“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
“The role of the international force that will be sent to Lebanon following a cease-fire will be to assist the Lebanese army to deploy in the south, ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its positions there and ensure that quiet is maintained along the Israeli-Lebanese border, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Prime Minister […]
From the comments at “Today in Iraq”
“They’re going to combat death squads? What are they going to do, attack the Interior Ministry?”
According to Faiza, Iraqi blogger, the US forces are running the Interior Ministry.
So all they need to do to eliminate the death squads is arrest Negroponte. Sounds like a solution I can live with.
matt […]
Damned shame there aren’t more like her.
markfromireland
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Well at last! Somebody has dared used the “C word” to Americans and an American newspaper has dared print it:
Civil war won’t end until troops leave Iraq
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Civil war is raging across central Iraq. Baghdad, a city whose population is almost the same as London, is splitting into hostile and heavily armed districts. Minorities, be they […]
Juan Cole has a good posting today on the Democrat’s quite unbelievably dimwitted posturing about al-Maliki and his visit to the US. It’s well worth reading but there are two pieces of context that you may find helpful to bear in mind as you read it.
The first has to do with the word “Dawa” it […]
A new deal tribal leaders in the southern city of Amara signed recently is seen as a harbinger of stability and security in southern Iraq.
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Iraqi tribal leaders play pivotal roles in their areas but they have rarely shown such a degree of solidarity.
The pact the Amara chiefs have signed comes following reports of an upsurge […]
markfromireland
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