Talk about making progress in Iraq! This is huge! Did you see it on TV yet? And what’s great about this is that the Iraqis are doing it themselves:
Some 10,000 Iraqi police and soldiers, backed by tanks, pushed deep into Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Baghdad bastion on Tuesday, stamping the government’s authority on an area until now outside its control.
The army said they met no resistance as they moved into Sadr City in the early hours, securing three quarters of the sprawling slum where hundreds have been killed in weeks of fighting between U.S. and Iraqi forces and Shi’ite militants loyal to Sadr.
A truce 10 days ago between Shi’ite factions largely ended the fighting in one of Baghdad’s poorest districts and paved the way for Tuesday’s operation.
The truce agreement called on gunmen loyal to Sadr to lay down their arms and on the government to restore control over Sadr City.
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Sadr City is the main stronghold of Sadr’s Mehdi Army, a militia estimated to number tens of thousands that the U.S. military once called the greatest threat to peace in Iraq.
The operation, on the second anniversary of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s swearing-in, was the first time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that the Iraqi army had pushed so deeply into the area. It previously controlled only the perimeter.
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A U.S. military spokesman said no American troops were involved and the operation was Iraqi-planned and executed.
See what a little patience will get you, Pelosi? I hope that Republicans will put this type of stuff in ads and then play Pelosi and Reid declaring defeat in Iraq. We should be thankful our military is better equipped to do their job than Congress is.
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posted May 20, 2008 at 3:45 pm
“We should be thankful our military is better equipped to do their job than Congress is.”
We should also be thankful that the Mehdi army agreed to put down their arms. Otherwise you might not have even noticed.
posted May 20, 2008 at 6:53 pm
see what a lot of war mongering gets us? we made the top 100!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/20/peace.index.ap/index.html
posted May 21, 2008 at 9:45 am
“We should also be thankful that the Mehdi army agreed to put down their arms”
Duh, it’s called PROGRESS. It’s a diplomatic as well as military victory.
War mongering? I SOOO care what the Global Peace Index says.
Face it lefties, we’re winning, and it’s all the doing of the “Adolf” Bush you hate so irrationally.
posted May 21, 2008 at 9:50 am
“We should also be thankful that the Mehdi army agreed to put down their arms”
Duh, it’s called PROGRESS. It’s a diplomatic as well as military victory.
War mongering? I SOOO care what the Global Peace Index says.
Face it lefties, we’re winning, and it’s all the doing of the “Adolf” Bush you hate so irrationally.
posted May 21, 2008 at 11:34 am
“We should also be thankful that the Mehdi army agreed to put down their arms. Otherwise you might not have even noticed.”
*snicker* Why do you think he did that? He’s losing power, he had no other choice. Remember we’re dealing with a shame based society so backing down like this is a sign of weakness. If he had the ability to fight, he would.
posted May 22, 2008 at 1:47 am
“He’s losing power, he had no other choice.”
um… i thought that iran was backing him? *snicker* guess not.
oh, zz, you didn’t have to tell us that you don’t care about peace. we knew.
most people think that winning at this point isn’t worth the cost or the 100 years to get there (was that 100 more, or 100 total? that works out to 100-5=95 to go). i still submit that if things are as good as you righties say, then our troops aren’t needed there anymore. bring them home.