"emergency" in Iraq

[jhain]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3990141.stm

BBC, as always, has more info

Freedom is on the march.

[bleedingheart]

1. Did the florists run out of flowers to throw at our troops?

[Skittles]

2. WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS!!!

:puke:

[billyoc]

3. They're out of blank VCR tapes

for beheading videos.

Or maybe out of heads.

[are_we_united_yet]

4. I think we should go to an enumerated system of rhetoric

1)Freedom is on the march
2)We are winning the war on terror
3)We are better of with out Saddam
4)They hate us for our freedoms
5)We were right to go into Iraq
..
..
..

[greekspeak]

8. Uh...hey...you left out those armies of compassion

AND POLAND GOD DAMMIT!

[are_we_united_yet]

9. Doh!

:)

[BlueEyedSon]

5. "emergency" in USA, too!

[ClintonTyree]

6. Yep..........

everything's going peachy keen over there. Remember, there are only "a few hundred" insurgents that are standing in the way of Democracy there, or at least so sayeth Rumsfeld. This is going to be a blood bath and will only serve to increase the number of terrorists from other Arab countries to join in the Jihad against American Imperialism. Bush will have single handedly turned the Middle East into a battle ground that will never accept American "Democracy". This is the best case scenario. The worst case scenario being World War III in which nuclear weapons will be used for only the second time in History. And this is the man that makes 51% of Americans feel "safe" and in control of the war on terrorism? I feel like putting a bullet through my head.

[Wright Patman]

10. What's even sadder

is that a substantial percentage of the 51 percent would be more than willing to put the bullet through your head for you.

Don't give in to the forces of darkness. Stay alive and shine a light amid the darkness.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Hmmm, 60 days of emergency takes us right up to Iraq's "Election Day".

Qualification: they'll call it an election, but . . . (just like us).

[pinkpops]

11. And the coach says -

"God bless you, each and everyone. You know what your mission is. Go out there and get it done," - Marine officer to troops

Similar story at Yahoo
Iraq Declares State of Emergency

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

I wonder what the Iraqi coach is saying
What a game - better make a chip and beer run

[Hubert Flottz]

12. Bush could give a shit less, about the election in Iraq now!

It was the election here that he was really sweating all along!(could they steal another one) Iraq is as much about politics, as it is about what the fat cats can steal there! It was a political war to start with IMHO! KKKarl admitted even before the US invaded Iraq that, "It will be GOOD for GOP politics and will help W win the election in 04!" What REALLY pissed me off, was that the democrats in Washington went along with the invasion EVEN AFTER Karl said that shit! How fucking politically correct do those ass kissing fools look now?

Too bad the fools weren't smart enough to listen to the little Byrd in the Senate!

IRAQ is just the beginning of the PERFECT SHIT-STORM to come! Cowboy Bush will Nuke it out yet, with somebody! He's Quick Draw the Outlaw! The Atomic Texas Chainsaw is out of the case and ready to clear away any unwanted brush that gets in the way, of the chosen Shrub! Make the Pile higher! The Brush-pile will be burning full bore SOON!

[vinny9698]

13. Saudi Arabia supports terror with drug money

Prince Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Shalaan is under indictment by U.S. and French authorities, but living outside the reach of American law in Saudi Arabia, according to Raffanello. The United States and Saudi Arabia have no extradition treaty. A trial for the prince's alleged co-conspirators is scheduled to begin next month in a federal court in Miami.

"He's a fugitive in the United States. He's a fugitive in violation of federal narcotics law," Raffanello said.

Prince Nayef bin Fawwaz Al Shalaan claimed in an Arab newspaper that he was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Saudi government, stating he was seeking investors in a deal for plastic pipe, not smuggling cocaine. "That's an alibi, he moved dope," said Rafanello.

The DEA speculated that terrorism was a possible motive, but there is no formal terrorism charge in the indictment.

"Later on in the investigation, we came to find out that he would use some or all of the profit to fund terrorism, through whatever indices he was using to do it," Raffanello said.

[Hubert Flottz]

15. Welcome to DU vinny9698!

We need all the help we can get!

[vinny9698]

17. Thanks

[jhain]

27. have a link? n/t

[dbt]

14. Y'know why Iraq is NOT LIKE VIET NAM? (So stop saying that!)

No jungles.

:freak:
dbt

[vinny9698]

16. Arab countries support insurgents

All the bordering Iraqi countries are supporting the insurgents. It is not in their best interest to have democracy. These countries are run by royal families, and mullahs. Do you really believe they want a free and democratic Iraq? They just provide lip service to the US about helping us.

[Hubert Flottz]

18. Do you really believe Bush wants a free democratic America!

They are proving he didn't, right now as I type!

[vinny9698]

19. Remember Fallujah: Remember the Alamo

The Texans had a similiar situtation like Fallujah, it became the rallying cry through the US, Remember the Alamo. This will surely be the rallying cry through out the Arab world Remember Fallujah.

[Hubert Flottz]

21. I always expected the war in Iraq to spill over the borders!

We need to also remember the Boston Tea Party! Our house is no longer in order either!

[vinny9698]

24. Why fight the Americans in your country when you can fight them in Iraq

[Hubert Flottz]

26. Because we need to have freedom in America too!

We need to have democracy in America Too, if we are to go on being what we as a free nation, claim to the rest of the world and to ourselves to be!

We invaded Iraq They never invaded us!

Some of us tried to stop the invasion of Iraq, but we were overruled, slapped down and called names! All the reasons Bush gave for the invasion of Iraq have turned out to be WRONG! All the reasons we who did not agree before the invasion presented or tried to present, turned out to be right!

When I got my draft notice, I showed up and did my time! I've always paid my taxes also, but now I find that my vote was thrown in the trashcan! That is why we may well soon REALLY be fighting in America! Not my doing either! I've played by the rules, but the management hasn't!

Did you or have you, or have you ever voted for George Bush?

[Dark]

20. Our poor troops!

American and Iraqi forces are continuing preparations for the attack, amid reports that more than 100 insurgents have volunteered to drive suicide car bombs into the advancing troops.

This is going to be a massacre, one way or the other. . .

[Hubert Flottz]

22. Bush is taking a break!

As usual!

[vinny9698]

23. Who really runs the country cheney and halliburton

[radfringe]

25. yes -- but what color is the emergency?

yellow? orange? red? mauve? plaid? herringbone? body-bag-black?

so much for throwing of flowers and the flowing of oil -- gonna get much worse, and forget about anyone joining the coalition just because bush* says we gotta be unified...

meanwhile -- you can forget POLAND -- bottom of article:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=alA89Sizy7Ls&refer=top_world_news

Iraq Challenges

In his address, Bush didn't discuss challenges in Iraq, including elections scheduled for the end of January and the more than 35,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops massed outside Fallujah, an insurgent stronghold.

``I will continue reaching out to friends and allies,'' including members of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ``to encourage freedom and democracy as the alternatives to tyranny and terror,'' said Bush.

The U.S. has 138,000 troops in Iraq and about 11,000 in Afghanistan. Bush didn't say what specific contributions he expects other nations to make in Iraq.

The Philippines and Spain withdrew their troops earlier this year, and Poland said it will begin to pull back its contingent at the beginning of next year.

[Rush1184]

28. Poland is no longer with us?

You mean, the great nation of Poland is backing out of our strong international colillition!?!

[radfringe]

29. Poland's original announcement

came the day after bush*'s insistence (during the debate) that we "don't forget Poland"