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To: Elroy who wrote (233570)	5/19/2005 9:31:19 AM
From: SilentZ	Respond to of 1571898

>Unless you've spoken with numerous Iraqis in Iraq, how do you have any confidence in the sentence above? How are you measuring the strength/weakness/support for/hatred of the "insurgent" killers? The insurgency is carrying out attacks with greater frequency and deadliness than it has in the past two-plus years! As far as support from the general population, I've read articles and seen polls in magazines and newspapers. I'm not there, but it's the next best thing. And I'm not saying that the general population agrees with being blown up, just that they want to get rid of the Americans. -Z

To: Elroy who wrote (233570)	5/19/2005 9:48:42 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571898

How are you measuring the strength/weakness/support for/hatred of the "insurgent" killers? How about the American Generals on the ground asessment.. U.S. military commanders in Baghdad and Washington gave a sobering new assessment of the war in Iraq on Wednesday, adding to the mood of anxiety that prompted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to make a trip to Baghdad last weekend to consult with Iraq's new government. In interviews and briefings Wednesday, the generals pulled back from recent suggestions -- including those by some of the same officers -- that positive trends could allow a reduction in the 138,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq by late this year or early in 2006. mercurynews.com But the officer said that despite U.S. troops' recent successes in disrupting insurgent cells, which have resulted in the arrest of 1,100 suspects in Baghdad alone in the past 80 days, the success of American goals in Iraq was not assured. ``I think that this could still fail,'' the officer said at the briefing, referring to the U.S. effort in Iraq. ``It's much more likely to succeed, but it could still fail.'' He said much depended on the new government's success in increasing public confidence among Iraqis. The officer said recent polls conducted by Baghdad University had shown confidence flagging sharply, down from an 85 percent rating immediately after the elections.