[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Pat Tillman's Brother Speaks

[Hank]

Bill,

The following quote is of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as posted in
an AP news filed By SAMEER N. YACOUB, dated today.



"In his comments, al-Maliki also appealed to neighboring states to stop
meddling in Iraq's domestic affairs - an apparent reference to Iran and
Syria, which are accused by the U.S. and Iraqi officials of aiding Sunni and
Shiite armed groups.

He blamed foreign fighters in groups such as al-Qaida in Iraq and loyalists
of former dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath Party regime for driving the
current violence that takes the lives of around 40 Iraqis every day, and
possibly many more.

"I would like to state here that the root of the battle we are fighting in
Iraq and the root of the bloody cycle that we are undergoing is the presence
of terror organizations that have arrived in the country," al-Maliki said."

The full story is at
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20061025/D8KVNTSO0.html

Hank


On 10/25/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
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> Hank,
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> Most of the people fighting us right now are Iraqis.
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> Wait...This just in from our President:
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> "Americans have no intention of taking sides in a sectarian struggle or
> standing in the crossfire between rival factions."
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> Hank,
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> We're going to cut and run.  Not because I advocate it, because I
> don't.  But we're going to cut and run.  No matter who is President or
> who controls congress.  We haven't the slightest idea of why we are
> there, or what we are trying to do.  More Americans have been killed in
> Iraq since 9/11 than died in the United States on 9/11.
>
> If the strategy is to keep Americans from being killed by radical
> Islamists, it's backfiring.
>
> Bill Effros
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