thedrifter
11-28-06, 06:36 AM
Posted on Tue, Nov. 28, 2006
The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in...
The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaida's rising popularity there, according to details from a classified Marine Corps intelligence report. The Marines recently filed an updated version of that assessment stating that as of mid-November, the problems in troubled Anbar province have not improved, a senior U.S. intelligence official said.
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani arrived in Iran to seek his neighbor's help in ending his country's sectarian conflict. "We are in dire need of Iran's help in establishing security and stability in Iraq," state-run television quoted Talabani as saying after he met in Tehran with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who pledged his support.
The 10-member Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., adjourned without issuing any comment. The federal panel is searching for a bipartisan approach to the Iraq war. The group is expected to meet again today, officials said.
A U.S. Air Force jet with one pilot crashed while supporting American soldiers fighting in Anbar province, the military said. The statement had no information about the pilot's fate or the cause of the crash.
Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, Britain's defense secretary said. Polish President Lech Kaczynski said his country also would pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007. Italian Premier Romano Prodi said the last of Italy's soldiers in Iraq — 60 to 70 troops — will return home this week.
Ellie
The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in...
The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaida's rising popularity there, according to details from a classified Marine Corps intelligence report. The Marines recently filed an updated version of that assessment stating that as of mid-November, the problems in troubled Anbar province have not improved, a senior U.S. intelligence official said.
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani arrived in Iran to seek his neighbor's help in ending his country's sectarian conflict. "We are in dire need of Iran's help in establishing security and stability in Iraq," state-run television quoted Talabani as saying after he met in Tehran with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who pledged his support.
The 10-member Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker III and former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., adjourned without issuing any comment. The federal panel is searching for a bipartisan approach to the Iraq war. The group is expected to meet again today, officials said.
A U.S. Air Force jet with one pilot crashed while supporting American soldiers fighting in Anbar province, the military said. The statement had no information about the pilot's fate or the cause of the crash.
Thousands of British soldiers will leave Iraq over the next year, significantly downgrading the country's commitment in the region, Britain's defense secretary said. Polish President Lech Kaczynski said his country also would pull its remaining 900 soldiers out of Iraq by the end of 2007. Italian Premier Romano Prodi said the last of Italy's soldiers in Iraq — 60 to 70 troops — will return home this week.
Ellie