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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: PartyTime who started this subject	4/11/2004 11:08:28 AM
From: John Sladek	Read Replies (1) of 173976

Iraqi tension built as U.S. miscalculated Fallujah and Shiite cleric represent a 2-front war ...Several American and Iraqi officials now regard Bremer's move to close the newspaper as a profound miscalculation based on poor intelligence and inaccurate assumptions. Foremost among the errors, the officials said, was the lack of a military strategy to deal with Sadr if he chose to fight back, as he did.... A year ago, in one of his first interviews after the fall of former president Saddam Hussein's government, Sadr warned the Americans not to alienate his movement. "I advise the Americans to ally with the Shiites, not to oppose them," he said. He then recalled what Shiites view as centuries of oppression and suffering. Added to that, he said, was the national character of Iraq -- a record of rebellion and dissent. "You can read history," he said. "They will reject any government brought by America, any leader, any state. They have rebellion in their hearts." ... Full Story: msnbc.msn.com

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