Situation deteriorates in Iraq (Americans "under siege")

[Barrett808]

Situation deteriorates in Iraq
Reporter: Peter Cave

TONY JONES: And the ABC's foreign affairs editor Peter Cave joins us now from Baghdad.

Peter, we'll come to the still unresolved question of whether there are or are not any Australian hostages in a moment, but first, we've just seen some extraordinary pictures, another of bloodiest days since the war, is there a sense there that the security situation is simply deteriorating?

PETER CAVE: It certainly is.

We're seeing kidnappings in the centre of Baghdad that we haven't seen the like of before. 30 armed men coming in and pulling those two Italian women and a couple of Iraqis out of their house. We've had a over the weekend on Sunday, we had five car bombs in and around Baghdad, 13 or 14 rockets and mortars rained down on the green zone and one of them landed at a building behind my here as a matter of fact.

...

And just in the last little while there's been another attack in central Baghdad, a roadside bomb which struck a column of three four-wheel drive vehicles, completely destroying one of them.

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PETER CAVE: Look, you don't speak to American military officers as much as you used to. They're very fast when they move through town. They don't speak to you. The daily press briefings aren't happening. You know, they have coming under daily attack.

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The Americans are very much under siege.

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2004/s1199188.htm

[King Coal]

1. Yep. The flies have conquered the flypaper.

[Barrett808]

2. Yeah, tell that to Condi Rice

I'm sure she wouldn't get the reference.

[saigon68]

23. YA LOOKING GOOD </sarcasm>

Iraqi policemen and oil company personnel walk on the road next to burning oil pipeline, near the town of Baiji, September 14, 2004. Engineers at the power station said they had shut down the plant on Tuesday, knocking out power to the Iraqi town, because of a sabotage attack on a nearby oil export pipeline. Photo by Reuters

[The Stranger]

16. The Spider and the Fly

The Spider and the Fly

[Carla in Ca]

18. This is THE subject Kerry should be talking about

because it is the only one the press is talking about.

[hatrack]

3. But . . . but . . . no one could have IMAGINED that this would happen!!

They had NO IDEA that this might be the outcome of invasion and occupation! NO IDEA!!! :puke:

[gratuitous]

4. And what is George W. Bush DOING about it?

He's the only one with the authority, and it's totally his responsibility -- but he's too busy out campaigning and glad-handing his wealthy buddies and appearing before hand-picked crowds who've signed loyalty oaths.

What are you doing about, Mr. Bush? Scores of people are dying every day in the mess you made. What are you doing about it?

[Algomas]

5. "Now watch this drive"

[cmd]

6. He did tell them to "Bring it on!"

Damn that idiot.

[dArKeR]

7. Why doesn't Kerry ask why aWol isn't in the WH doing his job working

day and night to solve the situation in Iraq? To save American soldiers and innocent Iraqis who support America lives?

As I said 100 times before in the DU, and I believe this is a big mistake on Kerry's handlers, Kerry should annouce he'd NEVER GO ON VACATION, NEVER GO TO A FUNDRAISER WHILE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHERE FIGHTING A WAR. It's not too late for Kerry to announce this. I sure wish someone with connections could get this info to the Kerry campaign!!!

aWol Bush is also in a different position as Commander and Chief for the responsibility of all the soldiers lives. Therefore, Kerry should somehow bring up the points; "How is Bush smiling and joking all day long when our chiildren are being murdered in Iraq and Afghanistan?' "Bush should be not joking around and take his job serious!"

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. AWOL went to the WH today

for the first time in 44 DAYS.

Nice of him to show up for work finally.

If I had an employee who pulled half the shit W pulls, he would have been fired after the first month.

[dArKeR]

24. I really think Kerry campaing is making an error. I mean able to

capitalize significantly from Kerry saying: "If I were President, at this serious time of terrorism and war, I would NOT be slithering around the country with my hand out asking for donations. I would not be so selfish. As Commander and Chief I would be in the WH all day and all night working on plans to secure America and rebuild our economy. No military general would leave the battlefield in the middle of an attack. A President should not be thinking of handouts in a time of crisis."

Kerry should make Bush look like he is selfish and NOT conducting proper procedures in our threatened America.

[henslee]

8. "I'm a wartime President"

[dArKeR]

9. A US Marine lives across the street. He just came home from Iraq. He

put up the US Marine Corps flag on his house. This is his second time back from Iraq. As I told you before he came home about 6 months ago when I told about all the "Welcome Home US Marine" signs his family put all over the house. What different this time is the house is pasted with "Kerry" signs.

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/ pic of US Marine flying flag and has Kerry signs in his windows.

[Hand]

10. Kick for this marine...

And a BIG "SEMPER FI, MAC!!!!" to him!

:toast: :yourrock: :pals:

[BrotherBuzz]

17. I'm looking forward to all the small town newspaper...

interviews with the Marines who are rotating back to the states in the next few weeks. I think the Bush* propaganda machine may be in trouble.

[saigon68]

11. "BRING EM ON" shouted the Cowardly AWOL CHIMPANZEE

"Hey, more champagne for the Halliburton directors", yelled Prsident R. Cheney to the wine steward.

[young_at_heart]

12. What does Bush have to say about this catastrophe?

I'll bet he won't stray from "If I had had to do over,.......". I wonder how he is able to sleep at night?

[peacetalksforall]

14. I think Washington Journal should do three hours on the current

situation in Iraq and devote two of the three hours to call from family of the soldiers.

I feel physically sick.

How many more innocent people are there that we have to kill?

[LibDemAlways]

15. Last night's Nightline was the

first time I've seen the horrific mess that is Iraq revealed and discussed on a corporate whore network. It's so shitful they can't ignore it or pretend its going well any more. Now they need to start holding the chimp's feet to the fire and demanding to know what he's going to do about it. Not holding my breath, though.

[NeoConsSuck]

19. Well, there is one solution to ending the siege..

get your goddamn american asses out of Iraq. And as an american taxpayer, I will be using everything in my bag of tricks to pay as little as possible to the corporate war machine from my self employment taxes.

If the repukes want this war, I'll gladly let them pay for it.

-Edited for spelling.

[Barrett808]

25. Yes, it's a "siege of choice" n/t

[nibbana]

20. Who can plan for Iraq while "Wrong" (*) keeps screwing things up

A village in Texas is missing an idiot..

[Hand]

21. Welcome to DU, nibbana!

:hi:

[DeepModem Mom]

22. kick