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U.S. obeys order to abandon checkpoints
Associated Press ^ | SINAN SALAHEDDIN

Posted on 10/31/2006 7:47:18 AM PST by Dubya

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1 posted on 10/31/2006 7:47:18 AM PST by Dubya
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To: Dubya

So now more weapons will flow in and out of the city...


2 posted on 10/31/2006 7:49:22 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Dubya
U.S. obeys order to abandon checkpoints

I've seen at least two other articles from AP with the same theme of the US getting pushed around by the Iraqi PM.

3 posted on 10/31/2006 7:50:23 AM PST by SIDENET (Is it too early for flapjacks?)
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To: Dubya

Ah, another AP stringer passing terrorist propaganda as news.


4 posted on 10/31/2006 7:50:46 AM PST by pissant
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bump


5 posted on 10/31/2006 7:51:37 AM PST by Dark Skies ("He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that" ... John Stuart Mill)
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To: theDentist

Yes, but sometimes the correct move strategically is a problem for the local operational or tactical situation. This is one of those times.

Convincing the Iraqis that we really are just there to help now, that it's their county, is part of the way to victory. This may cost lives over the next few weeks, but it and a few other moves of the same political import should save more lives in the long run.


6 posted on 10/31/2006 7:51:41 AM PST by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: Dubya

Looks like Al Malaki and Mookie are in bed together. This really stinks.


7 posted on 10/31/2006 7:52:51 AM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: Dubya
>Shortly after leaving Sadr city, U.S. troops dismantled other checkpoints in the downtown Karradah neighborhood where the soldier had been abducted, loading barbed wire coils onto their Stryker armored vehicles

Everyone's busy
saying it's not Vietnam,
but it's possible

if this stuff keeps up
Iraq may turn out to be
worse than Vietnam . . .

8 posted on 10/31/2006 7:53:08 AM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: The_Reader_David
I truly hope you are correct. All here, on this forum, hope you are correct. I would love to see history be different this time. I'll hold my thoughts and judgment of this action till a later date. May God's hand move across the land.
9 posted on 10/31/2006 7:56:55 AM PST by From One - Many (Trust the Old Media At Your Own Risk)
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To: Dubya
" . . . on orders from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the latest in a series of moves by the Iraqi leader to assert his authority with the U.S. administration."

I'd be more impressed if this windbag asserted his authority with the militias that have been running wild. More and more, this guy seems like an incompetent.
10 posted on 10/31/2006 7:59:10 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: theFIRMbss

You know you are a moron.


11 posted on 10/31/2006 7:59:12 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: Dubya

12 posted on 10/31/2006 7:59:57 AM PST by jpl (Victorious warriors win first, then go to war; defeated warriors go to war first, then seek to win.)
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To: The_Reader_David
Unfortunately we are not dealing with jealously sovereign western minds, we are dealing with an Arabic culture that sees just about any capitulation as weakness.

OODA, knowing the targets culture falls under Orientation, in the Observe Orient Decide Act loop

http://www.mindsim.com/MindSim/Corporate/OODA.html

13 posted on 10/31/2006 8:00:35 AM PST by Dead Dog
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To: The_Reader_David
Convincing the Iraqis that we really are just there to help now, that it's their county, is part of the way to victory.

Yup...sectarian death squads and cities run by the militias of radical imams is progress in every sense of the word!

14 posted on 10/31/2006 8:00:48 AM PST by Prime Choice (True Conservatives don't vote for Liberals just because they have an 'R' by their name.)
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To: The_Reader_David
There will be no peace in Iraq as long as Mookie breaths.
15 posted on 10/31/2006 8:00:49 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: Steve_Seattle; theFIRMbss
When I read this kind of news, I begin the think that we should start planning our exit from Iraq. If the Iraqi political leadership cannot make the difficult decisions it needs to make to stop sectarian violence.
16 posted on 10/31/2006 8:04:25 AM PST by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: Dead Dog
" . . . we are dealing with an Arabic culture that sees just about any capitulation as weakness."

And in which, for all too many, the defeat of the USA is "victory," even if it means that their country is reduced to being a chaotic hell-hole of murderous militias and religious fanaticism.
17 posted on 10/31/2006 8:05:33 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Incompetent? It seems to me he's quite competently doing exactly what Moqtada al-Sadr wants him to do.


18 posted on 10/31/2006 8:06:53 AM PST by AntiGuv (o) ™ (o)
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To: GeorgefromGeorgia

I agree; if al-Maliki has a plan to reign in the militias, I see no evidence of it at this point. And if the militias cannot be stopped, there is no hope for a stable Iraq and we should get out. We should say, "Ok, al-Malaki, if you won't let us put the militias out of operation, there's nothing more we can do here - you are on your own, and good luck."


19 posted on 10/31/2006 8:08:05 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Dubya

I can't see this as good news. Iran has a satellite leader in Iraq (the fat one) and now we're going to back off at Maliki's request.

Unless there's a bigger plan that I can't see(like pulling our troops out of the way so we can level the entire 'sadr' area), we will be called upon to clean up a much bigger mess in the future.


20 posted on 10/31/2006 8:08:36 AM PST by SueRae
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