Comments on: Deal with the devil: Maliki courts insurgents

By: al-Maliki Courting Sunni Tribes at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source.

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:14:17 +0000

[...] More over at Hot Air. [...]

By: Wake up America-al-Maliki turnaround?

Wake up America-al-Maliki turnaround? — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:41:36 +0000

al-Maliki Courting Sunni Tribes…

Understanding the urgency for reconciliation and political progress to follow the progress we are seeing Militarily in Iraq, al-Maliki in an amazing turnaround is courting the Sunni’s of Iraq….

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Hillary on Dems on Iraq: We’re “struggling”

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:31:51 +0000

[...] The other point of contention is the amnesty for Sunni jihadis. I said my piece about that here; a U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq writing today in the L.A. Times thinks differently. [...]

By: Global News Blog » Terrorism and Insurgency - US Portrayal Helps Flesh Out Zarqawi’s Heir

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:44:02 +0000

[...] Deal with the devil: Maliki courts insurgentsHot Air, MD - Jun 15, 2006… America and the Shiites to generate broad-based popular support for the resistance. Which, let s note, is straight out of Ayman al-Zawahiri s playbook … [...]

By: Global News Blog » Terrorism and Insurgency - No UN Darfur mission before Jan 2007 - official

Sat, 17 Jun 2006 04:50:12 +0000

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Is the Zarqawi safehouse document bogus?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Is the Zarqawi safehouse document bogus? — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:25:53 +0000

[...] One more bit of news worth noting. I wrote yesterday that al-Maliki was considering granting amnesty to jihadis who’ve attacked U.S. troops. By yesterday afternoon, he had officially unconsidered it. The record is hereby corrected. [...]

By: Richard Davis

Richard Davis — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:12:18 +0000

Prayer for our Troops:

God Bless our Troops and give them the power, courage, and wit to destroy all the terrorists, especially Al-Masri and Bin Laden.

By: Max Conservative

Max Conservative — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 09:09:58 +0000

Iraqi Amnesty and the Real World…

Iraqi Amnesty and the Real World…

By: Entelechy

Entelechy — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:20:26 +0000

From the Britt Hume show – an Iraqi spokesman said that no amnesty will be granted to those who killed Americans and that the media misunderstood and misreported this story.

By: Richard Davis

Richard Davis — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:25:03 +0000

The new guy is gonna be dead soon -

The Marines “no better friend, no worse enemy” will get him….

By: RolandHall

RolandHall — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:02:28 +0000

First of all, there are no insurgents, only terrorists. To get rid of a snake, cut off it’s head. If another appears, see #1.

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:13:27 +0000

Real Politics vs Idealism

Sometimes you have to bite the bullet on circumstances like this

But I hate that this would apply to Muktadar Al-Sadr (i know i misspelt it but I don’t care)

By: dman

dman — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:59:59 +0000

I’m skeptical, but if it will work, then whatever it takes to win. This is about war, not individual justice.

By: The Ritz

The Ritz — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:16:58 +0000

The Al Reuters article betrays their concern over how badly thing are going . . . for THEIR antiwar position! It’s time to rally the insurgent-loving “pacifists” so pour on the propaganda.

Hey, better yet where’s Baghdad Bob? Bring him out of retirement (or hiding) to give us a little ‘Truthout’!

“No the infidels are not winning! No, they are not in our country. No, they are not in our city. No, they are not next door. No, they are not . . .” *BOOOOMB!*

By: gringoman

gringoman — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:19:30 +0000

Amnesty? Period? All right, we don’t do Re-education Camps. Just dispense entitlements, no questions asked?
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“Zarqawi 1967-2006″

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By: Assorted Babble by Suzie

Assorted Babble by Suzie — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:50:02 +0000

Evil Successor Terrorist Al-Masri Leader Identified…

By listening to the new conference this morning, it appears all of our armed forces, coalition troops, and Iraqis have been extremely busy with all the documents referred to as a treasure trove of information collected at the dead Al-Zarqawis so …

By: Ninth State » Progress or Naivete?

Ninth State » Progress or Naivete? — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:26:00 +0000

[...] All of this leads me to wonder if everyone optimisticabout the fate of Iraq is really just plain naive, like the anti-war crowd would have you believe. This question makes this post by Mohammed from the excellent blog Iraq the Model important for everyone to read. As someone actually living in Iraq; something the anti-war people, who also refuse to listen anytime the troops report back positive, don’t; Mohammed provides valuable insight into the mood on the street in Iraq. While everything is not perfect, as evidenced by the fact that Prime Minister Maliki may have togive amnesty to some terrorists, the situation is not as bleak as the MSM and the left would have you believe: Baghdad looked tense today as the city witnessed the launch of the new massive security operation “Forward Together”. The feeling here ranges from anxiety to hope which I saw clear in the voice and looks of the people I met; in addition to the understandable anxiety that accompanies every new military operation I saw a lot about hope that this new operation may be able to stop or even reverse the deterioration of security in the capital. [...]

By: The Wide Awake Cafe » Let the Dominoes Fall

The Wide Awake Cafe » Let the Dominoes Fall — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:07:32 +0000

[...] There is more discussion at Hot Air. [...]

By: Clark1

Clark1 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:14:44 +0000

Everyone should follow the link above to the “safehouse” document. Fascinating.

By: KCSteve

KCSteve — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:08:02 +0000

Haven’t looked at the details but I’m guessing that the amnesty is aimed at those ‘insurgents’ who took money from the AQ types, went out and emptied the AK they’d been given in the general direction of some coalition forces far enough away they weren’t likely to shoot back, dropped it and went home. The “haven’t attacked civilians” should, if testable, weed out most of the ones who were in it for idealogical reasons.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:05:27 +0000

They really don’t have much choice but to give them a chance to fall in behind the new sheriff. If there’s no chance to lay down arms and take part in society, why should they stop fighting at all? If it works, and everyone has an opportunity to prosper, discontent and the violence that comes with it will evaporate.

This is the lesser of 2 evils.

By: Tony737

Tony737 — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:31:28 +0000

They live in a “shame society” so I don’t know if that’ll work, but if the Govt can sit down and talk peace, from a position of strength, muslim to muslim, then maybe it’ll work. The new Iraqi Govt appears to be strong and the insurgents get to ’save face’ … save their faces from gettin’ blown off by American Soldiers that is! You KNOW they’re just lookin’ to get themselves a birthday present!

But, we have about 1,300 years of islamic history that shows how they pretend to want peace talks while they regroup and rebuild their forces in preperation to attack. Maybe BOTH sides are doin’ this to each other.

Maliki floods Baghdad with Iraqi troops to show what he can do to the enemy, them gives ‘em the option to disarm and go home. After losing zarqawi (piss be upon him) and the subsequent raids that followed, maybe the sunni insurgents finally get it. Drop your weapons, go home and get a job. As for the foreign terrorists, there is only one way to deal with them. Just ask any U.S. Marine how do handle those punks. Falluja anyone?

By: Shmo

Shmo — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:14:27 +0000

I think Maliki was put in jail by Saddam and the Americans at one point, so he is no weenie. It looks to me like this guy means business on crushing the insurgents, and he intends to do what it takes. After all, the whole Iraq war is about flipping the country. Working to successfully flip some key problem people there may jusify the means.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:06:25 +0000

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