When it needs to drop so the MSM can sell success (either that or they are lying again), it happens; when violence needs to spike to keep us there, viola!
That sure is tortured logic if you are an 'insurgent," America.
You SMELL SOMETHING STINKIN'?
"Truck bombing kills dozens in northern Iraq" by Steven Lee Myers, New York Times | June 21, 2009
BAGHDAD - In what was coincidence or ominous timing, the bombing took place hours after Maliki spoke before a daylong conference of Turkmen political leaders at the Babel Hotel in Baghdad to discuss territorial disputes in Kirkuk and other issues ahead of national elections scheduled for January.
Maliki called for unity among Iraq’s ethnic groups and warned that “those who move in the dark’’ wanted “to affect the upcoming elections on the behalf of malicious motives and destructive goals.’’
As he has in recent weeks, Maliki also championed a June 30 deadline for the withdrawal of most US combat forces from Iraq’s cities - though he referred only broadly to “foreign forces’’ yesterday, as he has been wont to do lately....
Although violence has declined significantly since the worst of Iraq’s sectarian conflict in 2006 and 2007, attacks continue almost daily against Iraqi and US forces, while an intermittent pattern of major attacks continue to wreak havoc, often aimed at civilians in markets, mosques, and other public places.
They lie about Somalia, they lie about Iran, they lie about Iraq, they LIE and OBFUSCATE about EVERYTHING!!!!
On June 10, a car bomb killed at least 28 people at a market in Al Batha, near Nasiriyah in largely Shi’ite southern Iraq. On May 20, a car bomb struck a popular takeout restaurant in a Shi’ite neighborhood in western Baghdad.
And WHO, cui bono, has a BUG up their ass about Shia right now and wants us to kill them?
Many of the attacks appear intended to stoke sectarian tensions, and all have raised concerns - and increasingly anger - that Iraq’s security forces are not prepared to provide more security as American support steadily diminishes.
Which means WE STAY, America -- even though we ALREADY WERE!!
See: Occupation Iraq: Non-Combat Combat
Also see: Occupation Iraq: AmeriKa's Greatest Enemy
AmeriKan MSM Continues to Ignore American War Dead
In Taza, Jenkiz Burhan, a taxi driver, said he lost his wife, mother, and father in yesterday’s blast. “I blame the Iraqi government and the multinational forces,’’ he said.
Because THEY NOW!!!!!
Yup, but it is "insurgents" and "Al-CIA-Duh" and Iran (blame them next saying retaliation for screwing with their elections) that are behind the violence.
And CUI BONO?
"Iraq attacks leave at least 30 dead; Blasts, shootings flare as US troops lower profile" by Kim Gamel, Associated Press | June 23, 2009
BAGHDAD - Bombings and shootings killed more than 30 people across Iraq yesterday, including high school students on their way to final exams, part of a new round of violence ahead of next week’s deadline for US troops to withdraw from urban areas.
Once you KNOW the AGENDA and WHO is behind it, this stuff REALLY MAKES YOU SICK!!!!!
HIGH-SCHOOL KIDS, huh? Ain't NO IRAQI doing THAT, sorry!!!!
CUI BONO?
The attacks pushed the three-day Iraqi death toll to more than 100, shattering a recent lull and adding fresh doubt to the ability of government forces to protect people without US soldiers by their sides. American combat troops have already begun moving from inner-city outposts to large bases outside cities.
It is as OBVIOUS as the NOSE of your FACE, readers!
Overall levels of violence remain low, but Iraqi officials have warned that militants will probably carry out more attacks to erode public confidence in the government as the Americans pull out of cities by June 30 - the first step toward a full withdrawal from Iraq by the end of 2011.
WHY NOT WAIT until we ACTUALLY DO IT, hmmm?
Many Iraqis support the withdrawal timeline, outlined in a security pact that took effect this year. But others fear militants will regroup without the visible presence of US soldiers.
Must they CONSTANTLY SHOVEL such S***?
Yup, the Iraqis want us to stay, yup!
“There aren’t enough Iraqi army and police and they’re ill equipped to confront the terrorists,’’ said Abdul-Salam Mohammed, a 33-year-old car dealer in a former insurgent stronghold north of Baghdad. “The pullout is not in our interest at this moment because we are still in the recovery phase.’’
CUI BONO?
The violence yesterday mainly struck Shi’ite neighborhoods in the Baghdad area, starting with a roadside bombing of a minibus carrying high school students from Sadr City to final exams.
CUI BONO?
WHO HATES Sadr, huh? Not Sunnis!
Police said the attack killed at least three students and wounded 13 people, but the US military said one civilian was killed and eight wounded. Conflicting casualty tolls are common after bombings in Iraq because victims are often taken to multiple hospitals.
