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on Monday, September 03, 2007 2:26:57 PM
http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=9684 VS Allahpundit
"He’s going to speak from Al Asad Air Base at 12:30 or so. We’ll
probably have a few minutes of highlights. The choice of Anbar over
Baghdad is symbolic, of course, to call attention to the security gains
made there since last year. He’s in town for six hours but he’s got"
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/09/03/bush-in-anbar/
" JS: [Those reports] are not accurate, and that is a
fabrication at best. This was a planned turnover of the Palace and the
PJCC to Iraqi control, to the Iraqi legitimate government forces. It
was done to standard with, and to well-trained, well-equipped Iraqi
Security Forces. There were some peaceful demonstrations that were
celebratory in nature, but at no time was any Coalition forces
threatened, and the local Iraqi officials under General Mohan, kept a
good handle on the situation in Basra.
HH: So what is the situation then in Basra, because that
Washington Post story made it sound like the Wild West without the
saloons.
JS: It was a demonstration of OMS, or Shia people there that
were celebrating, to the best of my knowledge, the return of an Iraqi
landmark to the Iraqi government."
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