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sendoilplease on October 13, 2006 - 8:34am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
US to Hold Naval Exercises in the Gulf

... A senior US official insisted the exercise is not aimed specifically at Iran...

The exercise, set for October 31, is the 25th to be organised under the US-led 66-member Proliferation Security Initiative and the first to be based in the Gulf near Bahrain, across from Iran, the officials said...

"It's an effort to bring a lot of Gulf states together to demonstrate resolve and readiness to act against proliferation," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Proliferation Security Initiative, established in 2003 under President George W. Bush, is a voluntary association of countries that agree to share intelligence information and work against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including through military exercises that practise interdiction techniques and coordination...

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Bahrain/10074440.html

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MUDLOGGER on October 13, 2006 - 10:04am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Well lets hope Bush holds back until the UK Gov listens to its New CGS:

http://timesonline.typepad.com/mick_smith/2006/10/at_last_a_comma.html

And here is what the  British Army thinks:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2402666,00.html

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MUDLOGGER on October 13, 2006 - 10:25am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
...and here is the original Daily Mail scoop.

Worth a read (unless your name is Blair or Bush)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=410163&in_page_id=17 70&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=NEWS&ct=5

This puppy will run :)

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roel on October 13, 2006 - 10:46am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
He already "softened" his stance.

And all was quiet again.

He later told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme that when he talked about pulling out of Iraq "sometime soon", he meant "then when the mission is substantially done we should leave".

"We don't want to be there another two, three, four, five years. We've got to think about this in terms of a reasonable length of time."

He said the view that the presence of UK troops "exacerbates" the problems was "not right across the country", but in parts of it.

And he later said in a statement: "I'm a soldier - we don't do surrender, we don't pull down white flags. We will remain in southern Iraq until the job is done - we're going to see this through."

'Still needed'

Downing Street queried the way the chief of the General Staff's original statements, in the Daily Mail, were presented.

A spokesman said Sir Richard was "actually saying what government policy is.

"We don't want to be there any longer than we have to, but ultimately that is a decision for the Iraqi government."

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MUDLOGGER on October 13, 2006 - 12:28pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Roel, I think this puppy will run. It is unprecedented (AFAIK) that the CGS would give such a public airing. Strange that it wasnt the Times or Telegraph, but the Mail has a larger readership. Blair has no choice but to allign with and try to contain the CGS. Blair is a lame duck and dare not fire the man. Where the CGS goes, others will feel confident to follow. There will be more.

Was this a warning to the next UK Prime-Minister?

Bad week for BushCo though, 600K + Iraqi dead (maybe)and the CGS of his major partner in the 'coalition of the willing' wanting to get out.

I assume Faux will cover this fairly and in depth?

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OuttaControl on October 13, 2006 - 2:33pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Bad week for Bush?

How about a particularly bad few years for 600K+ Iraqis?  

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MUDLOGGER on October 14, 2006 - 2:42pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
That, regrettably is a given. Every week is a bad week for Iraqis.

Apparently the death toll is only half the story. About 40 thousand Iraqis are heading out per month. The kind of Iraqis you need: Engineers, Doctors,Teachers, and yes... Dare I say Lawyers. - The kind of people it takes to build a shattered nation.

BTW: From today's papers, looks like the CGS of UKMil is safe: Nobody dare sack him, least of all B'Liar.

(Will you do us a big favour? When this fart of a man finally fucks off, can you put him on the rubber chicken lecture circuit in the US? Lectures entitled: ''I did it my way, if George said it was ok'' should go down well),  -and he can pick up his pretty medal from congress as well

British Generals and Admirals have had issues with knaves, rats and politicos before but what happend on Friday is unprecedented. A lot of politicos, past and present have objected to the CGS's input. I wonder why?

Home before Christmas? Maybe Christmas 2007. Hope so. This whole Iraqi thing is without doubt the most disgusting atrocity on a nation ever committed by the US and UK in 200 years. And all done in our name by scum not fit to run a whelk stall let alone nations of quality of thought and deed.

The term Pandora's Box springs to mind, but I suppose the semi-literate NeoNaziCons would not have a clue. And anyway, Pandora isnt in the Bible so it cant be true.

About the time we thought Rabbit Skin Loin Cloths were fashionable, the peoples of Mesopotamia were baking the brilliant blue tiles of the Ishtar Gate, building in stone, evolving writing, mathematics and astronomy.

But hey! an Abrahms tank shell trumps all right?

End of Rant.

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Virtual Ipecac on October 13, 2006 - 3:32pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Waddya mean bad week for Bush?

The Dow set another record today...and crude is under $60.  And he's tough on terrorism you know...that is all I need to be happy in this world.

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