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Iraqis take lead in Sadr City aid effort
CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq (May 15, 2008) – Residents in Sadr City continue to receive humanitarian aid from their local government, the government of Iraq, Iraqi army soldiers and Multi-National Division – Baghdad with the help of the recently opened Civil Military Operations Center and Iraqi Assistance Center at Joint Security Station Thawra 1.


At the CMOC, local government officials, GoI officials and the Iraqi army receive guidance from MND-B Soldiers to plan and carry out operations to better the infrastructure and essential services as well as supply food, water and other necessities to the people of Sadr City.

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Inside the wall all is good. The water is bottled inside the wall. The sewage in the street smells sweeter inside the wall. You are safe inside the wall. Come inside the nice wall and have lunch. We like you! Very much. We'll take your picture and scan your eyeball, very nice.

"Walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " ... some Yank say that?

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Inside the wall all is good. The water is bottled inside the wall. The sewage in the street smells sweeter inside the wall. You are safe inside the wall. Come inside the nice wall and have lunch. We like you! Very much. We'll take your picture and scan your eyeball, very nice.

"Walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " ... some Yank say that?

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Originally posted by SgtSchaeffersMom:

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Inside the wall all is good. The water is bottled inside the wall. The sewage in the street smells sweeter inside the wall. You are safe inside the wall. Come inside the nice wall and have lunch. We like you! Very much. We'll take your picture and scan your eyeball, very nice.

"Walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " ... some Yank say that?

Pop,

These people need time and space to learn different behavior, namely tolerance.

Walls do that.

Walls also ensure that the coalition controls access.

Do walls suck? Yes. But do they work? Yes again.

Nuf said.

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Originally posted by Grachus:

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Originally posted by SgtSchaeffersMom:

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Inside the wall all is good. The water is bottled inside the wall. The sewage in the street smells sweeter inside the wall. You are safe inside the wall. Come inside the nice wall and have lunch. We like you! Very much. We'll take your picture and scan your eyeball, very nice.

"Walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " ... some Yank say that?

Pop,

These people need time and space to learn different behavior, namely tolerance.

Walls do that.

Walls also ensure that the coalition controls access.

Do walls suck? Yes. But do they work? Yes again.

Nuf said.

Clearly they work. The East Germans loved their wall, and became the most fanatical Communists in the world!

Isn't that right?

No?

Oh, well, but it SOUNDS good!

The wall did indeed work, at least until there was no one to guard it. And what did the East Germans say afterword? "That &%$&^% wall was a symbol of our oppression."

Dave

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The large force in tanks and Humvees and on foot met no resistance from al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia as it rolled into the sprawling district.

The Iraqi soldiers and police passed burned-out shops and buildings pockmarked with bullet holes, signs of years of clashes. But many stores were open, and some residents came out to greet them. Some Mahdi Army fighters passed out copies of the Quran to the soldiers as a sign of good will.

It was a stark contrast to a government offensive against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra launched in late March. That assault sparked a wave of Mahdi Army violence across the south and in Sadr City. Fighting in the south was eased by a cease-fire deal in mid-April, brokered by Iran, which has ties to both al-Sadr and the government.

Tuesday's deployment was paved by a separate truce reached last week.

Under the deal, militiamen promise not to attack residential areas or the Green Zone, but they refuse to give up their light weapons. Iraqi forces promised to try to refrain from seeking American help to restore order. U.S. military officials said they would follow the Iraqis' lead, and no American forces were involved in Tuesday's deployment.

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Originally posted by SgtSchaeffersMom:

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Inside the wall all is good. The water is bottled inside the wall. The sewage in the street smells sweeter inside the wall. You are safe inside the wall. Come inside the nice wall and have lunch. We like you! Very much. We'll take your picture and scan your eyeball, very nice.

"Walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " ... some Yank say that?

Pop,

These people need time and space to learn different behavior, namely tolerance.

Walls do that.

Walls also ensure that the coalition controls access.

Do walls suck? Yes. But do they work? Yes again.

Nuf said.

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Originally posted by popsiq:

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Originally posted by SgtSchaeffersMom:

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Originally posted by popsiq:
Inside the wall all is good. The water is bottled inside the wall. The sewage in the street smells sweeter inside the wall. You are safe inside the wall. Come inside the nice wall and have lunch. We like you! Very much. We'll take your picture and scan your eyeball, very nice.

"Walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage " ... some Yank say that?

Pop,

These people need time and space to learn different behavior, namely tolerance.

Walls do that.

Walls also ensure that the coalition controls access.

Do walls suck? Yes. But do they work? Yes again.

Nuf said.

Like this kind of Tolerance? (Caution: Graphic)
One of 12 'Gunmen' Killed

It's a once in a lifetime lesson for some. For the others it says, "You're safer behind our wall." You think this kid's family are going to learn tolerance? Times 12 to-day.

Some who couldn't 'tolerate' Saddam Hussein around the other side of the world, should teach 'tolerance' well.

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Originally posted by Sgt_Schlappy:
Iraqi troops enter Shiite stronghold of Sadr City

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The large force in tanks and Humvees and on foot met no resistance from al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia as it rolled into the sprawling district.

The Iraqi soldiers and police passed burned-out shops and buildings pockmarked with bullet holes, signs of years of clashes. But many stores were open, and some residents came out to greet them. Some Mahdi Army fighters passed out copies of the Quran to the soldiers as a sign of good will.

It was a stark contrast to a government offensive against Shiite militias in the southern city of Basra launched in late March. That assault sparked a wave of Mahdi Army violence across the south and in Sadr City. Fighting in the south was eased by a cease-fire deal in mid-April, brokered by Iran, which has ties to both al-Sadr and the government.

Tuesday's deployment was paved by a separate truce reached last week.

Under the deal, militiamen promise not to attack residential areas or the Green Zone, but they refuse to give up their light weapons. Iraqi forces promised to try to refrain from seeking American help to restore order. U.S. military officials said they would follow the Iraqis' lead, and no American forces were involved in Tuesday's deployment.

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Originally posted by godawgz:
We're gonna die! We're all gonna DIE!.. Flee flee for your lives.. find a deep hole.. cower there and await the inevitable for hope is lost.. we're all DOOMED! So much for the Brave men of Harlond....

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Originally posted by godawgz:
Harlech... misspellings are common when dredging up 20 years ago stuff.. But I see you're timmy and raise you that they will take pride in the reconstruction.. as is ever the case where men strive against the entropic nature of the universe and humanity itself this will be an ongoing battle of reclamation and decay.. of course we should all be 'enlightened' enough by now to realize that it's never gonna end and just give up.. let all decay and the weeds take the field in rancorous triumph.. had Sysiphus been so enlightened he could've saved himself an eternity of boulder rolling... and the boulder would've been free to gather moss..

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Originally posted by godawgz:
Harlech... misspellings are common when dredging up 20 years ago stuff.. But I see you're timmy and raise you that they will take pride in the reconstruction.. as is ever the case where men strive against the entropic nature of the universe and humanity itself this will be an ongoing battle of reclamation and decay.. of course we should all be 'enlightened' enough by now to realize that it's never gonna end and just give up.. let all decay and the weeds take the field in rancorous triumph.. had Sysiphus been so enlightened he could've saved himself an eternity of boulder rolling... and the boulder would've been free to gather moss..