Posted on 03/16/2006 1:32:01 AM PST by hawkiye
Baghdad -- Om Hussein, wrapped in her black abaya, lists the contents of the family's walk-in storage closet: three 175-pound cases of rice, two 33-pound cases of cooking fat, six cases of canned tomatoes, three crates of assorted legumes, a one-month supply of drinking water, frozen chicken livers in the freezer. And in the garage, jerry cans filled with fuel are piled floor to ceiling.
Om Hussein, who was reluctant to give her full name, and her Shiite family are preparing for war. They've stocked up on food. They bought a Kalashnikov rifle and a second car -- so that there is space for all 13 members of their extended family should they need to flee in a hurry.
"We are afraid of what will happen in the coming days," she says. "Maybe there will be a monthlong curfew, or maybe fighting in the streets will force my family to stay in the house for days at a time."
In the past week, President Bush has tried to assure Americans that Iraq has stepped back from the brink of civil war. "Iraqis have shown the world they want a future of freedom and peace," he told the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on Monday.
Few Iraqis, however, share Bush's view that the crisis has been averted. They are readying themselves for the worst, fleeing likely flash points, stockpiling weapons and basic foodstuffs, barricading their neighborhoods, and drawing lines in the sand delineating Sunni and Shiite territory.
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ROFL -- nope -- try lejes rimul
His posts are ridicule enough! LOL
Pardon me, Skippy, but I believe you threw down the first personal attack.
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
You're in way over your head with this crowd.
I was wondering what his name was and couldn't remember it :-)
Was one of my son's biggest fears before deployment. He hasn't said anything about them since and I keep forgetting to ask. I thought that maybe they hide in the winter.
txflake, StarCMC,
ah, it is this Lejes Rimul character I must scope?
Pssssst! Pick up a newspaper every now and again. The Iraqis have been risking and losing life and limb for a very long time now.
Hey, maybe next you can tell the combatant commander that he should be guarding Iraq's borders!!
a "close call"?
The facts are: you are taking the word of the media over the word of people with boots on the ground and then accusing THEM of not knowing what they are talking about. You have outed yourself as a complete moron.
Nah -- discovered it a LONG time ago.
Good catch! Says it all, doesn't it?
Or not. The MSM is salivating over the prospect, for domestic political reasons. There's a hell of a lot more to this than any MSM reporter can tell you -- because they're mostly staying safe in the Green Zone, and listening to their "sources," who generally have their own agendas.
The MSM are worse than useless as sources of information about Iraq.
An introduction at close range.
We were curious, until its mandibles started foaming...
What do you say now that tapes have come out detailing Saddam's relationship with Al Qaeda and even the Taliban?
You're the one the other day on the thread who was saying no such relationship exists. It must stink to be you and wrong so often.
Some soldiers in my kid's platoon caught a camel spider and a scorpion. They put them in a barrel and placed bets. The scorpion won.
ACK! LOL
Love it!
Need a lighter? ;-)
What you say! No, that's lejes.
Enjoy yourself. EASY pickin's!!
Thanks, Allegra, for the in-theatre view. Here's the million dollar question: how are the mediots getting their information? Do they ever leave the Green Zone?
I suggest you correct your grammar before worrying about the spelling of others. And a refresher on geography may come in handy, too.
I have a feeling you'll be having plenty of free time soon enough.
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