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Violence in Basra Drops 90% After British WithdrawalPosted on Nov 17, 2007
Perhaps Basra can be seen as a test case for the rest of Iraq with regard to withdrawal and its effects: According to Maj. Gen. Graham Binns, the commander of British forces in Basra, there has been a “remarkable and dramatic drop in attacks” since the majority of his troops withdrew from the city.
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By 1drees, December 1, 2007 at 7:06 am # CARTTONIST : IN CASE YOUR IGNORANT SELF FAILED TO NOTICE , IRAQ was a pretty nice place to live in and had all the infrastructure of the country and all amenities avilable to citizens such as running water, severage, hospitals etc etc TILL SOME A$$H0LEZ (like you) showed up to “LIBERATE” it and actually what they did was destroy everything and shoot everything in sight INDISCRIMINATELY and you didnt witness tht but ost probably 15 millions of IRAQIs did and HENCE THE HATRED AND VIOLENCE THAT WILL SEEP THROUGH THE GENERATIONS AND AFFECT SOME PEOPLE FOR THE NEXT 20 years. BTW while you are at IMPROVING THE WORLD could you please do something about the US service women who were raped during military service and some who are still being raped coz they are in a binding contract unable to leave, if you got a will to improve things please atleast do somethings for those womens who volunteered to serve the country instead they found themselves subordinate to perverts who hare habitual abursers and rapists and if you need help researching that and the names and the ladies involved , i can help you get to them, they are all over youtube.
By Allah Cartoonist, November 18, 2007 at 5:31 am # This isn’t rocket science. Basra is less violent is because there is nobody left for the locals to fight. Do you think Basra would be peaceful if it were 40% Sunni instead of all Shiite? Riiight. I am in favor of immediate withdrawal, also, but I am a realist about what will follow. Don’t delude yourselves into thinking peace will follow, people. In cities where the sectarian violence is only tempered by presence of US forces on the streets, it is going to be a bloodbath on a Rwandan scale. The air in Bagdad will be filled with cries of “allah akbar” and the streets will be full of headless bodies. But if the majority of Iraqis want civil war rather than democratic power sharing, I say let them have it. They had their chance to build something constructive and pissed it away by embracing sectarianism instead of reconciliation. Islam needs to evolve to be compatible with modernity and civilization, anyway, so maybe some darwinian selection on a massive scale is what is needed.
By 1drees, November 18, 2007 at 1:27 am # Tony’s brilliant words i repeat as i think i second each one: “ Violence in Basra Drops 90% After British Withdrawal “ “Lets see now.... We bomb this country for months, then invade, install a puppet government, are responsible for the slaughter of over 1.5 million people and the displacement of at least 4 million more. We snipe from the tops of buildings, drive tanks through the streets, allow mercenaries to kill indiscriminately without fear of prosecution, construct permanent military bases and the largest American Embassy in the world (sometimes using slave labour). Arrest and torture people without reason, disregard international and local law… etc, etc. And we call it a huge success that violence stops when we leave!! WE are the violence. “
By Tony, November 17, 2007 at 8:13 pm # Lets see now.... We bomb this country for months, then invade, install a puppet government, are responsible for the slaughter of over 1.5 million people and the displacement of at least 4 million more. We snipe from the tops of buildings, drive tanks through the streets, allow mercenaries to kill indiscriminately without fear of prosecution, construct permanent military bases and the largest American Embassy in the world (sometimes using slave labour). Arrest and torture people without reason, disregard international and local law… etc, etc. And we call it a huge success that violence stops when we leave!! WE are the violence. Add Your Comment |
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