American commanders' new plan for Ramadi: 'Get rid of it'

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American commanders' new plan for Ramadi: 'Get rid of it'

Postby Rigorous Intuition » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:23 pm

From <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/American_commanders_new_plan_for_Ramadi_0704.html">Raw Story</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>American commanders have a new plan for Ramadi, the "epicenter of the Iraqi insurgency and the focus of a grinding struggle between American forces and the guerrillas," according to an article slated for the front page of Thursday's New York Times: "Get rid of it."<br><br>"In three years, the Marines and the army have tried nearly everything to bring this provincial capital of 400,000 under control," writes Dexter Filkins. "Nothing has worked."<br><br>"Now, American commanders are trying something totally new," the article continues. "They are going to get rid of it, planning to bulldoze about three blocks in the middle of the city and convert them into a "Green Zone," a version of the fortified and largely stable area that houses the Iraqi and American leadership in Baghdad."<br> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: American commanders' new plan for Ramadi: 'Get rid of it

Postby Hugh Manatee Wins » Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:48 pm

The RAW Story is excerpting from a NYTimes article for tomorrow.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/world/middleeast/05ramadi.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=0324c21d522ca01f&hp&ex=1152072000&partner=homepage">www.nytimes.com/2006/07/0...r=homepage</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>"We go out and kill these people," said Captain Del Gaudio, the commander here. "I define success as continuing to kill the enemy to allow the government to work and for the Iraqi Army to take over."<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>And the rockets red glare<br>The bombs bursting in air...<br><br>Happy Independence Day, everyone. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hughmanateewins>Hugh Manatee Wins</A> at: 7/4/06 10:04 pm<br></i>
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Re: American commanders' new plan for Ramadi: 'Get rid of it

Postby Hugh Manatee Wins » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:02 am

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Re: Two year-old children wearing camo in my town.

Postby Hugh Manatee Wins » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:09 am

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/05/world/middleeast/05ramadi.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5094&en=0324c21d522ca01f&hp&ex=1152072000&partner=homepage">www.nytimes.com/2006/07/0...r=homepage</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>One of the "habits of mind" drilled into the marines from posters hung up inside: <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"Be polite, be professional and have a plan to kill everyone you meet."</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>The humor runs dark, too. On a sheet of paper hung up in the Government Center, marines wrote down suggestions for their company's T-shirt once they go home. Most are unprintable, but here is one that got a lot of laughs: <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"Kilo Company: Killed more people than cancer."</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>The marines at the Government Center have held on, but the fighting has transformed the area into an ocean of ruin. The sentries posted on the rooftops have blasted the larger buildings nearby so many times that they have given them nicknames: Battleship Gray, Swiss Cheese. The buildings are among those that will be bulldozed under the Green Zone plan.<br><br>"Aesthetically it will be an improvement," Lt. Col. Stephen Neary said. <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>
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