8/3 "Brig. Gen. Carter Ham ... acknowledged that U.S. and multinational
forces have faced a number of direct attacks from rebels. The reason,
he said, is that U.S. and multinational forces have swarmed the
western Iraq area, limiting rebels from fleeing towns and perhaps
causing more direct confrontations. When asked whether U.S. forces
have been able to diminish rebels from inside Iraq or Syria from
operating, Ham said, 'Absolutely not.' Marines acknowledge many more
troops would be needed to have a permanent presence in every guerrilla
enclave along the river, stretching for hundreds of miles to the
Syrian border. But Ham said today he was uncertain whether the spate
\_ Probably these horrible "flush-less" urinals they've been
putting in highway rest stops over here--they have a valve
at the bottom which drains the things when they fill past
a certain degree, and don't let any smell out of the pipe.
Needless to say, the bits you pee on above the pipe also
smell. A lot. -John
of deaths would lead to more troops being deployed in the area.
... Army Gen. George W. Casey, America's top commander in Iraq, set
November as a goal for U.S. troops to wrest away control of Iraq's
western borders." |
http://csua.com/feed/