Iraqi Civil War hot enough for ya?

Lokutus

So they are amputating heads over there and lining them up along the curb.

Can we start calling it a "civil war" now?
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lutherquick

Well... Americans were scalping American Indians, including children, and that was for democracy....

I just got done watching FoxNews, and everything there said Iraq is peaceful, and all the wmd are secured... oh, oh, oh... and Saddam will soon pay for his 9/11 attack...

dukey · Fission Joined: Feb 20, 2005 Posts: 2029

I dont know i've not been there
All i see is the filtered media that the US allows through.

But I think its safe to say, America has totally destroyed iraq. School/hospitals, thousands of homes, all destroyed leaving thousand of people in temporary shelters. Not too mention how many people have been killed, or how much money has literally been blown 'liberating' this poor country. Or how the US let private companies basically steal iraq money and bodge the reconstruction effort.

Lokutus

Zardoz

Violent Baghdad deaths top 6,000 - The number has risen every month, to 1,400 in May. The majority are believed to be victims of sectarian killings. But observers say the real death toll could be much higher.

Gunmen kidnap 50 in Iraqi capital

Iraq gunmen kill 24 civilians at checkpoint

No Escaping Iraq Violence

U.S. Soldier Among 30+ Deaths In Iraq

Iraq imposes emergency in Basra

Haditha: Massacre and cover-up?

Gego posted this on the "Blundering BushCo" thread:

The cost of war
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Lighthouse · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1458

Clouseau2

It's always interesting reading the work of Salam Pax:

Salam Pax

Having trouble getting into a Shia district doesn’t mean that I am OK in Sunni areas. Sunni areas are even tougher. To start with they have their own set of fashion rules. There is a whole What Not To Wear spin-off for the west of Baghdad and the prize isn’t just a special wardrobe but you get to stay alive.

Let me give you a quick run down. Let’s look at men’s fashions first. Things that can get you killed include:

Shorts
A goatee beard
Jeans that are a bit tight or are too fashionably “distressed”
Colourful shirts
Hair Gel!!!
A necklace
A Shia name (anything that has anything to do with Imam Hussein or a member of his family)

pigleg

Chicken_Little

Lighthouse · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 1458

Again amputation sounds much nicer than cut off the head.

Like friendly fire incident sounds much nicer than Shot to death by an comrade ...

BTW I want to amputate this annoying monkeys head, who had hacked into PO.com Mad

chukar · Tar Sands Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 58

My, it seems we've been hacked. What a bother.

Our desperation is becoming more evident by the day. The U.S. continues to make poor judgments and worsen the situation. Every mistake we make just exacerbates the oil crisis and brings peak closer. I was hoping to have more years to prepare.

Mesuge

Check out the work by UK journalist Robert Fisk I think he is with the Indenpendent. Basically, his direct observation is as follows, large chunk of the "sectarian violence" is manned by the state security forces not unlike in the recent civil war in Algeria. Those death squads are fueling the violence. Who benefits? If your plan is to have permanet mil. base in the region and the justification for its presence lacks public support, go figure..
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Andrew_S · Intermediate Crude Joined: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 683

But is Iraq still safer than Washington DC?

Lokutus