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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ROFLMBO!!!
who gets creds for the killshot?
I mean: who spotted the troll first, and "sniffed"?
LOL
I bet he DOES look just like that!
Ms.B
o HO!
getting sneaky on your King, are you?
Just spotted your tagline. shall I revise Da List?
LOL!!
Wonderful!
ms.B
Yah. And having firepower in the home is NOT overkill. It's a way of life. I used to live in TX, and I liked the fact that guns were a part of life.
C'mon over here...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1584856/posts?page=3238
We don't worry about "topic" there...besides...Allegra and Old Sarge like it...So does Star. We just have a good time and relax.
yanno, Lejes was here from 2001... that's a deeeeeeeeeeeeep mole, what?
No offense taken. I'm a derned Yank. :-) I was just using "mate" to let our little Euro weenie buddy know I wasn't buying its sludge.
I myself hit the abouse button back on Post 90.
I was pinged to the thread, and background-checked him. A disruptor who was running three parallel flame threads.
This one was a pro.
I spotted him a year and a half ago. Best sleeper we got, 'course a lot of people'd probably say the same about me.
Hmmm.... Coop or Allegra or Mike... looking....
Ya know? I almost pinged MikeInIraq a minute ago! I guess I'd better change MY ping list, as well!
Sure they will. The Sunnis will fight for Sunni freedom, the Shi'ites will fight for Shi'ite freedom and the Kurds will fight for Kurd freedom.
man... they have some HORRID beasties over there!
YEah -- post 30 was Allegra calling it.
Also, it's under the "Defense/Security" section of the Video Library.
http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp
(center of the page)
Am I in the Kings' disfavor, then?
Ye have not resonded to me..?
LOL
Ms.B
was too skeered by those Iraqi spider monster thingies
looks like Allegra gets the kill-ring
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