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American commanders are increasingly concerned that Mosul could degenerate into a larger battleground over the fragile Iraqi state itself. >
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US Forces Plan To "Step Aside" From Any Iraqi Civil War
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And it's 1..2...3..what are we not fighting for?
Via Kevin Drum comes a piece in the NYT looking at the powederkeg of factional tensions in Mosul. The Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is squeezing out Kurdish units of the Iraqi Army from Mosul, sending the national police and army from Baghdad and trying to forge alliances with Sunni Arab hard-liners in the province, who have deep-seated feuds with the Kurdistan Regional Government led by Massoud Barzani.
....“It’s ...
US Forces Plan To "Step Aside" From Any Iraqi Civil War
Crooks and Liars —
And it's 1..2...3..what are we not fighting for?
Via Kevin Drum comes a piece in the NYT looking at the powderkeg of factional tensions in Mosul.
The Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is squeezing out Kurdish units of the Iraqi Army from Mosul, sending the national police and army from Baghdad and trying to forge alliances with Sunni Arab hard-liners in the province, who have deep-seated feuds with the Kurdistan Regional Government led by Massoud Barzani.
....“It’s the perfect storm against the old festering background,” warned Brig. Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, who ...
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