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Headlines : IraqUS military to build four giant new bases in Iraq
The US military are planning on building four military bases in Iraq with ‘a more permanent character to them’ to provide ‘logistical support and quick reaction capability where necessary to Iraqis’. The probable locations are Tallil in the south; Al Asad in the west; Balad in the centre and either Irbil or Qayyarah in the north.
[Posted By PerceptualChaos]Republished from The Guardian
US military commanders are planning to pull back their troops from Iraq’s towns and cities and redeploy them in four giant bases in a strategy they say is a prelude to eventual withdrawal.
The plan, details of which emerged at the weekend, also foresees a transfer to Iraqi command of more than 100 bases that have been occupied by US-led multinational forces since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.
However, the decision to invest in the bases, which will require the construction of more permanent structures such as blast-proof barracks and offices, is seen by some as a sign that the US expects to keep a permanent presence in Iraq.
Politicians opposed to a long-term US presence on Iraqi soil questioned the plan.
“They appear to settling in a for the long run, and that will only give fuel for the terrorists,” said a spokesman for the mainstream Sunni Iraqi Islamic party.
A senior US official in Baghdad said yesterday: “It has always been a main plank of our exit strategy to withdraw from the urban areas as and when Iraqi forces are trained up and able to take the strain. It is much better for all concerned that Iraqis police themselves.”
Under the plan…
Posted by PerceptualChaos
Is it not odd that the only quote is given by a sunni islamic group?
“They appear to settling in a for the long run, and that will only give fuel for the terrorists,” said a spokesman for the mainstream Sunni Iraqi Islamic party.”
Why doesn’t the sunni islamic party just concentrate on winning support amongst sunnis and trying to win the hearts and minds of sunnis, away from the terror gangs. That way, we wouldn’t need these bases at all.
They’ll never last. The US ‘ill limp out with its tail between its legs just like it did in Nam. Strike Three! You’re over pal.
you dumber-than-dumb fuck
A senior US official in Baghdad said yesterday: “It has always been a main plank of our exit strategy to withdraw from the urban areas as and when Iraqi forces are trained up and able to take the strain. It is much better for all concerned that Iraqis police themselves’
what’s that, if not a quote??
Obviously it’s not a quote if you don’t read it and instead just read what your fucked up mind wants to read.