The Holy Al-Mahdi Army does it very well. The Baghdad Initiative does not belong to the USA and never has. The confidence of the Iraqi people is with their militias. The USA is in the way. The Unity Government is being protected by 'the ONLY army that can.'
It ain't us.
Bush lost control a long time ago and the Repuglicans have been giving it 'lip service' for nearly a year or more. THEY ARE LYING about the USA responsibility in Iraq and Baghdad. The Holy Al-Mahdi Army is in control in Baghdad. They are sanctioned by the Unity Government and THAT is why the USA will be assigned to OUTSIDE of Baghdad to carry on the Bush Political War.
Iraqi Judge: Elements of Al-Mahdi Army Have Settled in Green Zone
http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=7611
10/01/2007By Ma'ad Fayad
London, Asharq Al-Awsat- A judge in the Higher Criminal Court trying the former regime's key officials has confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that many elements from Al-Mahdi Army militia which is led by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, have infiltrated and settled inside the Green Zone where senior Iraqi officials live. The area also includes the residences of Western diplomats and embassies, foremost of them the United States and Britain.
The judge, who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity for security purposes, said in a telephone interview from his residence in the Green Zone that "elements of the Al-Mahdi Army have settled in the Green Zone as part of the force guarding former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. They therefore constitute part of the force protecting some officials in the Unified Iraqi Coalition which is led by Abdulaziz al-Hakim."
The Bush Legacy is a LIE !!! Iraq is a war for profit and nothing else !
The Shi'ites have the country. They did it well. It's time the Sunnis, Kurds and Shia have their own provinces.
There is no more war in Iraq for the USA. We are occupiers. We need to leave Iraq without regrets. The country is already secured.
The reason Bush wants a 'surge' is because the Saudis are demanding it. He is calling it reputation. It's got nothing to do with it. America's credibility was destroyed in March of 2003.
The President of the USA does not carry the best interest of the USA in his policies. He is turning the "Sadr" Shi'ites into demons to satisfy Saudi Arabia. The sectarianism goes far beyond the borders of Iraq and it ain't al Qaeda. At least not under the leadership of Osama bin Laden.
"New Blaze" - it's a war monger rag. The name gives it away.
...It was just a few weeks ago, Vice-President Dick Cheney visited Riyadh and was told to send more troops into Iraq or else the House of Saud will support the Sunni militia groups. Riyadh and Tehran have been working in tandem since both governments want to see the West defeated and less influential in the region after the Jihad runs its course this year. So occasionally the House of Saud will put on it's frighten of Iran act, but in reality they support the Jihad just as much as Tehran and acknowledge Tehran's leadership.
Neither Tehran-Riyadh want to see American-British forces fighting effectively on other strategic fronts like the Balkans-Caucasus-India.
http://newsblaze.com/story/20070110162051payn.nb/newsblaze/OPINIONS/Opinions.html
Mystery swirls as Saudi ambassador to US exits
Theories for Prince Turki’s resignation range from being promoted to being back-stabbed in Riyad.
By Stephen Collinson - WASHINGTON
A Washington diplomatic mystery swirled around the sudden resignation of Saudi Arabia's ambassador here, baffling foreign policy experts and injecting new intrigue into US-Saudi relations.
Prince Turki al-Faisal, one of the most influential foreign envoys here and steward of the key and sometimes uneasy alliance between the world's sole superpower and the Gulf oil state, abruptly quit on Monday, Saudi sources said.
The shock resignation -- after only 15 months on the job -- and the Prince's immediate departure from the United States, came after he told staff Monday he wanted to spend more time with his family, an embassy official said.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=18745
Saudi Arabia asks US to review Iraq aims
By Syed Rashid Husain
RIYADH, Jan 6: Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has said that the US should review its aims and objectives in Iraq, and the neighbouring countries should stop backing communities on the basis of religion."Coalition forces in Iraq must review the goals of their presence and the strategies of their remaining" there, said the Saudi crown prince in an interview carried by Asharq Al Awsat, a Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily on Sunday.The statement comes in the wake of a number of calls in recent weeks from leading clerics in Saudi Arabia for the protection of the Sunni community in Iraq.Expressing grief over recent developments in Iraq, he insisted that Saudi Arabia would not interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq.
http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/07/top8.htm
