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War_Is_Peace
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posted 05 August 2006 07:59 PM      Profile for War_Is_Peace     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 

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Noise
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posted 08 August 2006 09:48 AM      Profile for Noise     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hmmm, does this include Iraqi military, or are they lumped in with the police toll?
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War_Is_Peace
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posted 09 August 2006 05:45 PM      Profile for War_Is_Peace     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Good question. I don't know. I suspect they are in the police total, certainly not in the civilian total. There is also the chance they are excluded from this altogether.
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S1m0n
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posted 09 August 2006 06:58 PM      Profile for S1m0n        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I find this part the most hair-raising:

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Among the monograph's litany of described failures, this one stands out:

"One person the CPA (coalition authority - i.e., Bremer) could never meet with was the Ayatollah Sistani. Prior to the war, Sistani was a senior Iraqi Shi'a cleric but no one understood his importance. By the time the CPA realized he was the most respected Iraqi Shi'a cleric, it was too late to influence him positively."

Despite planning the Iraq war openly for over a year - and covertly for far longer - the Administration had failed to identify one of the most critical influence leaders in the country.

(original italics--the bold stands in for babble's inability to handle nested quotes.)


--they didn't even know who the players were going in. No wonder they got smoked.

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