CIA stalling on NIE prior to this SOTU, armored vehicles not available to more troops

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January 22, 2007
CIA fails to finish new intelligence assessment on Iraq
The Harpers' editor then says some senators believe the intelligence community's representatives "are stalling because an NIE will be bleak enough to present a significant political liability" as President Bush makes his case for an escalation of troops in Iraq.
Translation: this administration has failed so abysmally that the release of such a document just might wake the American people up to what has been done in their name in Iraq. - M. R.


"Pentagon struggles to get safest vehicles for troops
On Jan. 10, The Baltimore Sun reported that most of the 21,500 troops President Bush has ordered to Iraq as reinforcements will not have access to specialized blast-resistant armored vehicles because they are in such short supply.

But the problem runs deeper than that. In congressional testimony and interviews last week, senior Army and Marine Corps officers acknowledged that they are struggling just to meet the needs of service members already in Iraq. Even if the Pentagon can find millions of dollars not currently budgeted, and even if it can find factories to produce the armored vehicles, most U.S. troops in Iraq will not have access to the best equipment available, as President Bush has often promised.
So let me get this straight: the "surge" force, as well as our troops already in Iraq, are still sitting ducks for more attacks from improvised explosive devices. - M. R.


Southern Iraqi Tribes Joining Armed Resistance
Violence is spreading further across Iraq, as Shi'ite Arab tribes in the south begin to engage occupation forces in new armed resistance.
Which means the ground supply lines may be cut. - M. R.

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_iraq.html#058781

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1. and as if we needed yet another...

pressure on the CIA to hold back such a report for political reasons is a
HIGH CRIME if ever there was one.