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2008-06-03 Iraq

US captures suspects; Kurd Arab Tension in Mosul

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Posted by ed 2008-06-03 08:59|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 The Kurd/Arab split is the one Al Queda should have tried to exploit. They would have had everyone in the region siding with them and forced the US to defend the Kurds to prevent genocide and thus alienating ourselves from the Arabs.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-03 13:51|| 2008-06-03 13:51|| Front Page Top

#2 If that is there plan now, too little, too late.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-03 13:52|| 2008-06-03 13:52|| Front Page Top

#3 OTOH, the peshmerga might have kicked their butt without the niceties.

AQ may well have decided it would be a losing strategy.

Posted by phil_b 2008-06-03 20:23|| 2008-06-03 20:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not talking about a staight up fight, but the killing civilians the way they tried with the Shia. False flag attacks that could be blamed on Kurdish independence folk would have been really troublesome.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-03 22:21|| 2008-06-03 22:21|| Front Page Top

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