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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (693941)	7/25/2005 10:31:12 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

now an expert on iraq civil war speaking !!!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (693941)	7/25/2005 11:12:41 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

Australian Prime Minister Praises Iraq E-Mail This Printer-Friendly By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 25, 2005 Filed at 10:40 p.m. ET BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Australia's prime minister held talks with Iraq's government leader Monday during a surprise visit, saying he wanted the new Iraq to be ''independent and strong'' and praising it for holding successful legislative elections. Australia has 750 troops in Iraq, with about half the force in the south helping train Iraqi security forces and protecting Japanese military engineers working on reconstruction efforts. ''We want Iraq to be free,independent and strong,'' said Australian Prime Minister John Howard on meeting his counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari. ''We want Iraqis to run Iraq's affairs and we see our role as an assisting the people of Iraq and Iraqi government toward achieving that goal.'' Howard singled out the Jan 30 parliamentary elections for special praise. ''We were inspired by the sight of eight and a half million Iraqis risking their lives and risking injury, in order to vote,'' he said. Howard thanked the government for helping gain the release of Douglas Wood, the Australian hostage who was rescued June 15 after being held hostage for 47 days. Howard has been a strong supporter of the U.S.-led mission in Iraq. Al-Jaafari praised Australia's contribution to Iraq and said their talks focused on training Iraqi security forces and efforts to improve the lot of the Iraqi people. Howard visited the Australian troops, praising them for their work. ''Its very hot, its extremely hot, and they are showing remarkable commitment and enthusiasm despite that, and I had a very high opinion of them before and it is even higher now,'' he said in Abu Dhabi after his visit to Iraq.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (693941)	7/26/2005 5:22:07 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"The threshold for civil war in Iraq will be crossed when...." I saw a US General (military intelligence) on FOX News yesterday say that "95% of the insurgents in Iraq are Sunni Iraqis, and the remaining 5% are imported radicals/jihadists... mostly fellow Sunnis, and predominently from neighboring Arab nations --- Saudi Arabia, Syria, Jordan, Gulf States, Egypt, etc." He also said that "since 95% of the insurgents are native Iraqi Sunnis, mostly what is being supplied from neighboring countries is CASH... in nearly endless amounts." The insurgency has no significant problems with funding or resupply... and many of the remaining "5%", the non-Iraqi jihadists are being paid, and paid well, to go to Iraq and fight. Sounds to me like that 'threshold for civil war' has already been crossed, and the Iraqi Civil War is well and truly underway now. Time for politicians in Washington to face the facts, quit dissembling, and start getting smarter and trickier with their policies. Denying reality, and sticking their heads in the sand and pretending, is not likely to ever be effective policy.