Comments on: Memo: Green Zone housing facilities vulnerable to attack. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:49:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: greggp http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4813076 greggp Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:52:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4813076 The order to keep people from sleeping in trailers would seem to make sense. That way, the only people who will be vulnerable there will be the women locked in trailers by KB&R after they've alleged they were raped. Clearly, KB&R and the military authority have no regard for them anyway, so this order would fit within the overall plan. The order to keep people from sleeping in trailers would seem to make sense. That way, the only people who will be vulnerable there will be the women locked in trailers by KB&R after they’ve alleged they were raped. Clearly, KB&R and the military authority have no regard for them anyway, so this order would fit within the overall plan.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4812598 RUCerious Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:21:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4812598 I wonder if they should rename it the Orange or Red Zone... I wonder if they should rename it the Orange or Red Zone…

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4812450 katy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:06:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4812450 thanks for that info, impeach and prof marcus... thanks for that info, impeach and prof marcus…

]]> By: shoeless http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4812402 shoeless Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:02:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4812402 Since the Bush administration occupies the palace of Saddam Hussein and the offices of the former Baath government, the area should be renamed the Irony Free Zone. Since the Bush administration occupies the palace of Saddam Hussein and the offices of the former Baath government, the area should be renamed the Irony Free Zone.

]]> By: Buckie Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4812046 Buckie Boy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:32:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4812046 The surge to find a safe place to sleep is working. The surge to find a safe place to sleep is working.

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4811716 Doc Rock Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:15:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4811716 It must be better than before the surge? It must be better than before the surge?

]]> By: profmarcus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4810856 profmarcus Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:27:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4810856 i am currently working in kabul, afghanistan... i went to a meeting last thursday over at the kabul version of the baghdad "green zone..." it's where the u.s. embassy and usaid are located and it's nothing but this huge, several acre, heavily guarded, triple blast-fence surrounded, 4-layers deep of security checkpoints at the entrance, maximum security prison, with row after row of inter-connected, one-story, white, trailer-like, temp bldgs, filled with u.s.-style offices and u.s. bureaucrats and afghani bureaucrat wannabes being busy, busy, busy... it's a ghastly place and i can't imagine living there... i live in a guest room in a rented house that also serves as the office for the project i'm working for... even tho' this place is not guarded nearly as heavily as the embassy/usaid complex, i actually feel safer here than i do over there... <a href="http://takeitpersonally.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">And, yes, I DO take it personally</a> i am currently working in kabul, afghanistan… i went to a meeting last thursday over at the kabul version of the baghdad “green zone…” it’s where the u.s. embassy and usaid are located and it’s nothing but this huge, several acre, heavily guarded, triple blast-fence surrounded, 4-layers deep of security checkpoints at the entrance, maximum security prison, with row after row of inter-connected, one-story, white, trailer-like, temp bldgs, filled with u.s.-style offices and u.s. bureaucrats and afghani bureaucrat wannabes being busy, busy, busy… it’s a ghastly place and i can’t imagine living there… i live in a guest room in a rented house that also serves as the office for the project i’m working for… even tho’ this place is not guarded nearly as heavily as the embassy/usaid complex, i actually feel safer here than i do over there…

And, yes, I DO take it personally

]]> By: Freedom Rebel http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4810814 Freedom Rebel Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:25:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4810814 I thought congress approved the money for The Blackwater Contract. They must not have heard they get to pick our pockets for another year. I see like the administration, they are doing a great job. Heavy Sarcasm.... I thought congress approved the money for The Blackwater Contract. They must not have heard they get to pick our pockets for another year.

I see like the administration, they are doing a great job. Heavy Sarcasm….

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4810782 impeachcheneythenbush Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:22:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4810782 Katy - I found this info about the Green Zone <em>Pre-invasion The area was originally home to the villas of government officials, several government ministries, and a number of palaces of Saddam Hussein and his family. The largest of these was the Republican Palace that was Saddam's primary seat of power.</em> [edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_zone#Pre-invasion Katy – I found this info about the Green Zone

Pre-invasion

The area was originally home to the villas of government officials, several government ministries, and a number of palaces of Saddam Hussein and his family. The largest of these was the Republican Palace that was Saddam’s primary seat of power.

[edit]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_zone#Pre-invasion

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4810720 katy Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:19:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4810720 hate to admit to my ignorance about this, but just what WAS the "green zone" before it was the green zone? wish i could find some pictures, before and after... hate to admit to my ignorance about this, but just what WAS the “green zone”
before it was the green zone?

wish i could find some pictures, before and after…

]]> By: Ms_Joanne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4810650 Ms_Joanne Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:15:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4810650 Well, bubbles being what they are...will eventually burst. Well, bubbles being what they are…will eventually burst.

]]> By: raynman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-4810608 raynman Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:14:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/08/memo-green-zone-housing-facilities-vulnerable-to-attack/#comment-4810608 Just give them six more months, and the Green Zone will be sort of safe..... Just give them six more months, and the Green Zone will be sort of safe…..

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