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2006-01-06 Iraq

120 massacred as carnage returns to Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Article: In a separate statement, SCIRI said that U.S.-led coalition forces were preventing Iraq's army and police from stopping insurgents, an apparent reference to increased American oversight of Shiite-dominated security forces following widespread charges of abuse - especially of Sunni Arab detainees. "The multinational forces, and the political entities that declared their support for terrorism, bear the responsibility for the bloodshed that happened in the recent few days. They should know that the patience of our people will not last for a long time," it said.

My prediction is that American forces will be forced out over our touchiness about torture and our rules about releasing terrorists after a certain number of days if there is no evidence. And the fallout? A bloodbath against Sunnis once the Shiites get full control, and pesky American troops are no longer around. And possibly an Iran-aligned Shiite government, since Iranian-sponsored groups will have the biggest guns once we're no longer around. And for what? Some fundamentalist leftist beliefs about torture and habeas corpus? Jesus wept.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-01-06 01:11|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-01-06 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 SCIRI warned that Shiite patience was wearing thin and accused the U.S.-led coalition forces of restraining the Iraqi army and its police and security forces.

Despite his best intentions, Bush's WoT maybe yield success after all---Muzzies are too busy to be a threat to the rest of the World while they massacre each other.

Posted by gromgoru 2006-01-06 05:18|| 2006-01-06 05:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Who says American troops are going to pull out completely? Troop reductions are taking place in Iraq, and that's good, because our guys need a bit of rest and refurbishment before the next stage. But I don't see how we could in good conscience safely leave the Iraqis to their own devices for at least a generation -- the discussion above demonstrates the need for us to maintain an armed presence until these people give up and become civilized. Otherwise we'll have to reinvade well within a decade, to prevent Iraq from becoming another Al Qaeda playground like Somalia or Sudan.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-06 07:27|| 2006-01-06 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 I vote the boar-ing muhammed be permanently banned.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-06 07:40|| 2006-01-06 07:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Working on it...but I think Fred needs to put a little caulk around the sink trap...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-01-06 08:13|| 2006-01-06 08:13|| Front Page Top

#6 I deleted the comment.

Posted by Pappy 2006-01-06 11:02|| 2006-01-06 11:02|| Front Page Top

#7 TW: Who says American troops are going to pull out completely?

Iraq, unlike Afghanistan, has oil. The Taliban lived off table scraps from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Iraq doesn't need Uncle Sam to survive economically. And the Iranian-sponsored elements of Iraq have, well, Iran as their sugar daddy, just as the Taliban had Pakistan. The fact is that the Iraqi government can tell us to get out tomorrow. I am beginning to believe the polls that say that 80% of Iraqis want us out. Not because they don't like GI's, but because unreasonable decisions from Uncle Sam (in regard to torture and habeas corpus) are getting thousands of Iraqis killed every month.*

During the Malayan Emergency, which many Brits like to use as a touchstone, captured communist terrorists - the term in use at the time - were tortured for information and held without charge, some for the rest of their lives.

* If thousands of Americans were getting killed monthly, would we adhere to the same rules? I seriously doubt it. But we are forcing Iraqis to adhere to these rules, and there is nothing they can do about it - unless they tell us to leave. Upon which we probably will, unless we want to jeopardize our base agreements in other countries - since these agreements are based on our willingness to leave when asked to.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2006-01-06 11:04|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2006-01-06 11:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Whatever happened to "take a number"? What's so difficult about this? Why keep lining up like lambs to slaughter? When they're ready for #35, hang the number out a window or use a bullhorn. Is there anyone in Iraq reading this who can pass the word?

Posted by KBK 2006-01-06 14:18|| 2006-01-06 14:18|| Front Page Top

#9 ..and our rules about releasing terrorists after a certain number of days if there is no evidence.

Isn't this sort of like a law enforcement approach to the problem?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2006-01-06 16:03|| 2006-01-06 16:03|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Muhamhead Screwed My Pig Allah 2006-01-06 07:33|| 2006-01-06 07:33|| Front Page Top

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