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Back in Iraq, daily attacks on Americans and Iraqis in Baghdad alone are up, up up. Link below; my emphasis. The Iraqis must be soooooo greatful to us. :roll:
"Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urged his followers Thursday to refrain from reprisal violence against Sunnis, his strongest call yet for an end to increasing sectarian bloodshed. The statement by Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani came as U.S. military officials reported a 40 percent increase in the daily average of attacks in the Baghdad area.
U.S. spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said there has been an average of 34 attacks a day against U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital over the past five days. The daily average for the period June 14 until July 13 was 24 a day, he said.
"We have not witnessed the reduction in violence one would have hoped for in a perfect world," U.S. spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said at a news briefing Thursday. "The only way we're going to be successful in Baghdad is to get the weapons off the streets."
Caldwell said militias and death squads have responded to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's call for a crackdown by intensifying attacks to derail Iraq's new unity government.
Last month, al-Maliki announced a security plan for Baghdad, including up to 50,000 police and soldiers on the streets, more checkpoints, and raids in neighborhoods where violence is high. But with surging attacks in the capital — including the kidnapping of high-ranking Iraqi officials — leading politicians from Shiite and Sunni parties have declared the plan a failure.”
A 40% increase. 40%! There is no government in Iraq. The country is in a civil war. And now Turkey is theatening to invade! :x I think it's pretty obvious that George W. Bush is the worst President of the US.....ever.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
"Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urged his followers Thursday to refrain from reprisal violence against Sunnis, his strongest call yet for an end to increasing sectarian bloodshed. The statement by Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani came as U.S. military officials reported a 40 percent increase in the daily average of attacks in the Baghdad area.
U.S. spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said there has been an average of 34 attacks a day against U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital over the past five days. The daily average for the period June 14 until July 13 was 24 a day, he said.
"We have not witnessed the reduction in violence one would have hoped for in a perfect world," U.S. spokesman Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said at a news briefing Thursday. "The only way we're going to be successful in Baghdad is to get the weapons off the streets."
Caldwell said militias and death squads have responded to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's call for a crackdown by intensifying attacks to derail Iraq's new unity government.
Last month, al-Maliki announced a security plan for Baghdad, including up to 50,000 police and soldiers on the streets, more checkpoints, and raids in neighborhoods where violence is high. But with surging attacks in the capital — including the kidnapping of high-ranking Iraqi officials — leading politicians from Shiite and Sunni parties have declared the plan a failure.”
A 40% increase. 40%! There is no government in Iraq. The country is in a civil war. And now Turkey is theatening to invade! :x I think it's pretty obvious that George W. Bush is the worst President of the US.....ever.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060720/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq