Baghdad Initiative to Go Door to Door

[sabra]

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/01/05/ap3303135.html

Baghdad Initiative to Go Door to Door

Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops will begin a neighborhood-by-neighborhood assault on militants in the capital this weekend as a first step in the new White House strategy to contain Sunni insurgents and Shiite death squads, key advisers to the prime minister said Friday.

The first details of the plan - a fresh bid to pacify the capital - emerged a day after President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke for nearly two hours by video conference. Both leaders were expected to detail their vision of a new strategy in the coming days.

...

The Iraqis did, however, signal continuing disagreement on key issues, including al-Maliki's unease over the introduction of more U.S. troops.

...

Sami al-Askari, an al-Maliki political adviser, told The Associated Press on Friday that al-Maliki had not acquiesced to the reported White House plan to send as many as 9,000 more U.S. troops to Baghdad alone.

"President Bush told the prime minister he was ready to send additional troops, but al-Maliki said he would have to talk that over with his senior military officers to see if they were needed," al-Askari said.

[mike_c]

1. it's the Falluja plan all over again....

After all, it worked so beautifully there.

[maxsolomon]

2. 4 years too late

you caint put no genie back in no bottle, *.

might as well say you're going to kill the entire male population of the city.

[habitual]

3. All of the sudden they want us to believe that

Maliki is the one making the decisions....

Sure Bush, he'll talk it over with his people and get back to you to let you know if that is ok.

BULLSHIT

[Gregorian]

4. This sounds like the Jehovah Witness approach to warfare.

First bomb the crap out of their country, then go door to door? Hello, I'm with the US military. I'd like to ask a few questions. Have you ever used a IED? Do you own a AK-47? Can I interest you in this horrible literature that shows Jesus feeding a fish to large crowd of hungry people with robes and beards?

What are they trying to do? Capture the coutry by boredom? Maybe it's the foot in the door approach. We won't leave until you commit your life to Christ.


Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thickasabrick]

5. Kudos on the Jehovah Witness comment......made my day

[rodeodance]

6. that is all I generally see--troops kicking in doors on the evening news.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Bush always goes for the heavy handed military response

Did anyone every consider just trying to sit down and talk with the Iraqis?

[Barrett808]

8. In what way is this different than what we've been doing for the last four years?

Looks like "stay the course" to me.

[frylock]

9. oooooooooooooooooooooohhh goody

[madeline_con]

10. Let me see if I got this straight....

Al Malaki listens to his military advisers, but DUH-bya doesn't listen to his?

Aren't they one and the same group?

[Earth_First]

11. Haven't we seen this already?

Fallujah?

[Eugene]

12. Reuters: Iraq PM says to launch major new Baghdad crackdown

Together forward... again! :eyes:

Iraq PM says to launch major new Baghdad crackdown
06 Jan 2007 10:28:11 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday
his security forces, backed by Americans, were about to implement a major
new crackdown on illegal armed groups from all sectarian factions in Baghdad.

Maliki said in a speech at a parade marking Army Day that the plan would be
implemented in spite of any criticism from political factions: "The security plan
is ready."

Military commanders in each neighbourhood of the capital, where a U.S.-backed
security plan was first launched five months ago, would have full powers to
implement the plan as they saw fit in their own areas.

"After a review of the previous plans, we will depend on our armed forces to
implement this plan and the Multinational Force will support our forces," Maliki
said. "They will intervene whenever they are called on."

-snip-

Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06734166.htm

[PurityOfEssence]

13. Ding-dong, "Avon Killing!"

That's gonna make a lot of friends.

[VegasWolf]

14. "You don't have any terrorists here? Okay, would you like to hear about Jesus Christ who

is your Lord and Savior and your only path to Heaven?"

[rodeodance]

15. Iraqis to lead assault to take back Baghdad

Iraqis to lead assault to take back Baghdad

POSTED: 10:17 a.m. EST, January 6, 2007

Story Highlights
• Effort to be aided by U.S.; "outlaws" to be routed regardless of sect
• Prime minister: Hussein execution followed fair trial, was not political
• Baghdad Emergency Police chief survives car bomb attack


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday that Iraq's armed forces are set for an assault on Baghdad to take out militias and rogue security forces.

Aided by multinational troops, the Iraqi forces "will hunt down all outlaws regardless of their sectarian and political affiliations," al-Maliki said at an Iraqi Army Day parade.

