Iraq Sunni VP says U.S. needs a 'Plan B'

[superconnected]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most prominent Sunni in Iraq's fragmented government said Monday that the United States is going to have to come up with a "Plan B" if the current crackdown fails to stem the violence in the capital.

Tariq al-Hashemi, the Sunni vice president, also warned that the Shiite-led government has no choice but to use force against sectarian militias, even though it may be too late to keep them from resuming killings and kidnappings when the Baghdad security crackdown ends.

He spoke as the country's other vice president, a Shiite, escaped an apparent assassination attempt in a bombing that killed 10 people. Adel Abdul-Mahdi suffered a minor leg injury in the blast and was hospitalized for medical exams, his office said.

Al-Hashemi, head of Iraq's biggest Sunni party, said he warned U.S. officials during a visit to Washington last December that sectarian rivalry had paralyzed the unity government and that the U.S. needed to think about alternatives if its current security strategy fails.

"I was very frank with the American administration. I encouraged them to think seriously about `Plan B,'" he said. "What sort of alternative do we have in the future in case the current security plan fails?"

more... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070226/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_sunni_leader

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In other words, abort.

[maxsolomon]

1. there isn't even a plan A

the shiite militias are laying low - so the US better hurry up & find the goddamn bomb factories.

hint: they aren't in iran.

[BigDDem]

2. Hopefully Plan B = Leave.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. I hope they'll think about Plan A first.

Plan B is a non-starter.

[superconnected]

4. I posted the article becaues of the name. Plan B is the abortion pill

trying to get legalized.

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[superconnected]

10. oh fuck, so I got the pill mixed up with the ru name.

I just remember hearing the term plan b, and knowing it was to stop pregnancy so guessed it was the abortion pill.

My oh fuck, is about your integrity, by telling me I sound like someone who came off a freeper site.

Simply correcting me on which pill it is, would have been enough.

[uppityperson]

7. Plan B is NOT the abortion pill!

It is the "morning after pill", taken to prevent pregnancy, not stop it once it has happened. It is emergency contraception, NOT abortion pill.

http://www.fwhc.org/birth-control/ecinfo.htm

http://www.go2planb.com/

[superconnected]

12. Thank you for the correction.

You are absolutely right.

[uppityperson]

13. You are welcome and they can be confused easily, which is probably

why several of us posted at about the same time. Thanks for the article and agree, need SOME sort of plan. Funny to call it "plan B"

[leftchick]

8. plan B is not an abortion pill

That would be RU-486

http://www.go2planb.com/ForConsumers/AboutPlanB/WhatisPlanB.aspx


Emergency contraception is a backup method for preventing pregnancy and is not for routine use. Plan B® can reduce your chance of pregnancy after unprotected sex. For example, if you were using a condom and it broke, if you forgot to take 2 or more of your birth control pills this month, or if you were sexually assaulted, Plan B® may be a good option for you. It is important to know that Plan B® is not RU-486 (the abortion pill). Because Plan B® is used to prevent pregnancy, it will not work if you are already pregnant, and it will not affect an existing pregnancy.

[superconnected]

11. Thank you for the correction.

Very educational.

[leftchick]

15. I understand the confusion

Lord knows the M$M does not make it easy to find the facts. Thank Gore for the internets! :)

[uppityperson]

6. New and improved Plan B is...

amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, intensify, magnify, make worse, mount, raise, rise, scale, step up, widen
accelerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax, advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annex, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, extend, further, grow, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mark up, mount, multiply, pad*, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, pullulate, raise, redouble, reinforce, rev up, rise, sharpen, slap on*, snowball*, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell, tack on*, teem, thicken, triple, wax, widen, arise, billow, climb, deluge, eddy, flow, grow, gush, heave, mount, pour, ripple, rise, roll, sluice, stream, swell, swirl, tower, undulate, well forth

Thank you thesarus.

[oblivious]

9. Isn't this about Plan Z already.

[ohio2007]

14. Why doesn't the Sunni VP demand and exit plan ???????

Take back your country. Some only fight because there is a footprint on their necks.