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04/05/2004 Archived Entry: "Edging closer to the abyss..."
Edging closer to the abyss...
Al Sadr forces have siezed government buildings in Kufa yesterday, Basra today. One of these situations is bound to end badly.
And let's remember - these aren't Sunnis, whom we've been fighting since Bush said we were done fighting. These are Shi'ites - the ones who have been hanging back. And the majority Muslim sect in Iraq.
One false move and things could turn extremely ugly, extremely quickly. Not good.
Addendum: CNN International is reporting that the Marines have closed all roads in and out of Fallujah, and the Marines are going in. Let's hope for cooler heads prevailing, as far-fetched as that hope may seem at the moment.
Here's a story about it in the Houston Chronicle.
Thousands of Marines surrounded this anti-American stronghold early today in preparation for a complex raid to retake control of the city and apprehend those responsible for last week's slayings of four U.S. security contractors.The highly anticipated action, dubbed Operation Valiant Resolve, was expected to be one of the biggest military offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government a year ago.
All roads leading to the city of 300,000 were barricaded with tanks and concertina wire. Working through the cold desert night, Marines set up camps for detainees and residents who might flee any fighting.
Before dawn, several Marine positions were hit by mortars and rocket-propelled grenade fire. Bursts of automatic gunfire could be heard in the city.
At daylight, Marines planned to distribute leaflets and broadcast radio messages asking residents of Fallujah to stay in their homes and help identify insurgents and those responsible for last week's killings.
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When exactly does it change from liberate to conquer? Or quagmire as the case may be?
Posted by IXLNXS @ 04/05/2004 04:04 AM NY
Reading this really, really disturbs me:
"...asking residents of Fallujah to...help identify insurgents and those responsible for last week's killings."
As we well know, informants are often mistaken or purposefully deceitful. I fear the so-called insurgents and those responsible for the killings know how thirsty the Bushites are for revenge and will probably point the marines to people they don't like so they are detained or worse to get them out of their way without any more effort than some convincing words the U.S. IRAQ Attack people are eager to hear. Even Powell now admits he was led astray by a so-called defector...if he was...it's scary to think how many U.S. forces have been out there on the battlegrounds.
How many more innocent people must die before certain other people feel they have gotten enough revenge and control?
Posted by LML @ 04/05/2004 08:07 AM NY
