Posted on 10/25/2006 8:25:52 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
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Iraqi Government Plans to Demobilize Illegal Militias
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006 – The Iraqi government has plans to demobilize all illegal militias, including radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s so-called “Mahdi Army,” the senior U.S. diplomat in Iraq said today.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “has agreed to getting rid of the militias,” U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters at a Baghdad news conference.
Illegal militias that commit violence and murder need to be dealt with, Khalilzad said, noting the Iraqi government recognizes that fact.
Maliki wants to demobilize all the militias, including al-Sadr’s, Khalilzad said. Yet, he noted, U.S. officials don’t have direct contact with Sadr, although there is some interaction with some of Sadr’s representatives in the Iraqi Assembly.
Khalilzad said he believes that an integrated, political approach is the best way to try to convince militia leaders to disband their men and stack arms.
However, Maliki doesn’t rule out the use of force to coerce the militias to disband, Khalilzad said. “We will see what happens,” he added.
Khalilzad said he believes the Iraqi government is taking the right path in addressing the militia issue. Iraq’s prime minister is anxious for Iraqis to assume more security roles and responsibilities, to include dealing the problem of militias, the ambassador said.
Meanwhile, U.S., coalition and Iraqi security forces “are actively tracking, targeting, detaining people who are operating in death squads, and their leadership, who are breaking the law,” Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, said.
When Iraq’s government zeroes in on the militia issue, then the Iraqi security forces will become the dominant security forces in the country, Casey predicted.
“I think it will happen,” he said.
National Geographic News: Reporting Your World Daily
Mouse Testicles Yield Promising Stem Cells
German researchers announced today that they have isolated stem cells in adult mouse testicles that have properties similar to those of embryonic stem cells.
If the method works in humans, it could provide an alternative source for stem cells, avoiding the ethical controversy of generating stem cells from human embryos, said the researchers from the Georg-August University of Göttingen.
excerpt: Nat'l Geo
Good ad! I hope Santorum wins. I know i shouldn't be, but I am nervous about the house and the senate. I won't stop worrying until Nov. 8th.
Speaking of churches...
Where's the ACLU!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l7Ft8sLFqI
I really don't know, but on the whole, the Pubbies have been far more careful with their facts than the dark side. What I couldn't figure out, until it was explained to me by the DMB who see race in everything, was that the alleged "racial overtone" was that it was a white woman asking Ford to call her. It never occurred to me that there was anything "off" about that. It seems to be the dems who view interracial dating as insidious.
Actually he said Mickey Mouse in the beginning....I think he got mixed up.
Good catch. Thanks!
During the 2000 election one of Cheneys first campaign stops was in Kansas City. He was joined on stage by Jeff Suppan and Mike Sweeney. You probably couldn't find a nicer guy than Mike. He is a very solid Christian and not ashamed of it. He does not go around preaching but if the subject comes up he doesn't hesitate to talk about how his faith is very important to him.
Everyone needs to chill this fighting amoung us has to stop A.Hun has a right to his views right or wrong there his views we don't need to be fighting like this its good for the casue
It was Made by a White Man CC27...that in itself is racist! How dare a Caucasian campaign against a person of color!
/s/
Then that should be said more plainly and not in some snarky ad.
If Harold Ford takes money from the porn industry Tennesseans would be outraged in my opinion.
A simple straight forward ad would do much more.
I missed the opening few minutes of the show today.
cute!
Very Cool.
I am sorry and don't mean to be flip but your posts don't make much sense w/o punctuation.
I'm not sure if it's accurate but that was my impression. Unfortunately I don't know anything about what election ads are running in TN.
Heck I can't even keep up with NJ and I live here.
I see no racial anything in that ad.
If that's the "racial overtone" these moonbats are dumb as a bag of hammers.
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