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To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (131070)	5/2/2004 9:23:13 PM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi bbm, I don't watch Fox News, btw. I don't watch television at all. That's not fair. You're completely avoiding the reality distortion field marinating our brains... :o/ --fl@motv.com

To: bela_ghoulashi who wrote (131070)	5/2/2004 11:16:06 PM
From: h0db	Respond to of 281500

I was speculating based on public information about the status of I MEF (>30% casualties), the actions of the Marine commander in making these ad hoc arrangements, and the unilateral decision by the Marines to withdraw. I still think I'm right. Wait for it... it will take a while for all of it to come out, and it's coming out right now. washingtonpost.com "The decision to form the Fallujah Brigade and put Saleh in charge was made from "the bottom up," the senior official said. "Now we have to have a policy to catch up with what is happening on the ground." A Marine spokesman did not have any immediate reaction to Myers's comments, and it was not clear whether Saleh would comply with a U.S. order to relinquish command of the new force. One U.S. military official said that step could prove tricky. *"We've just told him he can form a brigade and take over the city," the official said. "Now we're telling him that he has to step aside? Do we just expect him to go home?"* [CJCS Gen.] Myers also denied that Marines had withdrawn from Fallujah. "The reports that the Marines have pulled back -- not true," he said on the Fox program. "The Marines are still where they've been." In fact, two Marine battalions -- the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment -- have pulled out of positions in or near the city. The 1st Battalion vacated its forward operating base in a beverage factory inside the city and moved to a base five miles outside the city on Friday. ************************************************ Bush is still working on his strategery; he hasn't made any mistakes.