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Awakening Forces Shut Out Of Diyala Offensive?

Started by washingtonindependent · 10 months ago

Apropos of my earlier post about the Anbar Awakening, subscription-only IraqSlogger has an interesting report suggesting that Awakening/tribal/Sons of Iraq forces aren’t going to be used in a coming offensive in the volatile Diyala province north of Baghdad. In Diyala, these forc ... Continue reading »

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  • Simple, really....The Awakening Councils are loose cannons and altogether fair weather friends....The uniformed troops are more under the thumb of those who currently control them..and they have more to lose if they don't follow orders......But to me, the TELLING part of the story is how.....the "crackdown" met NO resistance.....So is the FIX in?? Is everyone going to behave? Job all done, send the "Coalition" HOME? See "Bush outfoxed in the sands of Iraq" http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JG12Ak... Bush is GOING and his policies will GO too. Could this be a conspiracy???

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