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Politics : Let's Talk About the War -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: NickSE who wrote (73)3/26/2003 8:04:27 PM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 486
 
The Battle for Basra
The people of Basra oppose the regime but they will not rise up until they are certain Saddam Hussein is falling.
iwpr.net

.....If they decide to storm Basra - a city of more than a million people - it is vital that they liaise beforehand with people inside. The people of Basra think they can liberate themselves if they have assistance. Even some of the Fedayeen of Saddam are said to be anxious and fearing for their lives. If the coalition contacts cities like Basra, they could collapse quickly. But there is no evidence, as far as I know, of any serious contacts by the Americans with the ordinary people inside. The Americans are not investing in the right people.....



To: NickSE who wrote (73)3/26/2003 8:51:44 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 486
 
I wonder when that mural was created? I assume after 9/11, and that it was just so orgasmic for the Ba'athists that they had to commemorate it in a permanent medium, but wonder if it's possible that it was created earlier? No, now I am being paranoid. Maybe.


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