beachbum bob
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| Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:33 am Post subject: Major Iraqi conflict awaits?? |
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the chaos is what it is and US troops are in the middle....so who are they going to defend? The sunnis innocents or the shia innocents??? Or will bushco have them sit around and watch from the sidelines?? The illusion of America's power will be shattered if the flood gates open for a blood bath while we 150,000 troops in theater
democracy forced...is democracy failed
http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20061128-115226-2217r.htm
Shi'ites, Sunnis amass arms
By Sharon Behn
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 29, 2006
A blindfolded detainee is held with confiscated weapons at the Iraqi Army base in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad yesterday. A blindfolded detainee is held with confiscated weapons at the Iraqi Army base in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad yesterday. (AP)
Rival Shi'ite and Sunni groups are massing their militias in expectation of major confrontations, Iraqis say, even as President Bush prepares to meet today with the nation's embattled prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.
Mr. Bush's meeting in Jordan is part of a wider attempt to involve Iraq's neighbors in efforts to end Iraq's vicious sectarian violence before it spills over into a larger regional conflict.
But Iraqis on both sides of their nation's sectarian divide report worrisome signs that the conflict will soon evolve into pitched battles between large armed groups.
One secular Shi'ite speaking on the telephone from Baghdad said Shi'ite militias were massing in preparation for a large offensive against Sunnis in the capital.
"They had a big militarylike ceremony today for the Mahdi militia, to show their force. They are making themselves ready for something big -- protests, fighting, killing," said the Shi'ite.
A secular Sunni in close contact with one insurgent faction, said rebel Sunnis were also trying to form alliances among militias for a big push in the city against the Shi'ites, including more raids on government buildings.
"I am waiting for the Sunnis to launch a 'Tet Offensive.' That is the one plug they have not pulled yet, and I could see that happening," said senior Rand defense analyst Ed O'Connell. |
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