Iraqi FM Warns Against U.S. Withdrawal

Mon Jul 9, 2007 6:55 AM EDT
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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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John Hedin

Our soldiers are stupid to death.

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Reply#1 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 8:17 AM EDT
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M. Holt

I have no respect for those that blame our troops for fighting in Iraq. It disgusts me that you say things like that. Whether you like the idea of this war or not, your soldiers - dying - deserve your respect and support. They need it. Yeah, I agree, we gotta get them outa there. Just not quite yet...

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#1.1 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 9:34 AM EDT
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Corey Spring
Iraq's foreign minister warned on Monday that a quick American military withdrawal from the country could lead to civil war and the collapse of the government, as pressure on the Bush administration for a pullout grows.

Too bad it's already a civil war in Iraq

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Reply#2 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 8:19 AM EDT
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ComSen

Yeah, haven't the media already declared it's a civil war?

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#2.1 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 12:18 PM EDT
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BlaiseP

ROFL! Yeah, the Iraqi media.

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    #2.2 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 12:20 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":849961,"authorDomain":"blai"}
    BlaiseP

    It has all been seen before. I come and go to Guatemala, where a civil war raged for 36 years. Finally, after one particularly horrible dictator, name of Rios-Montt, went too far, Bush the Wiser pulled his military funding. Within six months, the war ended with a peace treaty in Mexico City.

    Where there is no fuel, the fire goeth out, says Solomon the Wise. Iraq's government is worthless in its current configuration. While the Americans are yet there, it will continue in this mode of uselessness. We should withdraw into Kurdish territory, hunker down and let them fight each other until the fire goes out.

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    Reply#3 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 8:31 AM EDT
    {"commentId":850235,"authorDomain":"nashhaywood"}
    nashhaywood

    The Iraqi government has been slow to act on anything because they know we are there to fund, fight, and restore a country we have little to no interest with after the war effort ends. They are taking what they can for now and will reform only after we withdraw from this state. Why can't anyone see that?

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    Reply#4 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 10:37 AM EDT
    {"commentId":852524,"authorDomain":"johnlaster"}
    Baghdad Resident

    No interest in the area after the war? We'd better have an interest. All Muslim countries surrounding this one are helping to fund insurgents. A large part of this region is being taught from an early age to kill infidels to get to heaven. This is NOT GOING AWAY, even if we do. It will be here for our children to deal with. If you remember, Turkey would not let us use their airspace to invade from the north when this war began. It is important for us to have bases here to put down things such as Iran building nuclear weapons. Saudi training insurgent forces to attack Americans. - This is going to be a long war whether we pull out or not. And we will be involved for years to come. -- We still have a military base in Germany, 60 years later.
    One final point: we can't stop the car bombs in Iraq. Do you really want them in your hometown?

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      #4.1 - Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:45 AM EDT
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      {"commentId":850313,"authorDomain":"kellyeannora"}
      KellyeAnnora
      The dangers could be a civil war, dividing the country, regional wars and the collapse of the state."

      What part of this isn't already happening? Even IF our withdrawal is anything but beneficiary, that's for the Iraqi people to solve. This isn't our war. Interfering with politics we don't understand or even truly care about is our own way of terrorizing the world.

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      Reply#5 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 10:58 AM EDT
      {"commentId":850404,"authorDomain":"mostafa-melgou"}
      Mostafa Melgou

      How could we call what is going on in Iraq, if not civil war? Zibari is fearing for his own security. He will leave Iraq once USA decide to exit.
      Better for the USA to set up an exit scedule from Iraq. Any delay will be deadly blow.
      Time is running out.

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      Reply#6 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 11:34 AM EDT
      {"commentId":850629,"authorDomain":"leslo101"}
      dracula7734

      The Iraqi Prime Minister may have posed for this picture like shown. The picture may have been taken out of context. The photographer may have asked him to put his finger by his eye. This type of thing is not innocuous. It is sinister in the wrong American hands. I do know that the media thrives on stuff like this, taking things out of context. They use this type of tactic to insulate themselves from being implicated in the World Trade Center disaster in print.

      Read me on netsape.net

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        Reply#7 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 12:54 PM EDT
        {"commentId":850639,"authorDomain":"leslo101"}
        dracula7734

        The Iraqi Prime Minister may have posed for this picture like shown. The picture may have been taken out of context. The photographer may have asked him to put his finger by his eye. This type of thing is not innocuous. It is sinister in the wrong American hands. I do know that the media thrives on stuff like this, taking things out of context. They use this type of tactic to insulate themselves from being implicated in the World Trade Center disaster in print.

        Read me on netsape.net

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          Reply#8 - Mon Jul 9, 2007 12:57 PM EDT
          {"commentId":852291,"authorDomain":"gduttweiler1"}
          the lone voice of reason

          so what

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            Reply#9 - Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:35 AM EDT
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