blackfive.net - 6/30/2009
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"So, Grim, you're just back from Iraq... what does it mean that we're 'out of the cities?'" It means that the ISF -- especially the Iraqi Army, and the National Police -- are the first line of defense for urban Iraqis."Will it work?" No. The ISF know what they have to do, but they don't want to ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 6/30/2009
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WASHINGTON (CNN) –A new national poll suggests that
nearly three-quarters of all Americans support the plan to...
withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns, even though most believe that the troop movements will lead to an ...
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CNN Poll: Americans overwhelming support moving US ...
news.bbc.co.uk - 6/30/2009
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news.bbc.co.uk —
US troops have withdrawn from towns and cities
in Iraq, six years after the invasion, having formally...
handed over security duties to new Iraqi forces. A public holiday - National Sovereignty Day - has been declared, and the capital, Baghdad, threw a ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | US soldiers leave Iraq's cities
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Blackfive: Out of the Cities
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... IA are Shi'a-led, the NP are the only part of the apparatus that wasn't de-Baathified -- which means they need to learn to work together, and are likely to do it only under fire. Expect to see them fail, because they have to fail to get over the next step. The thing to watch is whether they learn. They know what they have to do; the time has come to see if they will do it. My money's on them. They just need a good whack to the head, now that they know the weight is on their shoulders. read ...
Grim? Perhaps...
Mudville Gazette —
My good friend* Grim, just back from Iraq: "So, Grim, you're just back from Iraq... what does it mean that we're 'out of the cities?'"
It means that the ISF -- especially the Iraqi Army, and the National Police -- are the first line of defense for urban Iraqis.
"Will it work?"
No. Read on...
*We hung out in Baghdad together, and he's been a guest in my house. Welcome home, Grim.
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