U.S.-Iraqi Raid Nets Militia Suspect

Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:17 AM EST
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Attacks on Baghdad Green Zone

WHAT'S THE GREEN ZONE? Also called the International Zone, it's the heavily protected area in central Baghdad that holds the U.S. and British embassies, the Iraqi parliament and prime minister's office.

OPEN TO ATTACK: A U.N. report in June said insurgents had bombarded the area with rockets and mortar fire more than 80 times since March.

CASUALTIES: Nearly 30 people have been reportedly killed in the barrages.

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Division by Zero

I strongly doubt that when the U.S. invaded Iraq, we envisioned that it would increase the influence of Iran and Syria in the region. If anything, it appears that the U.S. invasion had had a destabilizing effect.

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Reply#1 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:07 PM EST
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Earl E Morningwood

All they had to do was blow the dust off the invasion plans from Desert Storm. And they would have foreseen everything that has happened so far.

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#1.1 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:08 PM EST
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Captain Nemo

Yep, Earl... I watched that show on CNN, and i distinctly recall the current scenario used to explain why US forces did not go after Saddam.

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#1.2 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:13 PM EST
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{"commentId":389126,"authorDomain":"protoolrobot"}
protoolrobot

Any dialog between the 3 at this point is good, even if it is viewed as posturing by Iran.

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Reply#2 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:46 PM EST
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Division by Zero

Oh, there will be more posturing than at a Paris fashion show, but I do agree that such a dialogue is a good thing for the region.

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#2.1 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:04 PM EST
{"commentId":389214,"authorDomain":"cjlewis"}
cjlewis

You are right. This region used to be "everyone for themselves" and highly divided region. And that is why you have all sort of tribal issues and killings. If the region is united through display of example from their leaders, there is a high chance for peace. Although Mahmoud is caught with all the nuke issues with the US, he is a modern leader which can be seen from the progression of his country compared a lot of other countries in the region. Peace in the Middle East will not come through the US or coalition forces, it will only come from within. So I look at it as a great potential for US troops to get out of the region, and let the Middle East leaders take care of their own issues.

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#2.2 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:23 PM EST
{"commentId":389459,"authorDomain":"vas"}
vas

Maybe Bush will claim that his strategy all along was to unite the Middle East by providing them with a common enemy to hate even more.

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#2.3 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:25 PM EST
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Dennis P. McCann

If that's the case, he's united the world.

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#2.4 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:27 PM EST
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{"commentId":389299,"authorDomain":"rfreeman"}
Reginald Freeman

I am so confused...

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Reply#3 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:59 PM EST
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Division by Zero

As am I. The title of this article just changed while I was away from my desk.

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#3.1 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:16 PM EST
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Tony Angelo

They do this all the time and it bugs the living daylights out of me. I'll comment on a specific statement in an article and then they'll change it slightly and it won't include the statement I was commenting on. This time the entire article seems to have changed completely.

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#3.2 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:52 PM EST
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{"commentId":389373,"authorDomain":"bmvaughn"}
bmvaughn

Headline: Comedian's Slaying Hikes Iraq Death Toll Image: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

What am I missing here...

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Reply#4 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:41 PM EST
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Captain Nemo

I wondered about that myself, bmvaughn, and so far I have come up with a number of theories:

1) AP is suggesting Ahmadinejad ordered the killing of Walid Hassan (Ahmadinejad is smiling)
2) AP is suggesting Ahmadinejad was a fan of the comedian in question (Ahmadinejad is smiling)
3) AP is suggesting Ahmadinejad benefits from the killing of Hassan (Ahmadinejad is smiling)
4) AP is suggesting Ahmadinejad is identical with Walid Hassan (Ahmadinejad is smiling)

The Iranian president also appear in the tags, so obviously it is intentional. Which opens the possibility of some elaborate conspiracy involving at least but not exclusively Thomas Wagner, AP and / or The Bilderbergs.

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#4.1 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:50 PM EST
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Eric Near

I thought it was a fluke myself until I saw the tags...

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#4.2 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:30 PM EST
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Koozebane

We need a disclaimer for the photo:

The politician shown is not nearly as funny as the guy who got killed, but at least he's mugging for the camera.

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#4.3 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:04 PM EST
{"commentId":389966,"authorDomain":"bmvaughn"}
bmvaughn

Based on the number of revisions noted in this article, I propose that the Newsvine auto-tagger attempts to re-tag any revised stories by AP.

This would have added tags of Iran and Syria, at the least.

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#4.4 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:38 PM EST
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{"commentId":389399,"authorDomain":"Get-It-Right"}
Get-It-Right

C'mon Thomas Wagner/Associated Press/Newsvine

Here is a story all about Iraq, and the most prominent thing in it is a picture of the President of ... wait for it ... Iran.

Sure doesn't inspire confidence in whoever put this together.

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Reply#5 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:54 PM EST
{"commentId":389403,"authorDomain":"neteng"}
neteng

First Michael Richards, now this... All I gotta say is this is not a good week to be a comedian.

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Reply#6 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:56 PM EST
{"commentId":389503,"authorDomain":"dehehn"}
Deh Ehn

Except Michael Richards didn't get blown up. He just blew up in a torrent of racism.

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#6.1 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:39 PM EST
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{"commentId":389480,"authorDomain":"divbyzero"}
Division by Zero

I'm in the Twilight Zone. Before I left for lunch the title of this article was regarding the 3-way talks that Iran wants to sponsor with Syria, Iran, and Iraq. When I returned from lunch the article was talking about the death of a comedian. WTF?

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Reply#7 - Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:32 PM EST
{"commentId":393947,"authorDomain":"GreyWolf"}
Grey Wolf

And now the headline is "U.S.-Iraqi Raid Nets Militia Suspect"

I think the "auto-updater" keeps updating the story, because now it's about three way talks, a comedian, militia members, and of course, our friend, "the President of ... wait for it ... Iran."

BAGHDAD, IRAQ — U.S. and Iraqi forces raided Baghdad's Sadr City on Tuesday and detained seven militia members, including one believed to have information about an American soldier kidnapped last month, the military said. A popular comedian who had poked fun at Iraq's security was buried, a day after he was shot to death driving through Baghdad.

Iraq restored diplomatic relations with Syria as part of a wider regional effort to clamp off violence in Iraq. Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to a weekend summit in Tehran — an invitation thought to be an attempt by Tehran to upstage expected U.S. moves to enlist Syria and Iran in tackling the chaos in Iraq.

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#7.1 - Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:51 PM EST
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