Posted on 02/13/2007 7:50:13 AM PST by spacejunkie
Edited on 02/13/2007 8:23:35 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
No story yet...just a headline.
(UPDATE)
BAGHDAD, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.
The measures ordered by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki were announced on Iraqiya state television by Lieutenant General Abboud Qanbar, the Iraqi commander who is leading the U.S.-backed security offensive in Baghdad.
Qanbar said the border with Iran would be closed for 72 hours. He did not say how long the border with Syria will be closed.
no chit, mang...3 days is a start tho :)
They need to close them at least 2 weeks to see what effect it has on the terrorists.
Good fences make good neighbors.
Thats my question.
Probably part of a larger operation or investigation, is my guess.
if you are going after rats, you seal the exits first. Bet a lot of rodents will be heading for them soon as the nests are burned.
Probably part of the cleanup operation in Bagdad...and to keep Iranian 'diplomats' from hightailing it home.
Iraq To Close Iran, Syria Borders, Extend Baghdad Curfew -BBCLast update: 2/13/2007 10:56:37 AMLONDON (Dow Jones)--Iraq will close its borders with Iran and Syria for up to three days, Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, commander of the Baghdad security crackdown, said Tuesday , the BBC reported. The BBC said Gambar also announced an extension of Baghdad's night time curfew. Web site: http://news.bbc.co.uk (END) Dow Jones NewswiresFebruary 13, 2007 10:56 ET (15:56 GMT)
Ho ho ho ho ho ho hold the phone there!!!
Don't they realize that Iranians and Syrians are just hardworking family-values human beings who are willing to do the jobs that Iraqis are not willing to do???
They had better do something because it's clear that the media has convinced the electorate to push for a U.S. troop withdrawal and allow for the 10,000+ Iraqi people massacre to begin.
Why only 3 days? What is happening now to close the borders?
I think they ought to take away their AIM.
Just doing the decaptitaions Iraqis won't do.
What makes you think they will be successful?
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