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2007-04-25 Iraq

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-25 09:40|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Michael Yon wrote a couple of weeks back about the Brits in Basra and noted that their bases in town were getting rocketed and mortared on a daily basis. Sounded like the situation remained very hot.

So I don't really get how the locals are ready to take over, especially since I've also read that the locals in that part of the country are paid schills for the Iranians.

Posted by remoteman 2007-04-25 14:01|| 2007-04-25 14:01|| Front Page Top

#2 The British have a long standing problem that they assume they *know* Arabs, associated with an "Arabophile" outlook. This sometimes distorts their view of the big picture of what is going on around them.

Americans have no illusions about Arabs, so they have a WYSIWYG attitude. It initially means their relations with Arabs are rockier, but in the long run you get a more honest appraisal of who is doing what to whom.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-25 14:29|| 2007-04-25 14:29|| Front Page Top

#3
Run-away lite.

Posted by Master of Obvious 2007-04-25 17:06|| 2007-04-25 17:06|| Front Page Top

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