Day Eight of Operation...
“Charge of the Knights”
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
“Charge of the Knights”
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
I for one believe that the end result of all this fighting in Iraq... over the past week is... IRAN and their puppet the radical Shi'ite Cleric Moqtada al Sadr... WON.
Neither Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his fragile Government nor the U.S. came out of this one with any favorable... positive results. I don’t care how anyone spins this news either... the end
result is we lost. I do pray however that there were lessons learned and that now the realization of just how much of Iraq... and the rest of that part of the world... is actually under the dangerous grip of Iran.I furthermore cannot help but believe that if this bowing to Iranian influence continues over the near future... Iraq is going to turn into another Lebanon... which is just what I think is/has been happening to it right now.
Until America... Israel and our working allies in the world take out the political/military might and influence of Iran, Syria too... there will NEVER be no peace in that part of the world.
Choose wisely the next President of the United States and those you wish to lead in Congress... for all of us, we the American people... have only witnessed the beginning successes and mistakes of this long war put before of us.
AubreyJ.........
IRNA File Photo
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Let’s now see how the News on Iraq is being reported today...
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Let’s now see how the News on Iraq is being reported today...
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Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen spoke to servicemembers from Pope Air Force Base and neighboring Fort Bragg and took their questions, Monday, March 31st. He said their questions, comments and observations help him as he advises the President, the Defense Secretary and the rest of the National Security Council.
Mullen said, in part, that a week ago... Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered Iraqi forces to clamp down on illegal militias, criminals and thugs in the southern oil and port city of
Basra. Shiia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Jaysh al-Mahdi organization contested the Iraqi security forces, and fighting spread north to Baghdad and other Shiia cities in the south.
Mullen said he did not know what Sadr's intentions were in battling the government, but he praised Maliki's decision to go into Basra.
"I think what happened in respect to Basra, where the prime minister is taking some significant steps, internal to his sovereign country, with his own forces have been positive," Mullen said to the troops. "This is their country, and taking steps in this direction is positive. Will we learn some lessons from this? Absolutely!"
He said one aspect that is very clear to him is that any solution must be political. "It's not going to happen militarily," the chairman said.
Mullen would not predict what Sadr will do in the future.
Mullen said, in part, that a week ago... Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered Iraqi forces to clamp down on illegal militias, criminals and thugs in the southern oil and port city of
Basra. Shiia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Jaysh al-Mahdi organization contested the Iraqi security forces, and fighting spread north to Baghdad and other Shiia cities in the south.Mullen said he did not know what Sadr's intentions were in battling the government, but he praised Maliki's decision to go into Basra.
"I think what happened in respect to Basra, where the prime minister is taking some significant steps, internal to his sovereign country, with his own forces have been positive," Mullen said to the troops. "This is their country, and taking steps in this direction is positive. Will we learn some lessons from this? Absolutely!"
He said one aspect that is very clear to him is that any solution must be political. "It's not going to happen militarily," the chairman said.
Mullen would not predict what Sadr will do in the future.
Taken from part of a Jim Garamone news article – DoD, American Forces Press Service - DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam M. Stump
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* Telegraph.co.uk put this report up this morning and it starts off like this... Iraq's prime minister today announced plans to recruit 10,000 security personnel for Basra even as he claimed that his widely criticized military assault on Shia militants in the southern city last week had been a “success”...
Read their report in full HERE
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* AP.Google.com reports...
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claimed Tuesday that a week-old operation against Shiite militias has been a "success" despite a cease-fire that did not disarm the gunmen and left him politically battered... The Shiite leader stopped short of declaring an end to the offensive that began a week ago Tuesday in the southern city of Basra, sparking retaliatory clashes in Baghdad and other southern cities, and criticism that his government was unprepared for the fierce backlash... Militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, meanwhile, thanked his fighters for "defending your people, your land and your honor."...
Read this report in full at link below...
