Help Wanted
"U.S. Generals plead for help in securing vast Iraq border region."
"The commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq told Pentagon reporters by video-conference Wednesday that field units are pressing for more men and vehicles to cover huge, sparsely populated regions where small terrorist cells of five to eight people each may be infiltrating on their way to Iraqi cities."
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"Swannack, who said he had to order body armor, radios and vehicles out of his own unit's budget because of bureaucratic delays, said Iraqi forces taking over border control need SUVs to cover the many unofficial crossing points into Iraq from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria. These are routes that have been used by smugglers and nomads for 2,000 years."
Remember General Shinseki?
The fears that many of us had -- that in the Bush administration's effort to do this on the cheap, and now, to get the hell out of Iraq as soon as possible -- may be coming true: we entered what had been a brutish, despotic state harboring thugs and we are now leaving a brutish, failed state harboring global terrorists.
Also in USA Today:
"Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark, 18, Kettle River, Minn.; died Monday from a non-combat-related gunshot wound at Camp Victory, Kuwait; 1st Marine Division."
"Non-combat-related gunshot wound" could mean he killed himself while cleaning his weapon. Or, simply, that he killed himself.
"The commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq told Pentagon reporters by video-conference Wednesday that field units are pressing for more men and vehicles to cover huge, sparsely populated regions where small terrorist cells of five to eight people each may be infiltrating on their way to Iraqi cities."
...
"Swannack, who said he had to order body armor, radios and vehicles out of his own unit's budget because of bureaucratic delays, said Iraqi forces taking over border control need SUVs to cover the many unofficial crossing points into Iraq from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria. These are routes that have been used by smugglers and nomads for 2,000 years."
Remember General Shinseki?
The fears that many of us had -- that in the Bush administration's effort to do this on the cheap, and now, to get the hell out of Iraq as soon as possible -- may be coming true: we entered what had been a brutish, despotic state harboring thugs and we are now leaving a brutish, failed state harboring global terrorists.
Also in USA Today:
"Pfc. Matthew G. Milczark, 18, Kettle River, Minn.; died Monday from a non-combat-related gunshot wound at Camp Victory, Kuwait; 1st Marine Division."
"Non-combat-related gunshot wound" could mean he killed himself while cleaning his weapon. Or, simply, that he killed himself.
posted by John at 5:57 PM
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