tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post3808657110539017999..comments2008-10-30T12:52:23.100-04:00Juan Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794922740548563607jricole@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-63275420734587401992008-10-30T02:25:00.000-04:002008-10-30T02:25:00.000-04:00It is probable that Maliki got a heads up on the operation. What game is PM Maliki playing?<BR/><BR/>Hint nod nod. the attack was bad. Hint nod.<BR/><BR/>Juan, Wasit went PIC. Now only 5 provinces are not PIC out of 18. Prov. Iraqi Control = PIC.<BR/><BR/>4 of these provinces are expected to transition to PIC in January.<BR/><BR/>After that only Baghdad will remain to be transitioned.Anandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03040200275831896147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-85007962893649478412008-10-29T12:05:00.000-04:002008-10-29T12:05:00.000-04:00<I>backed off his earlier support for the US raid into Syria.</I><BR/><BR/>There could have been consideration given the precedent as viewed in the context of Turkey's incursions into northern Iraq.Dr. Mathewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00944918915228425786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463907.post-90666464543770446192008-10-29T07:57:00.000-04:002008-10-29T07:57:00.000-04:00<EM>It is not clear whether Dabbagh was just issuing a pro forma condemnation or whether the Shiite government in Baghdad has gotten new information suggesting that the raid was problematic in some way.</EM><BR/><BR/>The US using Iraq as a base for attacking third countries has been an Iraqi nightmare for quite some time. Why you are apologizing for US aggression against Syria from occupied Iraq... I was going to say dumbfounds me, but of course you are now looking for work in the Obama Regime, and you've got to get with the program.<BR/><BR/>The degeneration of your point of view over the past year is truly disheartening.John Francis Leehttp://www.uspvp.orgnoreply@blogger.com