"We are winning, absolutely", Chapter N. Mehdi army destroy the "surge" myth

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'Handed Over' to a Government Called Sadr

By Dahr Jamail and Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. Posted April 3, 2008.


The "Surge" will go down in history as one of the greatest strategic failures in military history.


Despite the huge media campaign led by U.S. officials and a complicit corporate-controlled media to convince the world of U.S. success in Iraq, emerging facts on the ground show massive failure.

The date March 25 of this year will be remembered as the day of truth through five years of occupation.

"Mehdi army militias controlled all Shia and mixed parts of Baghdad in no time," a Baghdad police colonel, speaking on condition of anonymity, told IPS.



"Iraqi army and police forces as well as Badr and Dawa militias suddenly disappeared from the streets, leaving their armored vehicles for Mehdi militiamen to drive around in joyful convoys that toured many parts of Baghdad before taking them to their stronghold of Sadr City in the east of Baghdad."

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The above is just some trivial background why dubya's puppet Maliki sent his surrender-monkey envoy TO IRAN after only a couple days of fighting to get Sadr to stop whipping Maliki's ass.

Just like his puppet-master dubya, Maliki started it, but couldn't finish it.

The other myth is that the Iraqi forces are trained and ready to stand on their own and up to any threats. Total BS. They have as much loyalty to Maliki as the Repuplican Guard and Saddam's army did to Saddam.

Anybody think McCain is ready for another stroll in a Baghdad market street?

So what if in the next Iraqi elections, which were the real target of Maliki's attack, are won, in a democracy sown by dubya, by Maliki's opponents rather by dubya's puppet?

Will Maliki, with dubya's support, pull a Saddam and Musharref and turn himself into a dictator?