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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LOL!! He musta been lurkin'!!
ROFL!!!!
Well it gave me a chuckle anyway. :)
IATZ. There goes another one.
Hehe yep :)
Maybe she's Mormon.
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Pray for our Hero Soldiers fighting Freedom around the world...
sjust for the LOVE of it, 'cause...
MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts
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bump
"Yes, after you post nonsense showing you don't keep up with daily activities very well."
You may think it is nonsense for ordinary Iraqis to arm themselves and create their own nation. I don't. We can help, but they have to win their own freedom.
Clearly you wouldn't have expected the American revolution to succeed. Too bad. You sound like a Democrat.
everyone knows damn well that Allegra is in Iraq.
I am sure the next thing you will say that I was never in Iraq.
Sorry wrong on both counts.
What makes her word better than anything in the SF Chronicle? Just about anything that's what.
And yes you are a troll.
Hey star, someone is going after another person who is in Iraq now.....
Look at Allegra's profile page.
She's got pictures up there.
Go on, take a look.
Or are you afraid that your little world would be blown apart by what she's been saying?
You have NO clue what you're talking about, better to quit before you make a worse fool of yourself.
none too bright, izze?
Afraid not....
Funny how Lejes Rimul is banned and this one takes his place.
this one *posted* the SFC article which started this thread, so I see nothing suspect in the pinch-hitting.
as with all other human variants, like seeks like.
But he was silent until that guy was shown the door, then he pops back onto the thread? In otherwords, he waited 12 hours to post to his own thread.
maybe he went to work, or to bed, or on a date, or whatever.
I don't see sufficient cause to suspect dual-identities.
Ok, I am LMAO on that one.
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