Important news from Iraq

[Qikdraw]

News clip from Iraq (http://www.mts.net/~bmcgraw/050815_NewsIraq.wmv)

Its a WMV file. If it doesn't play, right click the link and "save as".

Qikdraw

[Qikdraw]

News clip from Iraq (http://www.mts.net/~bmcgraw/050815_NewsIraq.wmv)

Its a WMV file. If it doesn't play, right click the link and "save as".

Qikdraw

[hm0504]

Very good, thanks Qikdraw!

[KirkOntario]

http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf


Brookings Institute has good info. Beats reading the papers.

[Qikdraw]

Kirk

Did you even watch that link? Its not serious, its a spoof. It was meant to bring a little humour into a subject that is a sore spot for many people. Like my "I like Bush (beans)" thread.

Just a little bit of humour. Kick back and relax Kirk.

Qikdraw

[KirkOntario]

Yes, i watched it.

[Boreas]

Thanks Qikdraw.....it looks like someone from the Monty Python crew had a hand in that one! http://clothesfreeforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Captain Zen]

WHAT? 250,000 BULLETS FOR ONE FREEDOM FIGHTER???

US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314944.ece

[hw]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Captain Zen:
WHAT? 250,000 BULLETS FOR ONE FREEDOM FIGHTER???

US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that American ammunition-makers cannot keep up with demand. As a result the US is having to import supplies from Israel.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314944.ece </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


This is also in that report:

The Department of Defense's increased requirements for small- and medium-calibre ammunitions have largely been driven by increased weapons training requirements, dictated by the army's transformation to a more self-sustaining and lethal force - which was accelerated after the attacks of 11 September, 2001 - and by the deployment of forces to conduct recent US military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq," said the report by the General Accounting Office (GAO).


KO thank you for this....very interesting.

http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf

[Captain Zen]

The latest, and crumbling excuse for remaining in Iraq is the old excuse trotted out by the French king before the revolution: After me, the deluge. Amend that too, after we leave, chaos. Except that chaos is already there.

Common sense suggests that a force will be needed to help Iraqis restore order, while they set about creating a law for their future. A joint force of Arab countries as well as units from nations whose credibility has not been destroyed, working under the UN flag, can help fill the breach for the limited period needed to calm the country.

George Bush and Tony Blair are the problem in Iraq. They can no longer be the solution. I am not alone in saying this. This is written on every Iraqi face in Basra.

the link to the whole story did not work so it can only be found by googling this:

Iraq's Problem: Bush and Blair

By M.J. Akbar

Arab News, September 25, 2005