Iraqi Province Cuts Off U.S. Forces

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The governing council of Karbala province said Monday it was suspending contact with U.S. forces over the behavior of soldiers during a visit to the governor's office two days ago. The decision followed similar moves by leaders of Maysan and Basra provinces, which have frozen ties with British forces in southern Iraq.

Karbala provincial spokesman Abdel Amir Hanoun complained that U.S. soldiers brought dogs inside the building when their commander visited provincial Gov. Aqeel al-Khazraji, considered an insult by the council. They also blocked roads leading to the governor's office, preventing council members and the governor from parking cars outside the building, Hanoun said. The governor instructed the council to suspend contacts until U.S. forces apologize, he said.

The Karbala council is controlled by the Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the country's largest Shiite party, and Dawa, the party of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. On Sunday, Maysan province decided to suspend ties with British authorities pending an investigation into a recently released videotape of British soldiers beating Iraqi youths during a January 2004 riot there.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-karbala,0,2587430.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Charlie Brown]

1. Now this is what FREEDOM is about! n/t

[cliss]

2. The US knows it can't contain Iraq

They are treading on thin ice.....they are praying the the Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani won't get too pissed at them. If he wanted to, Al Sistani could turn the entire country against the U.S.

Of course, Al Sistani had his own reasons for letting the US stay....he got the Sunnis kicked out, and now they are a majority. But at some point, he is going to show the Americans the "exit" sign.

Time to get out.

[alfredo]

5. When Saudi Arabia did Osama's bidding by kick out US forces,

the US needed another country for our military bases, and that is Iraq. We are not going to leave. Read the PNAC document "Rebuilding America's Defenses." They want a permanent US military presence in the Mid East. Iraq was the weakest, and is well situated for our bases. They (the bush junta) can always seize an oil field and refinery operation to use as a fuel station for future adventures.

[meganmonkey]

3. All right, then, time to come home, right?

Isn't that how it works? Plus, we need to free up the soldiers for Iran.

:shrug:

[Zhade]

4. Good. The entire country should.

In case anyone fucking FORGOT, we illegally invaded and occupied a country that didn't even threaten, let alone attack, us.

[saigon68]

6. "BRING EM ON" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

As he prepared to attack Iran

[LynnTheDem]

8. And Americans were so upset when Hitler did it to Poland.

As you said;

we illegally invaded and occupied a country that didn't even threaten, let alone attack, us.

And that's a fact.

[BikeWriter]

7. Freedom is on the march!