US plan to oust bad Iraqi leaders

[frankielovesdinar]

sorry if this has been posted before. didn't see it on the forum....

Top U.S. commanders and diplomats in Iraq (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/Iraq?tid=informline) are completing a far-reaching campaign plan for a new U.S. strategy, laying out military and political goals and endorsing the selective removal of hardened sectarian actors from Iraq's security forces and government.
The classified plan, scheduled to be finished by May 31, is a joint effort between Gen. David H. Petraeus (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/David+Petraeus?tid=informline), the senior American general in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/Ryan+Crocker?tid=informline). More than half a dozen people with knowledge of the plan discussed its contents, although most asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it to reporters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18775219/

[oldskiier]

Well this should get some heads rolling !!!or get some guys off the pot !!!!

[Dave]

if the plan is classified, why must the needledicks in the press publish it? and why did the govt give it to them?:no:

[oldskiier]

What the hell is this guy thinking !!! and why are we allowing Iraq to do this....."as a sovereign state"...Have they forgot who made them this way ????



Iran, Iraq coordinating in OPEC to control price of oil: Iraqi minister

Tehran Times Political Desk
TEHRAN - There is continuous coordination between Iran and Iraq in OPEC to control the price of oil, Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani said in an interview with the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.
There is a satisfactory level of cooperation in the field of oil between the neighboring Muslim countries of Iran and Iraq, both of which enjoy rich petroleum reserves, Shahristani added.
“Iranians are interested in importing Iraqi petroleum for the Abadan petroleum refinery, and they have also asked us to supply the Kermanshah refinery,” he noted.
“Importing (Iranian) oil products is another important issue in the two countries’ relations. Iraq is currently importing oil products, and some Iranian corporations have inked oil products sales agreements with us,” the Iraqi oil minister said, adding that this would continue until Iraq builds new refineries and becomes self-sufficient. In answer to a question regarding the U.S. reaction to the increasing Iran-Iraq cooperation, he stated, “So far, no one has contacted me to ask me to explain our relations with Iran or any other country, and even if someone tries to do so, as a sovereign state, we do not feel compelled to explain our relations with other countries to a third party.” Shahristani rejected the claims of a leaked draft of a U.S. Congressional report that said Iraqi oil is currently being smuggled as false and said that the highest level of oil smuggling in recent times occurred during the 2003-2004 period when the United States was controlling Iraq’s oil transactions.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=5/23/2007&Cat=2&Num=16

[rurockin]

if the plan is classified, why must the needledicks in the press publish it? and why did the govt give it to them?:no:

Probably easier to tell them to see who will run and never come back or at least quit on their own. Then the ones that stick around go through the process of getting rid of them.

The real important ones do tend to run away.

[Shau - Kenshin]

“So far, no one has contacted me to ask me to explain our relations with Iran or any other country, and even if someone tries to do so, as a sovereign state, we do not feel compelled to explain our relations with other countries to a third party.”


Well, at least we know who will be the first one to be given an all expence paid trip to the city of "OUT OF A JOB, population one and growing.."

Never bite the hand that 'frees' you...

[PraiseKingGeorge]

Well, at least we know who will be the first one to be given an all expence paid trip to the city of "OUT OF A JOB, population one and growing.."

Never bite the hand that 'frees' you...


I like that one....:)

[Voyeur]

sorry if this has been posted before. didn't see it on the forum....

Top U.S. commanders and diplomats in Iraq (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/Iraq?tid=informline) are completing a far-reaching campaign plan for a new U.S. strategy, laying out military and political goals and endorsing the selective removal of hardened sectarian actors from Iraq's security forces and government.
The classified plan, scheduled to be finished by May 31, is a joint effort between Gen. David H. Petraeus (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/David+Petraeus?tid=informline), the senior American general in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/related-topics.html/Ryan+Crocker?tid=informline). More than half a dozen people with knowledge of the plan discussed its contents, although most asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about it to reporters.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18775219/


Hmmm....here's another one happening by the end of May. Voyeur

[buck74]

You would think Maliki would get a clue, if for nothing else his own survival.

[F-12]

You would think Maliki would get a clue, if for nothing else his own survival.If the U.S.takes out Iran, Maliki wont have any where to run to...

[yunowu]

:wave: Removal of those harden sectarian leaders is just of puzzle fallen into place, but at least we are getting closer !!!