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2008-02-29 Iraq

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Posted by Seafarious 2008-02-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 their monthly salary was no longer worth the risk of fighting al-Qaeda

Translation: Al Quaeda raised their pay scale to meet the market demands.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-29 07:10|| 2008-02-29 07:10|| Front Page Top

#2 The WaPo came out with the same article yesterday. It is written by their bureau chief, Sudarsan Raghavan, who consistently has insisted from the very moment he became bureau chief, that Iraq is lost and descending into chaos.

His cred is somewhere between Harry Reid and Cindy Sheehan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-29 08:32|| 2008-02-29 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 1. awakening councils are a good idea, but need to be funded. Of course these guys wont get all they ask for, which is why its logical for them to ask for more than they think they need - this is the land of rug dealing, an art many folks in the Pentagon are deeply familiar with, even if under different names

2. This provinicial election thing is a big deal in mixed provinces like Diyala, where the provincial govt is all Shia and yet we are appealing to Sunnis. Hopefully that gets worked out soon.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-02-29 09:33|| 2008-02-29 09:33|| Front Page Top

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