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Maliki fires 3,000 gov't employees for militia ties
Multi-National Force Iraq ^
| Tuesday, 21 November 2006
| mnf-iraq
Posted on 11/26/2006 7:41:43 PM PST by Bob Hyneman
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7116&Itemid=18
In July, a poll by the nonprofit International Republican Institute found 94 percent of Iraqis said they support a unity government. Seventy-eight percent opposed Iraq being segregated by religion or ethnicity. Even in Baghdad, where sectarian violence is heightened, 76 percent opposed ethnic separation. According to a September WorldPublicOpinion.org poll, 97 percent of Iraqis said they strongly disapprove of attacks against Iraqi civilians, and 96 percent of Iraqis disapproved of attacks on Iraqi Security Forces. And in a State Department poll released Oct. 5, large majorities of Iraqi youth in six regions surveyed agreed It is essential that Iraq remains one nation. These findings confirm that Iraqis want to live in a unified, multi-ethnic country.
To: Bob Hyneman
This is excellent news. It's likely to end in a fight, but those who managed to keep their jobs will not be likely to change sides.
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posted on
11/26/2006 7:46:49 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
To: Bob Hyneman
These people are only good for brutal dictatorial rule.
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posted on
11/26/2006 7:47:46 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Democracy: The worst form of government, except for all the others.)
To: Bob Hyneman
Politics is the best means available to the Iraqi Government and Coalition to deal with armed militias in the country, the spokesman for Multi-National Force Iraq said during a press conference here Monday. We've lost.
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posted on
11/26/2006 7:50:54 PM PST
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
To: Lunatic Fringe
The Iraqi Government is working to eradicate militia influence inside the security force structure. In the Ministry of the Interior, 3,000 people were fired for their ties to militias. Some of them are being criminally charged. They're moving forward and addressing some of the people within that ministry that are not swearing allegiance to first and instead maybe in fact have allegiance to some other element, Caldwell said.
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Please God, let this be so ... protect and guide them to peaceful calm and an end to the savagery.
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posted on
11/26/2006 7:58:13 PM PST
by
STARWISE
(They (Rats) think of this WOT as Bush's war, not America's war-RichardMiniter, respected OBL author)
To: McGavin999
Instead of firing them, how about imprisoning them? What the police/military/civil sector needs is a good old Soviet era spying hierarchy that can root out those disloyal to the government.
To: TexKat
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:02:07 PM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(We shall never forget the atrocities of September 11, 2001.)
To: ARealMothersSonForever
You beat me to it. I was just about to ping you. :)
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:03:31 PM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: Vince Ferrer
Uhhhhh, they already had that with Saddam. Some of them (according to the article) are being arrested.
In a country with high unemployment, a government job is a gem to be treasured. Losing that job is not just bad for your family economics, it's devestating for your social standing as well.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:03:32 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
To: McGavin999
It's a step in the right direction, and I'm sure we tightened the thumbscrews to get him to do even this much. But tomorrow is another day. He made his gesture to us today; who knows what tomorrow will bring?
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:03:40 PM PST
by
livius
To: Bob Hyneman
This and a million other stories proving that the President was right, the Iraq war is being won, and that America did the right thing, no details at 11.
This braodcast is sponsored by the Democrat National Committee, you are too ignorant and selfish for freedom.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:03:49 PM PST
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Check out the date of the original article: Tuesday, 21 November 2006
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:04:58 PM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: livius
He'd better stick with it, he had a very unpleasent experience today in Sadar City when they threw rocks at his convoy.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:05:14 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Republicans take out our trash, Democrats re-elect theirs)
To: Bob Hyneman
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:05:21 PM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
To: Bob Hyneman
God help this man survive the backlash to this purge.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:05:50 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
To: Bob Hyneman; jmc1969; Allegra; Ernest_at_the_Beach; RaceBannon; Coop; McGavin999; smoothsailing; ...
I am doing the ping list from memory. I lost my sheet of paper with everyones names on it, that take interest in Iraqi affairs and have stayed in touch.
Tis late. Do not feel obligated to respond. Just wanted some of you that can ping others on this post. Perhaps Maliki is working at resolving the sectarian issue with not having to kill off perhaps ten thousand or more in a blood bath.
It he pulls it off. Bravo for him. Somehow these people have to get on a united front and kick out those that hamper the ability of this government to direct it's military and the US forces at major targets.
I for one have been pretty hard on him based on what we have observed for longer then a half year. They obviously are living in the mist of the problem. We are not, other then Allegra and a few other Freepers on the ground.
I react when I see them doing nothing significantly to put down the sectarian violance so that they can concentrate on the Saddamist/al Qaeda and other militant radical groups.
But if they have been quietly working in the background and now are reaching a point where Sadr, Hakim and others must step back and take heed, then so be it.
Perhaps the next few weeks shall yield some significant moves on the IG's part to show they are getting their acts together. Perhaps the December list of benchmarks where not being ignored by slowly being addressed. Perhaps.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:07:25 PM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: TexKat
Yeah, I caught that when I linked. Obviously the MNF has been hiding this from Reuters and AP for five days. Must have been a NYT leak that tipped off the media....
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:08:25 PM PST
by
ARealMothersSonForever
(We shall never forget the atrocities of September 11, 2001.)
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To: Marine_Uncle
What December list of benchmarks? This is the first time I hear about it. Can you please explain more. Thank you.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:11:48 PM PST
by
jveritas
(Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
To: Vince Ferrer
Instead of firing them, how about imprisoning them? WTF? Execute them for Christ sake.
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posted on
11/26/2006 8:13:04 PM PST
by
zarf
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