"We will also severely punish those who do not carry out orders or operate in a partisan or sectarian way," he said.

Forces will search out insurgents neighborhood-by-neighborhood, The Associated Press reported, and will start the assault this weekend.

The announcement came two days after al-Maliki and President Bush spoke by video conference for two hours. .......

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/06/iraq.main/ind...

[liberal renegade]

16. Let the blood bath begin

Somebody clue me in. Wasn't this so called road to democracy over with in May of 2003? We ain't seen nothing yet, IMHO.

[xchrom]

17. how many minutes, hours, days will it take the ''militias'' to learn

what the insurgents have learned?

that is to disappear -- and reappear later, somewhere else, or morphed into something else?

[Xipe Totec]

18. Take it back from whom?

When al-Maliki said rogue security, I thought for a moment he was talking about Blackwater.

[Warren Stupidity]

25. The miltiias are going to shoot themselves. nt.

[angstlessk]

19. I wish I was better at google. This is EXACTLY what they said

the last time they were determined to take back Baghdad. Only some American soldier got kidnapped and it all fell apart? I guess we have to hope for the best, but I expect the worse.

[rodeodance]

20. This is the second time around ------you are right

[bluerum]

21. Ahhh,,, does anyone else see irony and horror in this? Who exactly,

is the Iraqi army taking Baghdad back from?? And how did they get it??

This is clearly, indisputably, civil war. Neighbor against neighbor, family against family, brother against brother.

American backed Iraqi troops fighting the Iraqi population.

[DoYouEverWonder]

22. Doesn't BushCo have any other way to respond

then to attack and kill some more?

[Ian David]

23. Bay of Pigs? A repeat of George H. W. Bush's Persian Gulf betrayal? n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

24. Iraqi Armed Forces and Iraqi Militias: mostly overlapping set.

So the militia infiltrated Iraqi government that couldn't even keep the militias out of the botched lynching of Saddam Hussein is going to use its militia infiltrated armed forces to eliminate the militias. OK. Sounds like a plan.

[alcibiades_mystery]

27. Bahahahaha

That's the best description of this mess that I've seen. Hilarious and horrifying and so goddamn true.

[IndianaGreen]

32. They are one and the same, are they not?

Just like the Shia death squads are the same guys in the Interior Ministry police.

[Warren Stupidity]

36. That was my snarky point. nt.

[alcibiades_mystery]

26. Excuse me for a second...

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Thank you.

[Clarkie1]

28. Obviously, an agreement has been made with Bush. My best guess...

Bush probably assured Maliki an increase in U.S. troops to help him "take out militias and rogue security forces." (but that's just a guess, Maliki could have gotten other commitments as well, perhaps economic, etc.). Maliki's part of the deal was to announce this today. I wonder what Bush agreeded to get Maliki to do this, and if the agreement is contigent upon Maliki actually following through on this. And I wonder if he can...how much control does Maliki actually have over the actions of the security forces?

Maliki's recent statements that he doesn't want to be the leader of Iraq are disconcerting if we are making deals with the guy.

[TomClash]

29. They can call it Operation Cedar Falls nt

[tabasco]

30. There will be an Iraqi point man in every American squad.

There ya' go! Iraqis are leading the way!

[rebel with a cause]

35. Same thing that I was thinking.

There might even be five Iraqis to every 100 Americans, but the Iriqis will be leading. Well, not leading as "in charge" but more like the walking in front of leading. JMHO

[SOS]

31. Take back Baghdad from the "outlaws"...

American soldier to Baghdad resident (in English):

Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Islamic Army in Iraq, the Al-Rashideen Army, the Fair Revenge Army, the Mujahedeen Army, the Al-Fatihin Army, the Jihad Faction of Iraq, the Islamic Resistance Front, the 1920 Revolution Brigade, the Mahdi Army, the Badr Brigade, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, the Mujahedeen Council, Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Abu Deraa Faction, the al-Abud Network, the Saray al-Jihad Group, the al-Ghuraba Brigade, Mohammed's Army, the Jaish al-Rashideen, the Black Banner Organization, the Iraqi Patriotic Front, the General Command for Resistance in Iraq, the Islamic Front, the Salafist Battalion or the Army of the Victorious Sect?

There are no foreseeable problems here.
Piece of cake.