Yeah, whatever; I'm tired of AmeriKa's MSM and their excuses!
The bus was pockmarked with shrapnel, with blood-soaked notebooks and ID cards left on the seats and the floor. A bomb planted under a car also exploded on a road leading to a checkpoint that controls access to a bridge into Baghdad’s central Green Zone. The blast killed at least five people and wounded 20, according to police and hospital officials. The US military put the toll at two killed and six wounded.
Israel's calling card.
A roadside bomb later targeted a police patrol in another mainly Shi’ite district in eastern Baghdad, killing three people and wounding 25, police said. Hours later, a parked motorcycle loaded with explosives blew up in an open-air public market in an impoverished, predominantly Shi’ite area northeast of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 22, police and hospital officials said.
Truthfully, are YOU FOOLED anymore? I am NOT!
A suicide car bomber also targeted the mayor’s offices in Abu Ghraib, a predominantly Sunni district west of Baghdad, killing seven civilians, police said. The car exploded before reaching the government building, US military spokesman Major David Shoupe said. He gave a lower casualty toll: four killed, along with 10 wounded, including three US soldiers.
Yup, the FURTHER YOU READ newspaper articles the MORE it STINKS!!!!!!
North of the capital and near the Iranian border, a roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol, killing three Iraqi soldiers near Khanaqin, according to the security headquarters in Diyala province.
Well then, it MUST have been IRANIANS, huh?
Gunmen also killed at least seven people in separate attacks in the northern city of Mosul, according to police reports.
Blackwaters or Mossad?
NO U.S. OPERATIONS or AIRSTRIKES, huh, MSM?
And let's finish off with an editorial turd for dessert:
"Beginning the end in Iraq
Pffffft!
Been hearing this for six bleeping years!
THERE IS CERTAIN to be some quibbling about the details, and there may be temporary delays in one or two cities, but the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi urban areas is on track to be completed by June 30, in accordance with President Obama’s plan for winding down the US occupation. For Iraqis, handing over security responsibilities in cities is likely to prove a mixed blessing, at least at first. The levels of violence in the coming months will largely be determined by Iraqis’ ability to cooperate across ethnic and sectarian lines.
Pffft!
Zionist propaganda.
But for Americans, the removal of combat forces from urban areas signifies a belated recognition of reality. The US military’s use of Sunni Arab tribal groups to drive Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia out of Anbar province, combined with a successful counter-insurgency strategy of clearing and holding previously contested areas, has reduced the level of violence about as much as any foreign force could reduce it.
Save having NOT DESTROYED the COUNTRY and OCCUPIED IT for SIX YEARS!
Indeed, it is a common complaint among Iraqis that the presence of an occupying army acts as a magnet, drawing suicide bombers and truck bombs to population centers.
In MORE WAYS than the COVER-UP PAPER is going to say!
And even if US troops may be withdrawing from the northern city of Mosul before they have established an acceptable level of security there, sooner or later Iraq’s army and police would have had to take on the task of protecting the population from terrorists and criminal gangs themselves....
That's what WE SAID YEARS AGO, lying a**holes!
The US military is discussing with the Iraqi government a continuing advisory role after June 30....
Translation: We are NEVER LEAVING -- and I doubt we are even "withdrawing" from cities. Why should I believe a lying s*** media that has been LYING from the START about Iraq, huh?
US forces should be able to help their Iraqi counterparts resist Al Qaeda in Mosul without violating Obama’s pledge to withdraw combat forces from Iraqi cities. Even after withdrawing, the Americans can provide intelligence, logistics assistance, and operational advice.
What they are telling you is despite all the FLAILING of the MSM MOUTHPIECE, NOTHING is CHANGING!!!!!!
For the longer term, the path to true security in Iraq must pass through two distinct political compacts: one between Arabs and Kurds; the other between Sunnis and Shi’ites.
All to CARVE UP the REGION and DISMEMBER STATES like Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, etc.
Related: Occupation Iraq: Playing All Sides
Thus far, the prospects for bridging either the Arab-Kurd ethnic divide or the sectarian antagonism between Sunnis and Shi’ites are not encouraging.
Because of the USraeli FALSE FLAGS, right?
But since the presence of US combat forces in Iraqi cities has done little to persuade Iraqi politicians of the need to share power equitably, perhaps they will be more inclined to overcome their internecine conflicts once the Americans begin leaving them to their own devices.
What CONDESCENDING GARBAGE!!!!
That's why I RARELY POST EDITORIALS from the Boston Globe anymore.
What AGENDA-PUSHING GARBAGE and PROPAGANDA!!!!
