Iraqi Turf War

Blackfive (click above) has a thread on the media aiding and abetting the enemy in Iraq that is worth your while! Here is the second of my two comments posted there which reflect an amplification of previous comments on this blog.

"To follow up on my previous comment that the per capita murder rate in Chicago is likely higher than the per capita murder rate in Iraq. Picture the insurgency as a gang turf war, the insurgents vs. the Iraqi police with the Americans taking the role of the cops. It is quite dangerous to be in either gang! But the ordinary citizen tends to stay out of the line of fire. A massive police presence will cause the gangbangers to hide. So with a strong presence on 1/30/05, the election should come off well, just as in Afghanistan! But that puts the citizens in the government camp! Looks like the insurgents are going to lose the turf war!"

Update 1/16/05 2:46 AM - Just did some more surfing and found this on Fox News.

“In Baghdad, meanwhile, three mortar shells exploded Saturday near the heavily guarded Green Zone (search), causing no casualties but sending American and Iraqi officials scurrying for cover. It marked the third straight day of rebel attacks on the zone, the nerve center of the U.S. and Iraqi administration, after a lull of a couple of weeks.” So nothing had happened in the Green Zone for "a couple of weeks"! Did you see that in the media? Thought not!

Update 1/16/05 8:36 AM - I added another post @ Blackfive...

From this morning’s Fox News we have a report that reads…
“In Baghdad, meanwhile, three mortar shells exploded Saturday near the heavily guarded Green Zone (search), causing no casualties but sending American and Iraqi officials scurrying for cover. It marked the third straight day of rebel attacks on the zone, the nerve center of the U.S. and Iraqi administration, after a lull of a couple of weeks.”
It should read something like this “In Baghdad, with population 5 million people, three spitballs were thrown near the heavily guarded Green Zone, causing no casualties but annoying American and Iraqi officials. It marked the third straight day of “insurgent” attacks on the zone, the nerve center of the U.S. and Iraqi administration, after a lull of a couple of weeks.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,144414,00.html