When will it end?
U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, acknowledging that the security crackdown in Baghdad might increase attacks outside the capital, April 8, 2007:
Rummy, asked where the WMD were, March 30, 2003:
You have the enemy trying to show it is still strong and able to move and stir fear in the population. We anticipated a movement of enemy forces and violence to the north, south, east and west of Baghdad.
Rummy, asked where the WMD were, March 30, 2003:
We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.
posted by the spook @ 10:41 AM
2 Comments:
At 11:07 PM,
BigAssBelle said…
the entire thing fills me with such hopelessness. i don't know what to do and i sit here wringing my hands, telling myself "just quit reading about it," but i can't. i can't.
At 9:58 AM,
Johnny Panic said…
I heard the "We anticipated a movement of enemy forces and violence to the north, south, east and west of Baghdad" quote on the radio and through the magical of google I was looking for the source.
The Google-gods led me to your blog.
I thought of that exact Rummy quote too.
It's crazy how something like that just slips by. I'm glad you stopped it, pinned it down, and pointed it out.
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