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

[Bill Effros]

Hank,

Nouri al-Maliki is the front man for Moqtada Sadr. They are trying to 
convince the world that they are not conducting death squads. Nobody is 
buying it--including us:

“I want to underscore that most of the attacks
on our forces are by former regime loyalists and
other Iraqis, not foreign forces.”

General Charles H. Swannack Jr.
82nd Airborne Division, Commander
November 18, 2003

Bill Effros

Hank wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> Hank,
>>
>> Most of the people fighting us right now are Iraqis.
>>
>> Wait...This just in from our President:
>>
>> "Americans have no intention of taking sides in a sectarian struggle or
>> standing in the crossfire between rival factions."
>>
>> Hank,
>>
>> 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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