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2006-12-13 Iraq

Allawi Calls for martial law as 70 are killed in Iraq

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Posted by .com 2006-12-13 04:49|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Saudi king is also said to have expressed strong opposition to diplomatic talks between the United States and Iran, which is largely Shia, as well as supporting a resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

Isn't it nice there's something everybody can agree on?

Posted by gromgoru 2006-12-13 06:14|| 2006-12-13 06:14|| Front Page Top

#2 First step: bringing Sadr to justice on the murders he committed to gain the ower that he has. Somethign we should ahve done theday we rolled into that country. And in Iraq, let it be Iraqi justice the way its done now (i.e. a sniper round or carbomb). I'm pretty sure we could find the peopel to do that if we wanted to and the national comman authority would let up on the overcontroling its doing (too many things are "off limits" in ops, and even in the military's ROE).

Let us conduct this war like a WAR, not the half-assed thing we have let it devolve into.

Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

Posted by OldSpook 2006-12-13 09:51|| 2006-12-13 09:51|| Front Page Top

#3 No luck there old spook. The doves and foggy-bottomed idiots are in charge of the ~~war~~ police action.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-12-13 09:55|| 2006-12-13 09:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Former Prime Minister of Iraq Ayad Allawi wants us to be aware that were he still in power none of these problems would have developed.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-12-13 10:53|| 2006-12-13 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Bush has met with Al-Hakim of SCIRI and the Sunni VP of Iraq in the last couple of days. Id say the signs are pointing to some effort to remove Maliki soon. Possibly a parliamentary crisis where SCIRI, the Kurds, the Sunnis, the Allawi group, and some Shiite independents move no confidence in Maliki. I suspect SCIRI would still prefer an independent Shiite from UIA such as Rubaie (sp?) rather than Allawi, but presumably that is what Bush was negotiating with Al Hakim.

Or maybe its all smoke and mirrors and nothing will happen.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-12-13 14:51|| 2006-12-13 14:51|| Front Page Top

#6 "The doves and foggy-bottomed idiots are in charge of the war police action."

yeah, but theyre pals with Saudi, and Sadr makes Saudi very nervous.

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-12-13 14:52|| 2006-12-13 14:52|| Front Page Top

#7 OS, not a chance when so many in the US political hierarchies have so much invested in a US defeat and national humiliation. In that respect, VietNam redux.

Posted by RWV 2006-12-13 14:58|| 2006-12-13 14:58|| Front Page Top

#8 OS...we can drive the terror down to a trickle in 6 months to a year by doing the following: Declaring the the Iraqi border region near Syria, the Magic Kingdom, and Iran a free-fire zone from sunset until sunrise. Keep UAV's, AC-130's, and other manned aircraft in orbit to kill anything with a heat signature. That would choke off the insurgency within a year.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-12-13 17:30|| 2006-12-13 17:30|| Front Page Top

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