From: "Robert Comer" 

All this freedom in sure catching on in Iraq, isn't it.

-- Bob Comer


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> The Bush Administration's legacy of failure is manifest in both New
> Orleans and Baghdad:
>
> http://www.juancole.com/2005/09/security-situation-in-baghdad-sinking.html
> "The situation has deteriorated in Baghdad dramatically today. Five
> neighborhoods (hay) in Baghdad are controlled by insurgents, and they
> are Amiraya, Ghazilya, Shurta, Yarmouk and Doura. It is very bad. My
> guys there report that cars have come into these neighborhoods and
> blocked off the streets. Masked gunmen with AKs and other weapons are
> roaming these areas, announcing that people should stay home. One of
> my drivers in Amiraya reports that his neighborhood is shut down
> totally, and even those who need food or provisions are warned not to
> go out.
>
> The government will respond feebly. It will go into a contested
> neighborhood, and then just like Fallujah, Ramadi, Tel Afar, the
> insurgents will flee to take over another area on another day. Bit by
> bit they are taking over the main parts of Baghdad. The only place we
> are sure they cannot control is Sadr City, unless of course they want
> to take on Jaish Mahdy [Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army], and that would
> be bloody.
>
> A few minutes ago Jaafari came on television to tell everyone in
> Baghdad to stay home. Can't wait for his next bold move.
>
> There are flyers in public areas of Baghdad warning people not to
> gather in large numbers because they will thereby become targets. I am
> trying to get a copy of the flyer.

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