Look What's Left out of the News due to Israel and Hezbollah

[SammyBlue]

3 Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province
By RAWYA RAGEH
Associated Press Writer
14 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A prominent Shiite politician called Friday for Iraqi forces rather than Americans to play a greater security role and for an end to "interference in their work" — an apparent reference to U.S. efforts to curb abuses by the Shiite-led Interior Ministry. Also Friday, the U.S. command announced that three more Americans had been killed in action, bringing to 40 the number of U.S. troops who have died in Iraq this month.

The remarks by Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, who heads the country's biggest Shiite party, came as the U.S. military drafted plans to move up to 5,000 U.S. troops with armored vehicles and tanks into Baghdad in an effort to quell escalating violence.

Al-Hakim told thousands of supporters at a rally in the southern city of Najaf that the Americans should turn over more security responsibility to the Iraqis and stop "the interference in their work."

He said the surging violence was due to "being lax in hunting down terrorists and upholding the wrong policies in dealing with them."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060729/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

At least there's a picture of a coffin with the article.


Israel/Hezbollah is Bush's perfect distraction from the quagmire and the MSM and people fell for it. Even us at DU have spent 2 weeks yelling at each other over Israel. . .while our boys die in a needless war. Where have out heads been?

editted to add: link to story.

[MadMaddie]

1. Sigh....so sad and so unneeded...they don't want us there

so let's get the hell out...

[knowbody0]

2. may he rest in peace

george killed him

[Just Me]

3. Iraq is spiralling down,...way WAY out of our control.

God knows the NeoCONsters wouldn't want that to be public.

[ClassWarrior]

4. Speak for yourself. If you've been ignoring the rest of the world to...

...yell at your fellow DUers over this ages-old Israel/Arab childishness, don't blame me. I've stayed out of it. And please stop calling the Corporate Media "mainstream."

NGU.