Newsflash:
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the US forces in Iraq turned over the its base in Najaf to more than 1500 Iraqi soldiers under the command of Col. Saadi Salih al-Maliky. These Iraqi soldiers were trained by our US forces. U.S. forces relocated to another base farther outside the city so they would be available to assist in a major security crisis.
I'm going to say this again. The city of Najaf, Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, the holiest city in Iraq for Shiite Muslims and the scene of heavy fighting last year between the U.S. Army and the militia of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, was turned over to US trained Iraqi soldiers.
You make an excellent point, Linda.
Excellent, Linda1956. Thanks for posting that. I'll add it to my collection. I've been keeping a diary, log, scrapbook of sorts for our son. I will add this to it. :)
Najaf? The same Najaf that was a "quagmire?" That Najaf? But, but, but.... I thought we lost the war. I thought it went straight from quagmire to theocracy. How can this be?