Re: Another Bush Plan Bites (the dust, that is)

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MerIj.5818$A87.2927@xxxxxxxxxxx
> The monthly figure of people killed in Iraq rose by 50% in March compared
with
> the previous month, according to official government counts.  March also
saw
> an increase in bombings and intense fighting between Shia militiamen and
> government forces.  Correspondents say the figures will be a blow to the
> Baghdad government and the US, which had claimed overall levels of
violence
> had been reduced by last year's US troop surge.
>
> Hundreds of people died in fighting last week in the southern city of
Basra
> after Prime Minister Nouri Maliki ordered a crackdown on Shia militias.
> Reports say many of the dead were civilians caught in the crossfire.  Mr.
> Maliki hailed the crackdown as a "success" and pledged to recruit 10,000
extra
> troops to keep order in Basra.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass

It worked too, Sadr gave up

Oh wait you left out that small part on purpose didn't you?