Haifa Street in Baghdad Defies US Military

[leftchick]

http://www.aljazeerah.info/News%20archives/2005%20News%20archives/February/23%20n/Haifa%20Street%20in%20Baghdad%20Defies%20US%20Military.htm


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University professors who once frequented nearby cafes sit in apartment buildings scarred by shells and bullets, bracing for the next round of fighting.

The US-backed Iraqi government is struggling to end a resistance movement that shows few signs of easing. “I am scared when Americans and Iraqi National Guards raid Haifa Street because once they attack they start to fire randomly,” said Al Hassan Mohsen, 24, a student.

“Haifa was one of the best areas of Baghdad. Now it is one of the worst. When we have exams we sleep with relatives outside Haifa Street in case we get trapped by fighting. In the old days under Saddam I used to go out at three in the morning.”

Taking control of Haifa Street would be an important psychological victory because Iraq’s fledgling security forces could show they asserted themselves in the capital. But resistance fighters remain defiant despite pounding of their positions by US forces in tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles.

[saigon68]

1. Its a QUAGMIRE

Amid the "Bring Em On" rhetoric, this is an example of a failed War of Aggression.

[JNelson6563]

2. "In the old days under Saddam...."

It's pretty bad when things looked better under Saddam than after they've been "liberated". Ugh.

Julie

[leftchick]

3. that is the point wingers fail to acknowledge...

It was scary under Saddam for sure. But folks had security and a life without fear of car bombings on every street corner.

[TheLastMohican]

4. What this article implies is that

US forces and their Iraqi stooges can't control a 1 damn street in Baghdad! It is a recipe for disaster if neither your tanks nor APCs can bring you a quality advantage over the opposition. Time to pull out and quit playing toy soldiers when the lives of real men and women are on the line.