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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-22-08 09:14 AM
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1. Why didn't our candidate bring this "cease-fire" up when asked about the "surge"
..at the debate last night?


"Al-Sadr's decision to halt the activities of his powerful militia for up to six months last August was one of three critical steps widely credited with bringing the Iraqi death toll down more than 60 percent in recent months."

The newsman put them on the spot for voting against the
"surge" when it has been such an ...

obvious success.

Why didn't they mention that Muqtada has had the Shiites in a stand down?

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