Iraq - The Best Story of the Year

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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Commy wrote:
    Myth: There have been steps toward religious and political reconciliation in Iraq in 2007.
    Fact: The government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has for the moment lost the support of the Sunni Arabs in parliament.

    Myth: The US troop surge stopped the civil war that had been raging between Sunni Arabs and Shiites in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
    Fact: The civil war in Baghdad escalated during the US troop escalation.

    Myth: Iran was supplying explosively formed projectiles (a deadly form of roadside bomb) to Salafi Jihadi (radical Sunni) guerrilla groups in Iraq.
    Fact: Iran has not been proved to have sent weapons to any Iraqi guerrillas at all.

    Myth: The US overthrow of the Baath regime and military occupation of Iraq has helped liberate Iraqi women.
    Fact: Iraqi women have suffered significant reversals of status, ability to circulate freely, and economic situation under the Bush administration.

    Myth: The Sunni Arab "Awakening Councils," who are on the US payroll, are reconciling with the Shiite government of PM Nuri al-Maliki even as they take on al-Qaeda remnants.
    Fact: In interviews with the Western press, Awakening Council tribesmen often speak of attacking the Shiites after they have polished off al-Qaeda.


    Myth: The Iraqi north is relatively quiet and a site of economic growth.
    Fact: The subterranean battle among Kurds, Turkmen and Arabs for control of the oil-rich Kirkuk province makes the Iraqi north a political mine field.

    Myth: Iraq has been "calm" in fall of 2007 and the Iraqi public, despite some grumbling, is not eager for the US to depart.
    Fact: in the past 6 weeks, there have been an average of 600 attacks a month, or 20 a day, which has held steady since the beginning of November.

    so these are all facts because you say so?
  • SundaySilence
    SundaySilence Posts: 537
    jlew24asu wrote:
    so these are all facts because you say so?

    These are known by people who read newspapers.

    If I were to criticize that post I would point out the straw man "myths". But the facts are reported.
  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    jlew24asu wrote:
    so these are all facts because you say so?
    look it up.

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