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2007-01-15 Iraq

Does the Bush Plan for Baghdad Favor Shiites?

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Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell urged a U.S. offensive against radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia in 2004. But he was overruled by then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, then-defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney. They argued against fighting a two-front war against Sunni insurgents and Shiite militants.

As I recall, the Iraqi government was against it, too. The soverign, freely-elected government. But that's of no consequence, when you can blame Bush.

Posted by Bobby 2007-01-15 06:50|| 2007-01-15 06:50|| Front Page Top

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