Insurgents operate at will in Mosul, US says

[leftchick]

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=177140


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Insurgents have been able to "operate at will" in Mosul, where 22 people died in a bomb attack this week, because the United States forces and the Iraqi authorities have failed to tackle them, an intelligence assessment by senior US officials in northern Iraq concludes.

The report, seen by The Guardian on Thursday, was drafted before this week's suicide attack on the mess tent at Camp Merez.

It was made after the uprising last month, when most of Mosul's police force either deserted or defected and parts of the city fell, albeit briefly, to the insurgents.

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Its assessments and recommendations reflect many of the concerns expressed in briefings of The Guardian recently by General Carter Ham, the US commanding officer in Mosul, and senior Iraqi officials in the city.

[saigon68]

1. This is the NEXT city to be flattened ala GUERNICA

And turned into a Charnel House.

CHARNEL HOUSE = Definition: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

[leftchick]

2. you are so right saigon....

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The report outlines the scale of the problem facing the US and Iraqi authorities as they try to maintain order in the city before the general election. It says Mosul is a candidate to become an alternative to Falluja.


...Sadly it sounds like they are preparing for al Fallujah II. Mosul has many more residents. I believe there are about 3 million people living there. I don't know how "Christians" approve of this slaughter in their names.

Merry Christmas... :(

[NNN0LHI]

3. Might take decades but we will get 'er done n/t

[teryang]

4. Er, you can go back to your homes folks, but...

...you may not have a home. But if you do, there is no water and no electricity.

This is the ultimate outcome of American policy. Er, sorry about that, we destroyed your life.

[w4rma]

5. Psychopaths. The history books will NOT be kind to U.S. Repukes.

They are working up to totalling this city, also.

[saigon68]

7. No doubt about it

[acmavm]

6. If the truth were really told the headline would read "Insurgents operate

at will in ALL OF IRAQ".