[Robbien]

34. oh dear lord, that is the list of who we are now fighting?

Isn't that almost everyone?

[rebel with a cause]

38. You mean there are no longer any insurgents?

They have all turned into outlaws! George needs to get over there quick, it has turned into the old west that he dreams of and he can be the "sheriff".

[krispos42]

43. You forgot the Democrat Party

Remember? We're all terrorist-sympathizer communist homosexual aethiests on welfare. Unless you're Neal Boortz, at which point you have to replace 'homosexual' with 'beastiality'.

[Roland99]

33. Operation Together Forward 2.0?

:eyes:

Remember Operation Swarmer?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1174448,00.html

[Warren Stupidity]

37. Shhhh Hush Now

We are not supposed to mention that this is exactly the same New Plan for Victory that failed last summer. Hush. Quiet. Dumbass is deciderating.

[VegasWolf]

39. Actually, it's Operation Together Forward 2.14. nt

[SOS]

40. Perhaps Tombstone Pile Driver 2.0?

And let's not forget these:

Iraq Operations

• Operation Planet X (15 May 2003)
• Operation Peninsula Strike (09 June 2003 - 12 June 2003)
• Operation Desert Scorpion (15 June 2003 - 29 June 2003)
• Operation Scorpion Sting
• Operation Spartan Scorpion
• Operation Rifles Scorpion
• Operation Sidewinder (29 June 2003 - 07 July 2003)
• Operation Soda Mountain (12 July 2003 - 17 July 2003)
• Operation Ivy Serpent (12 July 2003 - 21 July 2003)
• Operation Iron Bullet (July 2003)
• Operation Tyr (July 2004)
• Operation Ivy Lightning (12 August 2003)
• Operation Silverado (16 August 2003)
• Operation Ivy Needle (26 August 2003 - ?)
• Operation Longstreet (September 2003)
• Operation Tiger Clean Sweep (07 September 2003)
• Operation Industrial Sweep (October 2003)
• Operation Chamberlain (15 October 2003 - ?)
• Operation Sweeney (15 October 2003 - ?)
• Operation O.K. Corral (19 October 2003)
• Operation Iron Hammer (November 2003)
• Operation Eagle Curtain (November 2003)
• Operation All American Tiger (06 November 2003 - ?)
• Operation Ivy Cyclone (07 November 2003 - ?)
• Operation Ivy Cyclone II (17 November 2003 - ?)
• Operation Boothill (10 November 2003)
• Operation Rifles Blitz (20 November 2003 - ?)
• Operation Rifle Sweep(26 November 2003)
• Operation Bayonet Lightning (02 December 2003)
• Operation Bulldog Mammoth (04 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Clear Area (06 December 2003)
• Operation Abilene (08 December 2003)
• Operation Panther Squeeze (10 December 2003)
• Operation Red Dawn (13 December 2003)
• Operation Panther Backroads (15 December 2003)
• Operation Ivy Blizzard (17 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Arrowhead Blizzard (17 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Iron Justice (18 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Rifles Fury (21 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Salm (23 December 2003)
• Operation Devil Siphon (23 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Iron Grip (24 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Iron Force (24 December 2003 - ?)
• Operation Choke Hold (30 December 2003)
• Operation Warhorse Whirlwind (January 2004)
• Operation Iron Resolve (January 2004)
• Operation Market Sweep (13 January 2004)
• Operation Saloon (14 January 2004)
• Operation Rock Slide (15 January 2004)
• Operation Final Cut (28 January 2004 - ?)
• Operation Saber Turner II (February 2004)
• Operation Tomahawk (February 2004)
• Operation Trailblazer (February 2004)
• Operation Eagle Liberty 3 (19 February 2004)
• Operation Devil Clinch (21 February 2004)
• Operation Rocketman (26 February 2004)
• Operation Iron Promise (March 2004)
• Operation Shillelagh (March 2004)
• Operation Devil Thrust (March 2004)
• Operation Aloha (March 2004)
• Operation Centaur Rodeo (March 2004)
• Operation Warrior (03 March 2004)
