But let's take a break from the trial to review all the good news out of Iraq.
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported this encouraging development:
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In his latest remarkable political reincarnation, onetime U.S. favorite Ahmed Chalabi has secured a position inside the Iraqi government that could help determine whether the Bush administration's new push to secure Baghdad succeeds.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In his latest remarkable political reincarnation, onetime U.S. favorite Ahmed Chalabi has secured a position inside the Iraqi government that could help determine whether the Bush administration's new push to secure Baghdad succeeds.
In a new post created earlier this year, Mr. Chalabi will serve as an intermediary between Baghdad residents and the Iraqi and U.S. security forces mounting an aggressive counterinsurgency campaign across the city. The position is meant to help Iraqis arrange reimbursement for damage to their cars and homes caused by the security sweeps in the hope of maintaining public support for the strategy.
Chalabi back in the game? The fellow who fed misleading intelligence on Iraq's WMDs to Judy Miller of The New York Times and many other reporters--as well as to the Pentagon and Dick Cheney's office. Neocons everywhere must be smiling.
Chalabi back in the game? The fellow who fed misleading intelligence on Iraq's WMDs to Judy Miller of The New York Times and many other reporters--as well as to the Pentagon and Dick Cheney's office. Neocons everywhere must be smiling.
BAGHDAD -- The engineer stood aside as Iraqi and American soldiers rifled through his daughter's wardrobe and peered under her bed. He did not mind when they confiscated the second clip for his AK-47, because he knew it could be easily replaced. He demurred when asked about insurgent activity in the neighborhood, afraid to be stamped an informant and driven from his home of 14 years. Face to face with the Baghdad security plan, it seemed to him a bit absurd.
Commandos and policemen from the predominantly Shiite Interior Ministry have little desire to raid or arrest members of their own sect or residents from their home neighborhoods, said Hasim, whose father is Sunni and mother is Shiite. From what he has seen, the Iraqi soldiers brought in for the security plan are accomplishing little.
Commandos and policemen from the predominantly Shiite Interior Ministry have little desire to raid or arrest members of their own sect or residents from their home neighborhoods, said Hasim, whose father is Sunni and mother is Shiite. From what he has seen, the Iraqi soldiers brought in for the security plan are accomplishing little.
"They're doing nothing, they're just sleeping at the camps," he said. "We do not go out if the Americans are not with us."
So let's recap: Chalabi, who helped con the United States into the war, is edging back into a position of influence within the Iraq government (a government for which American troops are sacrificing their lives) and George W. Bush's surge may be little more than a farce. No wonder Cheney says the policy is going well.
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3 comments:
Good Morning,
I went to vote, really only for mayor and clerk since, the other two were unopposed in my municipal election, other Wards will be more exciting to watch.
And yet another take on thiscough, cough Good News:
The new approach has definitely made the possibility of military confrontation between the U.S. and Iran highly likely. It is also expected to fuel the sectarian strife in the Middle East, which deteriorated noticeably following the tensions Washington instigated in Iraq first day it invaded the country nearly four years ago,
alleging it’s on a noble mission to plant the flag of liberty.
How far would the U.S. go to ensure Shias never rise to power, is what Hersh stated in his article, saying that the U.S. funds to anti Shia operations in the region have reached the hands of groups linked to Al Qaeda.
And Cheney was a missed target:
Shaheed attack has killed around 20 karzai militants and american soldier, at Bagram air base in Afghanistan, where Dick Cheney, the US vice president, is visiting
I will read your article when I get home. Glad you gone to vote.
Chicago Native:
I read your article and I heard about the Dickster's missed target: himself. I am sure some business tycoon is waiting in the wings to replace the Dickster.
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