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Chaos provokes government shake-up in Iraq.

By Nico Pitney on Jul 31st, 2006 at 3:10 pm

Chaos provokes government shake-up in Iraq.

“Iraq’s interior minister faced calls for his dismissal Monday because of the security crisis in Baghdad and surrounding towns,” the AP reports, while an Iraqi vice president said that Cabinet changes “would be made soon but did not specify which ministers would be replaced.”

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13 Responses to “Chaos provokes government shake-up in Iraq.”

jules says:

But things are going so well over in Iraq?
July 31st, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Godfry Daniel says:

Heckuva job Georgie.
July 31st, 2006 at 3:28 pm
dlet says:

Democracy on the march my a$$. You can’t make a society democratic. They have to do it for themselves. Just like if you want someone to do what you want and think is best, you don’t punch them in the face, you show them the positive outcomes of acting that way and they may or may not come around to your way of thinking. Their choice…not yours. Iran was slowly becoming more open to the west and since Bush got Realm happy that has been taken away.
July 31st, 2006 at 3:29 pm
bones says:

Hey, here’s a great strategy – the place is in choas, let’s change ministers, prime ministers, secretarys every month or so – GREAT for stability, corporate memory, follow thru on plans. No wonder the place is a disaster, it’s like a major corporation changing the CEO, CFO, and board members every couple of months – down the toilet it goes.
July 31st, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Peter Christian says:

If only someone had warned us by saying something like, “You break it, you own it” before we invaded.
/sarcasm off
July 31st, 2006 at 3:36 pm
DrSinker says:

If only W were held so accountable.
July 31st, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Jay Randal says:

Most of Iraq is in chaos, but Bush thinks the whole place is peachy, so Dubya is worse than Saddam ever was now!
July 31st, 2006 at 3:37 pm
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July 31st, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Evil Spaniard says:

Iraq is so peachy that they are playing musical chairs right now!
July 31st, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Itsaputon says:

Is this the same interior minister who earned his place the day Al Zarqawi was killed? Coincidence? I think not.
July 31st, 2006 at 3:57 pm
Tobey Tall says:

07/31/06 AP: Marines Prop Up Ailing Local Gov’t in Iraq

Peering over piles of sandbags, U.S. Marines sometimes see more gunmen on the streets than municipal employees coming to work. The provincial governor regularly arrives at his office – with armed guards in tow. But young Marines notice few others…
July 31st, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Gregor Samsa says:

Bluedog49,

I actually looked for the story in the LATimes. This is what I found:

“I urge the killing of the hostile invaders,” Hussein said. “And I urge their expulsion from here. So if the killing leads to their expulsion, I urge it.”

Abdel Rahman, a member of Iraq’s Kurdish ethnic minority, expressed outrage.

“If you are urging the killing of Americans, let your friends in the mujahedin attack the American camps and not blow themselves up in the streets and public places and cafes and markets,” he said.
Saddam Hussein Rails Against Defense as Trial Nears End

Yeah, that is a Kurdish judge talking no less. So much for winning their hearts and minds.
July 31st, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Rexroth's Daughter says:

Hearts and minds. You can’t win ‘em if you don’t have ‘em.
August 1st, 2006 at 3:25 pm

Chaos provokes government shake-up in Iraq.

Chaos provokes government shake-up in Iraq.

13 Responses to “Chaos provokes government shake-up in Iraq.”

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