• Operation Suicide Kings (17 March 2004)
• Operation Tiger Fury (30 March 2004 - ?)
• Operation Iron Saber (April 2004 - June 2004)
• Operation Duke Fortitude (April 2004)
• Operation Lancer Fury (April 2004)
• Operation Lancer Lightning
• Operation Vigilant Resolve (05 April 2004)
• Operation Resolute Sword (08 April 2004)
• Operation Danger Fortitude (11 April 2004 - 17 April 2004)
• Operation Ripper Sweep (12 April 2004 - ?)
• Operation Yellow Stone (23 April 2004)
• Operation Rapier Thrust (May 2004)
• Operation Spring Clean-up (May 2004)
• Operation Striker Hurricane (1 May 2004)
• Operation Wolfpack Crunch (4 May 2004)
• Operation Disarm (19 May 2004)
• Operation Giuliani (June 2004)
• Operation Slim Shady (June 2004)
• Operation Striker Tornado (June 2004)
• Operation Rocketman III (June 2004)
• Operation Dragon Victory (19 June 2004 - ?)
• Operation Gimlet Crusader (24 June 2004)
• Operation Gimlet Silent Sniper (July 2004)
• Operation Outlaw Destroyer (July 2004)
• Operation Haifa Street (July 2004)
• Operation Mutual Security (02 July 2004 - ?)
• Operation Tombstone Pile Driver (15 July 2004)
• Operation Mayfield III (19 July 2004)
• Operation Cobra Sweep (28 July 2004)
• Operation Showdown (August 2004)
• Operation Grizzly Forced Entry (August 2004)
• Operation Warrior Resolve (August 2004)
• Operation Quarterhorse Rides (August 2004)
• Operation Phantom Linebacker (04 August 2004)
• Operation Cajun Mousetrap II (05 August 2004 - ?)
• Operation Cajun Mousetrap III (13 August 2004 - 15 August 2004)
• Operation Iron Fury (17 August 2004 - ?)
• Operation Iron Fury II
• Operation Wolverine (19 August 2004)
• Operation Clean Sweep (23-24 August 2004)
• Operation True Grit (23-24 August 2004)
• Operation Black Typhoon (09 September 2004 - ?)
• Operation Hurricane (16 September 2004)
• Operation Hurricane II (18 September 2004)
• Operation Iron Fist 2 (23 September 2004 - ?)
• Operation Longhorn (30 September 2004 - ?)
• Operation Blue Tiger (October 2004)
• Operation Baton Rouge (01 October 2004 - ?)
• Operation Phantom Fury (05 October 2004 - ?)
• Operation Bulldog (06 October 2004 - ?)
• Operation Centaur Strike II (11 October 2004)
• Operation Centaur Strike III (13 October 2004)
• Operation Mandarin Squeeze (14 October 2004)
• Operations in Fallujah (14 October 2004 - ?)
• Operation Dallas (29 October 2004)
• Operation al-Fajr (Dawn) / Phantom Fury (8 November 2004 - ?)
• Operation Plymouth Rock (23 November 2004 - ?)
• Operation Tobruk (28 November 2004)
• Operation Rock Bottom (24 November 2004 - ?)
• Operation Falcon Freedom (5 December 2004)
• Operation Soprano Sunset (6 December 2004)
• Operation Wonderland (24 December 2004)
• Operation Powder River (December 31, 2004-January 14, 2005)
• Operation Triple Play (December 31, 2004 - January 2, 2005)
• Operation Therapist (~January 9, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Lanthonid (~January 9, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Copperas Cove (January 12, 2005)
• Operation Checkmate (January 19, 2005 - ?)
• Operation River Blitz (February 20, 2005 - )
• Operation Fontana (2-6 April 2005)
• Operation Badlands (April 12, 2005 - ? )
• Operation Forsyth Park (April 17, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Cobweb (May 6-10, 2005)
• Operation Matador (May 7-14, 2005)
• Operation Peninsula (May 19-20, 2005)
• Operation Squeeze Play (May 23(?), 2005 - ? )
• Operation Hudson (?, 2005)
• Operation New Market (Souk Jadeed) (May 25-29, 2005)
• Operation Lightning (May 29, 2005 - ? )
• Operation Moon River Dragon (May 29, 2005 )
• Operation Spear (Rohme) (June 17, 2005 - June 22, 2005)
• Operation Sword (Saif) (June 28, 2005 - July 6, 2005)
• Operation Muthana Strike (July 4, 2005)
• Operation Bow Country (July 5, 2005)
• Operation Scimitar (Qmtia) (July 7, 2005 - ? )
• Operation Warrior's Rage (July 18, 2005)
• Operation Thunder (July 2005 ?)
