Iraq mayhem triggers hunt for exit strategy in US & UK: Guardian

[biscotti]

Iraq mayhem triggers hunt for exit strategy in US and UK
Foreign Office urges talks with Syria and Iran, as militia seize city left by British
Ewen MacAskill, Julian Borger in Washington and Michael Howard in Sulaymaniya
Saturday October 21, 2006
The Guardian

Frantic efforts are under way in Washington and London to find an exit strategy for Iraq as a renewed surge in violence led George Bush to admit yesterday that tactics there might need to change.
Diplomats and politicians in both capitals are desperately reviewing and debating options that were once regarded as unthinkable.

The review was given added urgency yesterday when 800 gunmen, thought to be part of the Mahdi army militia, ran amok in Amara, a town transferred by the British to Iraqi control two months ago.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1928038,00.html

[Roon]

1. The freepers already have their solutions

Carpet bombing..send the press home and launch an all out assault on the people. etc.

[bigtree]

2. the urgency is that Bush's cabal is bailing

they've given him until the November elections before they pull the rug out


http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bigtree