added 2007 Mon Jun 11 6:07:10 by TechnologyExpert
With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past.
With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups that have promised to fight militants linked with Al Qaeda who have been their allies in the past.
Iraq?s Curse: A Thirst for Final, Crushing Victory
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added 2007 Tue Jun 5 7:00:00 by unknown user
No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it. ?In the history of Iraq, more than 7,000 years, there have always been strong leaders,? he said. ?We need strong rulers or dictators like Franco, Hitler, even Mubarak. We need a strong dictator, and a fair one at the same time, to kill all extremists, Sunni and Shiite.?
No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it. ?In the history of Iraq, more than 7,000 years, there have always been strong leaders,? he said. ?We need strong rulers or dictators like Franco, Hitler, even Mubarak. We need a strong dictator, and a fair one at the same time, to kill all extremists, Sunni and Shiite.?
added 2007 Sun Jun 3 7:00:00 by unknown user
No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it. ?In the history of Iraq, more than 7,000 years, there have always been strong leaders,? he said. ?We need strong rulers or dictators like Franco, Hitler, even Mubarak. We need a strong dictator, and a fair one at the same time, to kill all extremists, Sunni and Shiite.?
No faction has been able to secure absolute power, and that has only sharpened the hunger for it. ?In the history of Iraq, more than 7,000 years, there have always been strong leaders,? he said. ?We need strong rulers or dictators like Franco, Hitler, even Mubarak. We need a strong dictator, and a fair one at the same time, to kill all extremists, Sunni and Shiite.?
added 2007 Mon May 14 13:49:49 by MyWayOnNow
U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged fire with suspected Sunni insurgents, killing two and wounding four of them during a massive search for three missing American soldiers in a volatile area south of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.
U.S. and Iraqi forces exchanged fire with suspected Sunni insurgents, killing two and wounding four of them during a massive search for three missing American soldiers in a volatile area south of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.
added 2007 Fri Apr 27 18:24:19 by jovial
IRAQ has modified a US military plan to protect a Sunni enclave in Baghdad with high concrete walls, and is using barbed wire and smaller cement barriers instead.
IRAQ has modified a US military plan to protect a Sunni enclave in Baghdad with high concrete walls, and is using barbed wire and smaller cement barriers instead.
added 2007 Mon Apr 23 16:39:36 by Karina
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday that the American military will ''respect the wishes'' of the Iraqi government regarding a barrier being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad, but he stopped short of saying construction would stop.
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Monday that the American military will ''respect the wishes'' of the Iraqi government regarding a barrier being built around a Sunni enclave in Baghdad, but he stopped short of saying construction would stop.
added 2007 Fri Apr 20 7:11:20 by Alexia
A U.S. military brigade is constructing a three-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital's most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq's most populous and violent city.
A U.S. military brigade is constructing a three-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital's most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq's most populous and violent city.
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 20:55:22 by populist
What must worry Washington more than the massive size of the demonstration on April 9 was its mixed Shi'ite-Sunni composition and nationalistic ambience. The prospect of Muqtada's appeal extending to a section of the Sunni community, with the tacit support of Sistani, is the nightmare scenario that the Bush administration most dreads. Yet it may co
What must worry Washington more than the massive size of the demonstration on April 9 was its mixed Shi'ite-Sunni composition and nationalistic ambience. The prospect of Muqtada's appeal extending to a section of the Sunni community, with the tacit support of Sistani, is the nightmare scenario that the Bush administration most dreads. Yet it may co
added 2007 Sun Mar 25 23:21:48 by MyWayOnNow
Iraqi security forces clashed Sunday in a Sunni area in central Baghdad, and police said at least two people were killed in fighting in the neighborhood's narrow streets and alleys. Roadside bombings, meanwhile, killed five U.S. soldiers, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital.
Iraqi security forces clashed Sunday in a Sunni area in central Baghdad, and police said at least two people were killed in fighting in the neighborhood's narrow streets and alleys. Roadside bombings, meanwhile, killed five U.S. soldiers, including four in a single strike in a volatile province northeast of the capital.
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added 2007 Mon Feb 26 21:08:39 by STONERS
The most prominent Sunni in Iraq's fragmented government said Monday that the United States is going to have to come up with a "Plan B" if the current crackdown fails to stem the violence in the capital.
The most prominent Sunni in Iraq's fragmented government said Monday that the United States is going to have to come up with a "Plan B" if the current crackdown fails to stem the violence in the capital.
added 2007 Tue Feb 20 1:03:41 by gatitabonitasen
TEHRAN, Iran - Bullet cartridges bearing a U.S. insignia and English lettering were among the weaponry seized last week from Sunni militants suspected of killing 11 members of Shiite-dominated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Iranian officials said Sunday. A photograph of the cartridge box, along with an array of other ammunition, was publishe
TEHRAN, Iran - Bullet cartridges bearing a U.S. insignia and English lettering were among the weaponry seized last week from Sunni militants suspected of killing 11 members of Shiite-dominated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, Iranian officials said Sunday. A photograph of the cartridge box, along with an array of other ammunition, was publishe
added 2007 Thu Jan 25 9:09:37 by STONERS
U.S. and Iraqi troops battled Sunni insurgents hiding in high-rise buildings on Haifa Street in the heart of Baghdad Wednesday, with snipers on roofs taking aim at gunmen in open windows as Apache attack helicopters hovered overhead.
U.S. and Iraqi troops battled Sunni insurgents hiding in high-rise buildings on Haifa Street in the heart of Baghdad Wednesday, with snipers on roofs taking aim at gunmen in open windows as Apache attack helicopters hovered overhead.
added 2007 Thu Jan 18 18:18:23 by TimALoftis
An American woman who was killed here on Wednesday when gunmen fired on her convoy of vehicles was apparently ambushed minutes after leaving the headquarters of a prominent Sunni political party, where she had been teaching a class on democracy.
An American woman who was killed here on Wednesday when gunmen fired on her convoy of vehicles was apparently ambushed minutes after leaving the headquarters of a prominent Sunni political party, where she had been teaching a class on democracy.
added 2007 Tue Jan 16 17:42:15 by Ousama
Political and, of course, religious discord between Sunnis and Shias complicate the Middle East picture. In the past year, support for Hizbullah during its war with Israel last summer was one of few unifying causes - and it unified only partially.
Political and, of course, religious discord between Sunnis and Shias complicate the Middle East picture. In the past year, support for Hizbullah during its war with Israel last summer was one of few unifying causes - and it unified only partially.
