Los Angeles Times :: One Year Later: Where Is Iraq?
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> Still, back in May, most Iraqis had an open mind about the
> U.S.-led occupation and hailed the removal of Hussein.
> Most expected the U.S. to quickly call a council of opposition
> parties, set up a new government and prepare to leave the
> country.
>
> But the replacement of Garner with L. Paul Bremer III in mid-
> May brought another series of shocks to the Iraqi population.
> Bremer said it was too early for any grand council or turnover
> of meaningful power to Iraqis. He abolished the Iraqi army,
> saying that its soldiers had in effect dissolved the army by
> fleeing during the war. That pen stroke left about 500,000
> men desperate for work, creating a reservoir of anger that
> would come back to haunt the U.S. leadership.
>
> The months of May, June and July were marked by the
> beginnings of the anti-U.S. insurgency, scattered attacks
> that were dismissed at first as the last spasms of the "dead-
> enders." At first, the resistance took the form of rocket-
> propelled-grenade and automatic-rifle ambushes of passing
> convoys. When such actions became too deadly for the
> attackers, the guerrillas adopted the "stand-off" tactic of
> roadside bombs, detonated by remote control. Military
> spokesmen reluctantly acknowledged that U.S. forces were
> facing 15 significant attacks a day.

Don't go back to Iraqville,
and waste another year.
posted by Tomohiro Idokoro @ 11:24 PM

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