Friday, March 21, 2008

80,000 Angry Men - Is the "Surge" Collapsing?

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In an investigation carried out by GuardianFilms for Channel 4, we uncover how thousands of Iraqis employed at $10 a day by the US to take on al-Qaida are threatening to go on strike because they say they have been used by the 'Americans to do their dirty work' and haven't been paid
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  1. JACK BOO3/23/2008 5:07 PM

    "Is the "Surge" Collapsing?"

    Perhaps not as much as you might hope....

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-03-20-fighters_N.htm?csp=34

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  2. JACK BOO3/23/2008 5:19 PM

    Major John, in Iraq, comments on this story thusly over at Protein Wisdom:

    Hmmm. Being where I am and all, I’d have to say that the Grauniad is off the mark. But then again, I am here helping an Iraqi Army division do the dirty work of defending it’s own country, so who would listen to me. Fascist oppressor that I am…

    Major John's blog...
    http://www.miserabledonuts.blogspot.com/

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