More troops join Iraqi army as insurgents kill two French nationals

[Emillereid]

BAGHDAD (AFP) - The new US-created Iraqi army took in a second battalion as Washington transferred more power to Iraq (news - web sites)'s security forces, while insurgents mowed down two French nationals near the rebel town of Fallujah.
With just six months to go before the United States is due to hand over power to Iraqis, the country's two main Kurdish leaders, Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, insisted on a federal system that will give Kurds self-rule.
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Two French nationals, working for a private contractor, were killed and a third wounded in a drive-by shooting by "terrorists" near Fallujah in the province of Al-Anbar on Monday, a US general said.
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"I am here to tell you that we have turned that corner," he said. "Attacks against Taskforce All-American forces have decreased by almost 60 percent over the past month."



Meanwhile, a policeman was killed on his way to a police station outside Baquba, 60 kilometres (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a fellow policeman said. ...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1511&ncid=1511&e=5&u=/afp/20040106/wl_afp/iraq_us_040106190303

Oh everything coming up roses in Iraq -- just like in Vietnam, we've turned the proverbial corner!

[Tempest]

1. Contradictory statements

"I am here to tell you that we have turned that corner," he said. "Attacks against Taskforce All-American forces have decreased by almost 60 percent over the past month."

This is in direct contradiction to what a U.S. commanding officer said last week. He claimed attacks were increasing again and up to 25-30 a day. This has also been confirmed by unembedded reporters.

[Emillereid]

2. Probably using the same math techniques

they use to cook the data to make the economy look good. The only thing I'm sure of is that things are rosy for Halliburton and Bechtel and the rest of the Bushit's crony capitalist friends.

[loudnclear]

3. If the US was an occupied country...would we not be insurgents?

Why can't people understand how Iraqis must feel? I guess if Americans couldn't understand how Native Americans felt and why they fought us it's hopeless to understand anything about histroy, imperialism, or occupation.