such US military leaders who should be fucked? How should we know specifically which US military leaders should be fucked? |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2006-06-02 07:25 |
| #6 All this leaves me very pissed off at Bush and his "advisors" both military and cvilian. The cut and run Dems and the seditious MSM will play this out for every bit it's worth. My NYT daily Email arrived and this was the lead story. Just freeking wonderful. Iran has a full hand to play and GWB once again appears to not be able to find his ass with both hands let alone his cards. There are some major failures here Plenty are political, some of them are military, some are with intel. Those responsible need to go, now. It may be part of the reason Goss was cut lose too. Stupid SOBs. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-02 04:51 |
| #5 Hmmm. It seems to me, Mike Sylwester, that Sniting Chereck4226 was quite explicit in identifying them as those "who apparently have become politicians in uniform." Since it's obvious you disagree, please, do present your case, point by point, refuting the post. I thought SC hit some very valid points, though I don't agree so much with his total disappointment. I think you're a troll, and not a clever one at that, since your reading comprehension is so poor. Please clarify. |
| Posted by: Ulart Thomotch5445 2006-06-02 04:49 |
| #4 Sniting Chereck: Fuck the military leadership, US and UK, who apparently have become politicians in uniform. Fuck them all. I wouldn't trust the lot of them to do the right thing, much less for the right reasons. Does your attitude encompass 100% of our military leadership, or would you grant that some small portion, at least 5%, still deserve our respect? Also, what ranks should be fucked? Colonels and above? Majors and above? Please clarify. |
| Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2006-06-02 03:23 |
| #3 I'm sorry the post was so long and poorly constructed - it's late. :) |
| Posted by: Sniting Chereck4226 2006-06-02 02:07 |
| #2 Seems they find 20 or 30 bodies every day in Iraq. Who are they? Once, they were almost exclusively Shia - whacked by the Zarqi types. But since the Shia took control after Allawi, the "police", in particular, and military have been used as death squads and the victims are as likely to be Sunnis, now. The Shia parties, SCIRI et al, are running things, and will be for good - unless Iraq is partitioned. Sistani's either in collusion with Tehran, or he's an addled imbecile. These are his guys. Jaafari and Maliki - no difference. The farce of replacing Jaafari with Maliki and the absurd trumpeting of him as an "effective" leader and now progress would be forthcoming was high comedy. The south is controlled by the Shia militias. It's a complete cock-up. Teheran's dream come true. Elsewhere, through Jabr's term running the Interior Ministry "under" Jaafari, which controls the "police", we had, and still have, the death squads. He kept the externally-trained police, real policemen relatively speaking, out of the force, out of the way. And the deaths continue apace. Discovery of this fact changed nothing - now he gets to suborn the Finance Ministry for the Mullahs. Why is he still favored with a Ministry post? Because Maliki, Sistani, and the gang want it that way, approved of his subversion, and are in league. For Maliki to make hay out of Haditha is farce, but it will help create the MSM-desired meme, the Iraqi My Lai meme they've salivated for these last 3 years. In the majority, in control, the big Shia dogs would love it if the US pulled out - as long as we continued to put $ on the line to rebuild this shithole - and provide them something to skim. They're the hand-selected govt of the Mullahs, what else could we expect? This entire exercise has gone downhill since Allawi, PR aside. Considering the devastating first-hand info that Verlaine in Iraq posted this week, we've dropped the ball and seem content to play it out a bit longer before drawing down. It stinks of political schemes, both here and there, and completely forgets and mocks the good people who have made the ultimate sacrifice in this effort. The noises about cleaning up Ramadi certainly must appeal to Maliki & Co - it'll be Sunnis who do most of the dying. Given where we are now, the senior military's reluctance to do it right, as Verlaine pointed out, I consider it to be more than a waste - US soldiers will die in some number, and one death for this political farce is too many. Personally, I have become disgusted with the entire enterprise over the last 6 months or so. Before the Shia took over, I had hope. Since then, it has been dashed. Partition. At least the Kurds are worthy of our effort. Fuck the Arabs. Fuck the politicians, here, there, and everywhere. Fuck the military leadership, US and UK, who apparently have become politicians in uniform. Fuck them all. I wouldn't trust the lot of them to do the right thing, much less for the right reasons. Those who have served and, particularly, those who have died, deserve so much more, so much better. |
| Posted by: Sniting Chereck4226 2006-06-02 01:59 |
| #1 I suspect this is something he has to do given the blowback he's catchin. He knows the country goes to much deeper shit the minute the Coaltion leaves. This so-called massacre is a ruse, a set-up by Zarq and the Iraqi insurgents. They know how to use the blowhorn MSM. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-02 01:09 |