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Nambe (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Oct-25-08 06:56 PM
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Iraq's main Sunni party suspends contacts with US
Source: BAGHDAD (AP)

Iraq's largest Sunni party said Saturday that it has suspended official contacts with American military personnel and civilians after the killing of a man near Fallujah.

The Iraqi Islamic Party accused the raid of having a "hidden political motive" in an indication of rising tensions in Anbar province ahead of provincial elections, due to be held by the end of January.

The U.S. military said U.S.-backed Iraqi soldiers arrested a wanted insurgent leader suspected of training roadside bomb cells in an operation Friday that killed an armed man who opened fire on the troops.

The IIP alleged that a senior member of the party was killed in his bed and five others were arrested during the raid in the Halabsa area on the outskirts of the former insurgent stronghold. ...

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=FLT...
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   Can the troops come home now??  BrklynLiberal   Oct-25-08 06:59 PM   #1 
   hint - they want MORE bribe money from the surge -- oops, bribes ARE the surge nt  msongs   Oct-25-08 07:14 PM   #2 
   hint. they want us gone n/t  BareNakedLiberal   Oct-25-08 11:45 PM   #3 
   I thought we were bribing the shia  booley   Oct-26-08 12:54 PM   #4 
      Sunni like to sell out for political gain  ohio2007   Oct-26-08 08:54 PM   #5 
   "Talk To The Purple Finger."  jazzjunkysue   Oct-26-08 09:05 PM   #6 
 
BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Oct-25-08 06:59 PM
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1. Can the troops come home now??Updated at 10:08 PM
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Oct-25-08 07:14 PM
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2. hint - they want MORE bribe money from the surge -- oops, bribes ARE the surge nt
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Oct-25-08 11:45 PM
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3. hint. they want us gone n/t
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booley (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Oct-26-08 12:54 PM
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4. I thought we were bribing the shia
aren't the awakening councils shia?
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Oct-26-08 08:54 PM
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5. Sunni like to sell out for political gain
jmo
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Oct-26-08 09:05 PM
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6. "Talk To The Purple Finger."
Or,

The One Fingered Iraqi Salute.

Gee. That's what democracies do. They throw out their occupiers.

Story sounds familiar....Something about a midnight run and a tea party and a guy named paul....There was a John, too....
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