"The cease-fire is over; we have been told to fight the Americans," said one Mahdi Army militiaman.
Let's hope this ends quickly.

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"On Tuesday, Rear Adm. Greg Smith, spokesman for US-led multinational forces in Iraq, blamed the elite Quds units of Iran's Revolutionary Guards"
Oh, yeah, there's noooooo
reason to not believe that statement !
If there is any truth to it then I don't expect it to end quickly.
One fundamental commodity benchmark to watch: the price of crude.
But on a positive note (spin)at least the US forces recognize the enemy isn't a single monolithic entity.
Yeah, I know the US military figured that out a while ago ... but like I said I was being positive, you know, 'good news' and all that ... hogwash.
Posted by: RBM | Mar 25, 2008 at 07:43 PM