• Operation Thunder Cat (July 26, 2005 - July 30, 2005)
• Operation Hunter (Sayaid) (July 2005 ?)
• Operation Iron Fist (Kabda Bil Hadid) (October 1, 2005 - October 6, 2005)
• Operation Steel Curtain (Al Hajip Elfulathi) (November 5, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Quick Strike (August 3, 2005 - ? )
• Operation Able Warrior (August 4, 2005)
• Operation Restoring Rights (August 26, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Cyclone (Zoba'a) (September 11, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Flea Flicker (September 14, 2005)
• Operation National Unity (September 29, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Mountaineers (October 2005)
• Operation Carentan (October - December 2005)
• Operation River Gate (October 4, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Wolf Stalk 2 (November 2005)
• Operation Open Window (November 2005)
• Operation Knockout (November 2005)
• Operation Clean Sweep (November 2005)
• Operation Kennesaw Dragon (November 14, - November 15, 2005)
• Operation Panthers (Numur) (November 16, - November 18, 2005)
• Operation Bruins (Dibbah) (November 19, - November 2005)
• Operation Lions (Asad) (November 22, November 24, 2005)
• Operation Tigers (Nimur) (November 26, 2005 - ?)
• Operation Iron Hammer (Matraqa Hadidia) (November 30 - December 3, 2005)
• Operation Shank (Harba) (December 2 - December 3, 2005)
• Operation Rams (Tallie) (December 4 - December 7, 2005)
• Operation Able Rising Force (December 2005)
• Operation Skinner (Gashshaar) (December 7 - December 10, 2005)
• Operation Bull Dawg Chariot (December 8, 2005)
• Operation Moonlight (Alkamra Almaner) (December 19 - December 21, 2005)
• Operation Falcon Sweep (January 2006)
• Operation Wadi Aljundi (Koa Canyon) (January 15 - January 27, 2006)
• Operation Al Dharba Al Nihaa’ya (Final Strike) (January 29, 2006)
• Operation Smokewagon (February 2 - February 5, 2006)
• Operation Ala Allah (February 13, 2006)
• Operation Minotaur (February 26, 2006)
• Operation Dirty Harry (February 2006)
• Operation Raging Bull (March 2006)
• Operation Swamp Fox (March 2006)
• Operation Scales of Justice (March 12 - ? 2006)
• Operation Glory Light (March 2-9 2006)
• Operation Swarmer (March 16 - March 22, 2006)
• Operation Cowpens (March 19 - April 14, 2006)
• Operation Northern Lights (March 22, 2006)
• Operation Scorpion (March 24 - 26 2006)
• Operation Red Light II (March 31, 2006)
• Operation Cobra Strike (April 2006)
• Operation Money Worth (April 2006)
• Operation Sterling (April 2006)
• Operation Bold Action (April 10, 2006)
• Operation Swift Sword (April 26-29, 2006)
• Operation Babil Perimeter (April 28, 2006)
• Operation Lion's Hunt (April 29 - ?, 2006)
• Operation Lofty Summit (May 2006)
• Operation Stallion Run (May 2006)
• Operation Lightning Blitz (May 5-7, 2006)
• Operation United Front (May 6, 2006)
• Operation Cool Spring VII (? - May 9, 2006)
• Operation Iron Triangle (May 9-11, 2006)
• Operation Dragon's Breath (May 15, 2006)
• Operation Chepultepec (May 24, 2006)
• Operation Roaring Tiger (June 3, 2006)
• Operation Forward Together (June 14 - ?, 2006)
• Operation River Falcon (June 25-27, 2006)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_ongoing_mil_ops.htm

[Roland99]

45. HFS!

:wow:

[classysassy]

41. Real terrorism

knock,knock,we are here to kill you,have a bad day.

[krispos42]

42. Baghdad resident's to-do list

1) Go to local farmer's market for some falafal
2) Replace "Welcome" mat with "No Soliciting" mat
3) Wire IED to door knocker
4) Hang this sign next to front door:

[muriel_volestrangler]

44. Just in case there's any Baghdad family who hasn't had their door kicked in yet

by troops over the past 4 years. This should be an excellent way of uniting the Iraqi population - piss them all off. This time, they'll all hate the Iraqi government and troops, as well as the US ones. Brilliant.