Deadline for Iraqi militias as clashes intensify At least 55 killed and 300 injured as battles spread from Basra to Baghdad http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23788065/ Excerpt Doesn't look good if Al-Sadr breaks the ceasefire. Their lack of aggression over the last 8 months has been the key to less violence, not the surge. Edit:::::::: Apparently the ceasefire has ended. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/31527.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032500461_pf.html http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0326/p01s13-woiq.html .
You simply can't have a peace in any country in the world if you have several military forces or militias or any armed groups. It's simply impossible. It was just matter of time for peace to gone.
"The Surge" is total propaganda BS! This so called "Surge" does not work!...unless you have 1 American soldier monitoring 1 Iraqi...24/7!
The Iraqi govt gave them 72 hours to surrender, I don't think they will even bother about the ultimatum. This really spells trouble for the John McCain election campaign.
Oh boy, it's really starting to get busy now... News: Mahdi Army arrested 17 American soldiers http://www.roadstoiraq.com/2008/03/25/news-mahdi-army-arrested-17-american-soldiers/ .
The fighting against Sadr's militia by the Iraqi security forces is a sign that the surge is working. The Iraqi security forces now have enough confidence to take Sadr on. This the first step for the Iraqi people to take control of their country from the militias and terrorists.
I would beg to differ, it is only a few months, you can't do miracle in a few months to train a rag tag bunch of militants into a well organized regular army. Sadr's militia on the other hand fights for a living, it is as common as eating and sleeping. I heard that they are also quite well equipped. As the post earlier mentioned 250 Iraqi soldiers surrendered. This is massive surrendering. Only a large scale warfare can produced so many surrendered soldiers at a go, or they are too demoralized to fight?
Basra was controlled by the British government who left, now the terrorist control it and your surprised that they are causing havoc.
I would question that source very carefully mate. If that were to be the case all the MSM outlets would be all over it like flies around shit. There has been nothing at all about that story. @ soniquepost, our troops are still in Basra, at the airport, 4,100 of them, hopefully leaving Bush and his crazy neocons illegal "war" very soon.
IMHO not very hopeful, Bush intend to stay there another 5 years or old. Hope like the temporary peace we have seen is going to evaporate soon. Maybe they should increase the incentives to $20/day per militant not to fight. As you known the greenbacks is suffering from such a high inflation, the militants might feel short changed
But of course. That said, we don't get bad news about the war, unless the media has a motive for telling us.
It's getting hot over there again. Al-Sadr militia prep for U.S., Iraqi fighting http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080405/FOREIGN/275149421/-1/RSS_WORLD
It looks like the ceasefire merely gave them more time to equip, train and prepare their strategies for further confrontation with the US forces. Looks like the real Surge is coming. If it is timed near the Presidential elections, McCain might be at a disadvantage.
Al Sadr didn't start the recent flare up. The Iraqi President or Prime Minister (not sure which) Nouri Al Maliki is a political rival of Al Sadr. He used the Iraqi military/policy to round up and harass Al Sadr's Mahdi army members in Sadr City. The problem is, the Iraqi forces suck, and they are sympathetic to Al Sadr. Anyway, this is the kind of shenanigans that is going on under the Surge. Al Sadr is a nationalist, ironically, Al Maliki has strong ties to Iran. Everything is upside down. The bad guys are the good guys, and likewise.