2 US troops killed ( 2,310) Iraq Edges Closer to Open Civil Warfare

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&printer=1;_ylt=AuLvPB3gP8na2eec7EpTM6sUewgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-


Iraq Edges Closer to Open Civil Warfare

By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writers 38 minutes ago

Iraqi authorities discovered at least 87 corpses — men shot to death execution-style — as Iraq edged closer to open civil warfare. Twenty-nine of the bodies, dressed only in underwear, were dug out of a single grave Tuesday in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad.

The bloodshed appeared to be retaliation for a bomb and mortar attack in the Sadr City slum that killed at least 58 people and wounded more than 200 two days earlier.

Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, meanwhile, told The Associated Press security officials had foiled a plot that would have put hundreds of al-Qaida men at critical guard posts around Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. and other foreign embassies, as well as the Iraqi government......

Also Tuesday, the U.S. military reported the deaths of two more soldiers in fighting in Anbar province. The soldiers, assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, were killed Monday, bringing the number of U.S. military members killed to at least 2,310 since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count......

[bluestateguy]

1. How long wiill we be told that Iraq is on the "verge" of civil war?

The media can only cover it up for so long. Civil War is here already.

So whose side are we on?

[rodeodance]

3. not a civil war till Rummy says so!

[saigon68]

13. GEN Pace says "Freedom is on the March"

As he gets on his knees to service the NEOCONS

[Skittles]

12. remember the "recent flareup of violence in Iraq?"

as Elad pointed out, we've been reading that for years

[bemildred]

14. As long as it's a "civil war" its not about kicking us out. See?

"Civil war" is better than "Iraqi patriotic resistance" and similar accurate descriptions.

And its not as bad if its "on the verge", see? It's the old FUD (Fear, uncertainty, doubt) routine. If it was a "full blown civil war" then it would have to be explained how that came about; with "on the verge" one can continue to stall and bloviate about how one is trying to stave off the disaster.

[acmavm]

2. There's nothing left to say about the sadness and the horror of this

situation that hasn't been said a thousand times.

I hope that those responsible get the big cosmic payback. In spades. Soon.

[Auntie Bush]

4. Wow! This quote is scary...

"Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr, meanwhile, told The Associated Press security officials had foiled a plot that would have put hundreds of al-Qaida men at critical guard posts around Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. and other foreign embassies, as well as the Iraqi government......"

[rodeodance]

5. and Rummys quote here is even scarier.

Rumsfeld: ...I think until I've had a chance to think more about it and-and-uhh-I-I will say I don't think it'll look like-ahh- the United States's civil war.

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http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/03/14.html#a7525

[HuffleClaw]

9. scary? its a complete fabrication.

i'm only surprised they didn't mention the usual 'al qaeda number two guy' !

[MnFats]

6. Time to get the fuck out! It IS a civil war, and our troops are now ..

...sitting ducks. They can't control the battling factions; they can't bring peace and democracy to this utterly chaotic state.
....bring them home now, apologize to the world for starting this fucking shitstorm and get the UN to try to broker some kind of settlement.
...if Iran goes up next, the catastrophe will be unimaginable...

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. How else could this have turned out with jr as "leader"?

A bloody civil war is inevitable.

[corporatemedia]

8. If we don't fight them there, ..wait...which ones are we fighting? eom

[cantstandbush]

10. At one time there were 2,310 soldiers killed in Viet Nam. n/t

[anotherdrew]

11. it's already a civil war, here's why:

since we are just there "helping" the "legitimate" Iraqi gov, and the insurgency is primarily Iraqis, doesn't that already make it a civil war?

[leesa]

15. It IS open civil war...how long do we have to play this pretend game?