[tobyhill]

****”I am very happy about the situation right now. The deployment of the Iraqi army has made gunmen and gangsters disappear from the streets,” said court employee Mahdi Fallah, 42.

“The gangs were controlling the ports and smuggling oil. Now the ports are back in government hands. Everything in Basra is better than before.”****

This has got to be a mistake because the MSM has all concluded Maliki lost control. /s

[DJ Elliott]

But I thought the ISF lost in Basrah...

Just ask that same reporter last week...

[Williams]

Success in only three weeks but the media pronounced a defeat after 3 days.

[pissant]

The french media are better than the US when it comes to Iraq. How sad is that.