Slouching towards D-day
Asia Times
by Pepe Escobar
02/08/07
The battle for Baghdad has officially begun. It’s a double bill involving suppression of Sunni militants and defanging Sadr City, the vast Shi’ite enclave that staunchly backs cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army. This counterinsurgency against classic guerrilla tactics with popular support is doomed. Inevitably, Iran will be blamed...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB09Ak01.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pepe+Escobar
by Pepe Escobar
02/08/07
The battle for Baghdad has officially begun. It’s a double bill involving suppression of Sunni militants and defanging Sadr City, the vast Shi’ite enclave that staunchly backs cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army. This counterinsurgency against classic guerrilla tactics with popular support is doomed. Inevitably, Iran will be blamed...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB09Ak01.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pepe+Escobar
rudkla - 9. Feb, 15:33
