Iraqi Curfew Imposed...The reason...An attempted coup!

[cynatnite]

Just stated on NBC.

[grytpype]

1. Holy living sh*t!

[hang a left]

21. I read that this was coming just 2-3 weeks ago.

LBN I think.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

2. omg!

[MADem]

3. Wow, when they start doing curfews, the game is almost over

The curfews started happening in Iran in earnest across the nation about two months before the shit hit the fan and the Shah left. They were "shoot on sight" curfews, too.

[cynatnite]

4. They didn't go into too much detail...

the NBC reporter said details are sketchy.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. The whole friggin occupation is sketchy, at best.

[Avalux]

6. Whoa! I wonder by whom???

And I wonder how Georgie's gonna spin this. :crazy:

[corkhead]

7. The Iraqis sure seem to be ungrateful and don't appreciate their freedoms

:sarcasm:

[mom cat]

39. Maybe they could use our throwaways.

[tridim]

8. A coup, by whom?

Total clusterfuck.

[cynatnite]

10. They didn't say...

Meetings in Jordan and other places that I can't remember were mentioned. It sounded like there were quite a few involved. If that's true it does explain the curfew.

[corkhead]

12. an Iraqi coup is like trying to steal a crushed car out of a junkyard

:shrug:

[TahitiNut]

13. !

:rofl:

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Oops

Things aren't go so well today.

[MidwestTransplant]

11. Coups are a sign of freedom

[Disturbed]

14. Damn! Just when things were going so well in

this grand Iraq Democracy.

[gratuitous]

19. Didn't Rumsfeld say that?

Anyway, it was awfully thoughty of any coup planners to wait until Congress had passed the "Let George have Saddam's powers" bill, and for late Friday afternoon so that any unpleasantness will completely miss the American news cycle.

Hey, are there any blonde girls missing? How about that, er, local sports team?

[MidwestTransplant]

37. No blonde girls but there is a Republican pedophile in Congress.

[hatrack]

22. Untidy, true, but unquestionably a sign of freedom!

:eyes:

[jimshoes]

15. Would this be considered

good news or bad news?:shrug:

[annabanana]

16. How the Hell can they tell?

The whole place is in a constant state of coup.

[MrCoffee]

17. ahhh, the birth pangs of democracy.

:puke:

[Nordic65]

18. Serious trouble

Things are going downhill - fast.

If this is true Iraq is so heading for a blow-up. Imagine, who would try to stage a coup now? Not anybody connected to the US occupation that's for sure.

Civil war is thy name

[grytpype]

20. Any more info on this?

[cynatnite]

23. Just found this:

IRAQ: U.S. intelligence officials are closely investigating rumors that Sunni generals and disaffected Shia in Iraq are attempting to stage a coup in light of the deteriorating security situation in the country.

Dated August 17, 2006

http://rossputin.com/blog/index.php/a/2006/08/17/stratfor_iraq_coup_attempt_rumors

Still looking for more info.

[mom cat]

40. How dare they! ... They are starting to act as if it was their own

country!
I hope the helicopters are lined up at the Green Zone soon and that our troops know the meaning of "strategic retreat".

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

24. curfew to last until sunday morning

just watched NBC at 7pm here.

"emergency. emergency. everyone to get from street."

Alan Arkin in "The Russians are Coming. The Russians are Coming"

[glitch]

30. That is one of my favorite quotes, and movies. Thanks for reminding me to

smile today. :hi:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

38. my second good deed today.

i liberated a small deer who got itself stuck in a fence.

(that line always stuck with me, too)

[mom cat]

42. Thanks for your first good deed.

:hug:

[glitch]

45. Wow, good karma for you! nt

[cynatnite]

25. A few more articles of interest...

Washington together with 'certain regional Arab countries' have decided that the only way to end the current unrest in war-torn Iraq is a military dictator, stated The Tehran Times, adding the Bush administration has settled upon the dangerous, mysterious Iyad Allawi, the former Iraqi Prime Minister, who’s been struggling to play a significant role in the country’s political scene.

Analysts say that Allawi seriously threatens the future of the Iraqi nation.

Allawi, is standing for election in next week's parliamentary poll, has been lately promoted by the British and the U.S. mainstream media as a strong defender of “human rights”, with the British Prime Minister and the U.S. President relying on him as “the best hope” in the December 15 illegitimate elections, stated Ghali Hassan on Global Research website.

The propaganda for the former Iraqi Premier’s election campaign has already begun, another evidence that the U.S. and Britain are in pursuit of an imperialist policy to achieve their own agenda at the expense of the Iraqi people.

http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=10079

*********

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government said Tuesday it will shut down the offices of the Kurdish PKK party in Iraq.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq_kurds

[mom cat]

44. If the US and Britain call someone a strong defender of human rights,

run as fast as you can to get away from them.

[bridgit]

26. and so it begins; bush to the Hauge...

[malaise]

27. It's all over

Bushco will be running for cover shortly.

[bridgit]

47. there it is...

[Disturbed]

29. Allawi, former Interim PM accused of

shooting six suspected Insurgents in the head and killing them. That shows that he is "a strong leader".

[bridgit]

48. a real shoot'em up bang guy, huh...

great

[malaise]

28. Wolfie is on this now n/t

[grytpype]

33. What'd Leslie say?

[malaise]

35. Curfew

he had a link with a female reporter who said everyone was caught offguard. No mention of an attempted coup.

[Jeanette in FL]

31. No wonder they threw Foley out to the wolves

Anything, anything, anything at all to get Iraq off the headlines.

[Sanity Claws]

32. Will this spun to start a war with Iran?

Will they claim the people attempting the coup were backed by Iran? Therefore they have to crush Iran in order to protect Iraq?

[Disturbed]

34. Is Iraqi Pres. Talibani still hanging out in TX?

He was there this week.

[lastknowngood]

36. This makes sense. If a strong man takes over and replaces Saddam

then the troops can come home and the shrub can declare victory. I would bet it is a CIA backed coup.

[Straight Shooter]

43. A strong Sunni to crush al Qaeda and suppress the Shiites again.

Iraq returns to its tyranically repressive but secular state. Mission Accomplished, back to square one with only, oh, a hundred thousand dead Iraqis for them and creeping up on 3,000 dead U.S. troops and terrorism stoked for the next countless generations of Americans.

If this is the scenario that unfolds, Saddam and Osama are both laughing now.

[DemonFighterLives]

50. Yes and don't forget the half a trillion squandered

Mission Accomplished!
:dem:

[glitch]

51. Not squandered - merely transfered.

Because if you have no soul you can never be too rich.

[Vanje]

41. Its Bill Clintons fault!

Oh
Sorry. I seem to be channeling Fox News.

[cynatnite]

46. They're saying it was the Iraqi military that was planning a coup...

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F15066939%2F

Click on the video on the right part of the screen.

[Jacobin]

49. Yep. Time for a new and improved Saddam

And he would probably do a better job of it than the puppet we installed