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To: paul_philp who wrote (72058)	7/17/2003 3:28:08 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (3) of 281500

Hi paul_philp; Re: "This is not a Guerilla war." You lose. Yearlong Tours an Option for 'Guerrilla' War in Iraq NY Times, July 16, 2003 American troops in Iraq are under attack from "a classical guerrilla-type campaign" whose fighters, drawn from Saddam Hussein's most unyielding loyalists and foreign terrorist groups, are increasingly organized, the new commander of allied forces in Iraq said today. The commander, Gen. John P. Abizaid, pledged that the United States and its allies would not be driven from Iraq by the guerrilla attacks, which today killed one American soldier and wounded at least six others around Baghdad. But he cautioned that pacifying Iraq might require fresh American troops to spend yearlong tours there, double the normal duration of Army forces on peacekeeping duty. ... nytimes.com -- Carl

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