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Ordinary Iraqi families getting ready to fight They're stockpiling weapons, food and fuel
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 | Charles Levinson

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: civilwar; clockisrunning; decemberpullout; iraq; iraqifamilies; iraqipeople; iraqization; timeline; troll; ursula; wot; zot
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To: King Prout

ROFL -- nope -- try lejes rimul

His posts are ridicule enough! LOL


101 posted on 03/16/2006 11:33:48 AM PST by StarCMC (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...thank you Sarge.)
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To: Lejes Rimul; MikefromOhio
Turning to personal attacks because you can't dispute the facts?

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.

102 posted on 03/16/2006 11:33:55 AM PST by Allegra (Please pray for peace in Iraq.)
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To: eyespysomething

I was wondering what his name was and couldn't remember it :-)


103 posted on 03/16/2006 11:33:59 AM PST by Peach
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To: Old Sarge

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.


104 posted on 03/16/2006 11:34:12 AM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: txflake; StarCMC; Lejes Rimul

txflake, StarCMC,

ah, it is this Lejes Rimul character I must scope?


105 posted on 03/16/2006 11:34:16 AM PST by King Prout (DOWN with the class-enemies at Google! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE'S CUBE!)
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To: Poser
It's time for the Iraqis to do their own fighting.

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!!

106 posted on 03/16/2006 11:34:22 AM PST by Coop (FR= a lotta talk, but little action)
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To: Old Sarge

a "close call"?


107 posted on 03/16/2006 11:34:41 AM PST by King Prout (DOWN with the class-enemies at Google! LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE'S CUBE!)
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To: Lejes Rimul

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.


108 posted on 03/16/2006 11:35:00 AM PST by StarCMC (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...thank you Sarge.)
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To: Lejes Rimul

Nah -- discovered it a LONG time ago.


109 posted on 03/16/2006 11:35:37 AM PST by StarCMC (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...thank you Sarge.)
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To: StarCMC; Old Sarge; Lejes Rimul
Gamer.

Good catch! Says it all, doesn't it?

110 posted on 03/16/2006 11:35:45 AM PST by Allegra (Please pray for peace in Iraq.)
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To: hawkiye
looks like all hell is about to break loose over there.

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.

111 posted on 03/16/2006 11:35:55 AM PST by r9etb
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To: King Prout

An introduction at close range.

We were curious, until its mandibles started foaming...


112 posted on 03/16/2006 11:36:02 AM PST by Old Sarge (My vigor to fight has been renewed.)
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To: Lejes Rimul

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.


113 posted on 03/16/2006 11:36:08 AM PST by Peach
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To: Old Sarge

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.


114 posted on 03/16/2006 11:36:13 AM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: Old Sarge

ACK! LOL


115 posted on 03/16/2006 11:36:24 AM PST by StarCMC (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...thank you Sarge.)
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To: Old Sarge
Memories....

Love it!

Need a lighter? ;-)

116 posted on 03/16/2006 11:36:39 AM PST by Allegra (Please pray for peace in Iraq.)
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To: King Prout

What you say! No, that's lejes.


117 posted on 03/16/2006 11:37:16 AM PST by txhurl
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To: King Prout

Enjoy yourself. EASY pickin's!!


118 posted on 03/16/2006 11:37:38 AM PST by StarCMC (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...thank you Sarge.)
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To: Allegra
What I'm seeing is the media getting hyperbolic about it, as usual.

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?

119 posted on 03/16/2006 11:37:43 AM PST by r9etb
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To: Lejes Rimul
Lol skip spelling back in kindergarten?

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.

120 posted on 03/16/2006 11:37:58 AM PST by Coop (FR= a lotta talk, but little action)
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