Iraqi PM: Basra Operation a 'Success'
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* ABCNews.com... has their/Reuters typical take on things... I would like to note that we just came out of a week of some MAJOR fighting all through Iraq... thus... of course the death toll is going to be high...
Fighting between security forces and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in Iraq to their highest level in more than six months, government figures showed on Tuesday... Britain responded to renewed violence in the southern city of Basra by delaying plans to bring home 1,500 of its 4,000 troops in Iraq... A total of 923 civilians were killed in March, up 31 percent from February and the deadliest month since August 2007, according to data compiled by Iraq's interior, defense and health ministries and obtained by Reuters... The figures are a blow to the Iraqi government and the United States, which have pointed to reduced overall levels of violence in recent months as evidence that a major security offensive has made significant progress...
Read the rest at link below...
Iraqi casualties at highest level since August
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* DigTriad.com reports it this way...
The battle for Basra has not turned out to be the defining moment many had thought... Prime Minister Maliki's patchwork coalition of support remains fragile and while a shaky truce has calmed the violence, everyone's wondering how long it can last...
Read the rest below...
Fragile Truce In Iraq Holding
Read their report in full HERE
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* AP.Google.com reports...
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki claimed Tuesday that a week-old operation against Shiite militias has been a "success" despite a cease-fire that did not disarm the gunmen and left him politically battered... The Shiite leader stopped short of declaring an end to the offensive that began a week ago Tuesday in the southern city of Basra, sparking retaliatory clashes in Baghdad and other southern cities, and criticism that his government was unprepared for the fierce backlash... Militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, meanwhile, thanked his fighters for "defending your people, your land and your honor."...
Read this report in full at link below...
Iraqi PM: Basra Operation a 'Success'
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* ABCNews.com... has their/Reuters typical take on things... I would like to note that we just came out of a week of some MAJOR fighting all through Iraq... thus... of course the death toll is going to be high...
Fighting between security forces and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in Iraq to their highest level in more than six months, government figures showed on Tuesday... Britain responded to renewed violence in the southern city of Basra by delaying plans to bring home 1,500 of its 4,000 troops in Iraq... A total of 923 civilians were killed in March, up 31 percent from February and the deadliest month since August 2007, according to data compiled by Iraq's interior, defense and health ministries and obtained by Reuters... The figures are a blow to the Iraqi government and the United States, which have pointed to reduced overall levels of violence in recent months as evidence that a major security offensive has made significant progress...
Read the rest at link below...
Iraqi casualties at highest level since August
.
* DigTriad.com reports it this way...
The battle for Basra has not turned out to be the defining moment many had thought... Prime Minister Maliki's patchwork coalition of support remains fragile and while a shaky truce has calmed the violence, everyone's wondering how long it can last...
Read the rest below...
Fragile Truce In Iraq Holding
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* GulfNews.com put this news article out early Wednesday morning and it starts off like this...
The Iraqi government says it is fighting the Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army in Basra. But Moqtada Al Sadr, the maverick mullah who founded the militia and is supposed to be its leader, says he has ordered his men to lay down their arms and go home. What is going on? ... One thing is certain; the fighting that started in the last week of March is still going on, albeit on a smaller scale. Outside that certainty, we enter the realm of probabilities. Chief among these is the probability that this fighting is, in fact, a mini-war, involving proxies, between new Iraq and Iran...
Read the rest at link below...
Iran's influence evident in Basra
The Iraqi government says it is fighting the Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army in Basra. But Moqtada Al Sadr, the maverick mullah who founded the militia and is supposed to be its leader, says he has ordered his men to lay down their arms and go home. What is going on? ... One thing is certain; the fighting that started in the last week of March is still going on, albeit on a smaller scale. Outside that certainty, we enter the realm of probabilities. Chief among these is the probability that this fighting is, in fact, a mini-war, involving proxies, between new Iraq and Iran...
Read the rest at link below...
Iran's influence evident in Basra
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