Iraq to Seal Off Baghdad Next Month

[spanone]

Now there's your democracy in action!

I can't wait to vacation there! :sarcasm:

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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 15 — The Iraqi government plans to seal off Baghdad next month by ringing it with a series of trenches and setting up dozens of traffic checkpoints to control movement in and out of the city of seven million people, an Interior Ministry spokesman said today.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/15/world/middleeast/16iraqcnd.html?ei=5059&en=e1fa5143ed965e5f&hp=&ex=1158379200&partner=AOL&pagewanted=print

[Nutmegger]

1. Trenches? Jezus...

Wow

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

27. Flood the trenches, build a drawbridge, and wall the city

and Bush can have himself a fine Crusader's castle and fortified city in the Middle East, just in time for his retirement.

[AlCzervik]

2. well that should go over well.

:sarcasm:

[Chipper Chat]

3. Looks like a self-imposed siege to me.

Will they call it the "lime-green" zone?

[Monkeyman]

7. Nope still Green but a push on Sadr City is about to happen

[Selatius]

4. They're so lost that they've resorted to repeating tactics used on Falluja

That city is now little better than a prison complex now, but US forces are still under daily attack by angry inhabitants. In other words, it didn't work, and now inhabitants are worried the US will try to pacify the city again...for the third time. Now the US and the puppet government want to repeat the same tactic with Baghdad. This should really win the hearts and minds of the population.

[Disturbed]

9. Shades of the Warsaw Ghetto, like

the Gaza Strip, as well. Yeah, history does repeat.

[Selatius]

12. You need "papers" to move around in Fallujah

You have to submit to biometric scans for identifcation, full body searches, and you have to pass through checkpoints to get from one district of the city to another and from outside-in or inside-out. You basically need permission to move. This is supposedly for the Iraqis' own good, but it's just making them compare the US occupation to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and it's not stopping the attacks against US troops.

[Joe for Clark]

13. That is right -

How did you know that??

Joe

[CarlVK]

19. How German.

[mike_c]

5. It. Is. Lost.

Nothing left to do but continue counting the bodies until Congress gets tired of paying for this meatgrinder.

[Kutjara]

6. When I first heard that ShrubCo wanted to bring democracy...

...to Iraq, I foolishly thought they meant modern democracy. Now I understand they meant the Greek democracy of 1000 B.C. The Shrubs are trying to recreate city states.

[rodeodance]

8. all will be quiet for the US election. yup

[CarlVK]

10. Sounds like a seige to me.

Unreal. So much for "Baghdad fell in 2 weeks" schtick.

[bigtree]

23. even worse when you consider this 'Operation Forward' has been going on

in Baghdad since June.

[Virginia Dare]

11. Trenches...

That's not good is it?

[Joe for Clark]

14. This is VERY bad.

They lost control - sure explains those weird deployments last month - explains a lot of things.

They seemed like desperate attempts to gain control -

Guess they were.

Joe

[Chipper Chat]

15. What is this - World War I?

You mean we've spent trillions on planes & bombs and we're back to trenches?

[Joe for Clark]

17. Yeah, can't you hear those Fokker Triplanes overhead -

Look out - the Red Barron is coming for us.

Joe

[roamer65]

16. The Battle of Baghdad

Sounds very similar to Afghanistan under the Soviet occupation. All they "controlled" was Kabul itself before they left.

[stop the bleeding]

18. So is this turning another corner on the long road to imprisoned freedom?

n/t

[JHB]

20. So on *'s next plastic-turkey drop, AF1 crashes, and it's up to...

...Snake Plissken to get him out!

[leftchick]

21. cool!

Now how do they eliminate the TONS of explosives already in Baghdad ready for use against said checkpoints? ..nevermind.

[bigtree]

22. anyone want to help me kick my post? I posted this at 10:00am

I wrapped it all up with Bush press conference and other current Iraq news.

here's my article for tomorrow:


Digging More Holes In Iraq

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2145161&mesg_id=2145161


BTW, K & R

[tblue37]

24. Halt! Show me your papers! (eom)

[LiberalUprising]

25. Kick

n/t

[lisainmilo]

26. Losing Control of the war....n/t