AP: U.S. To Rethink Baghdad "Peace" Efforts

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL

Pay particular attention to the use of language, vocabulary and framing seen here...

U.S. to Rethink Baghdad Peace Efforts

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The U.S. military acknowledged Thursday that its two-month drive to crush insurgent and militia violence in the Iraqi capital had fallen short, calling the raging bloodshed disheartening and saying it was rethinking its strategy to rein in gunmen, torturers and bombers.

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The high death tolls this month for both Americans and Iraqis have pushed the long and unpopular war back into the public eye in the United States, forcing the Bush administration and the military to address difficult questions in the final weeks of the midterm U.S. election campaign.

Vice President Dick Cheney said the United States was not looking for a way out of Iraq. "I know what the president thinks. I know what I think. And we're not looking for an exit strategy. We're looking for victory," Cheney said in an interview posted on Time magazine's Web site Thursday.

Caldwell told reporters the U.S.-Iraqi bid to crush violence in the capital had not delivered the desired results, with attacks in Baghdad rising by 22 percent in the first three weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when compared to the three previous weeks.

"In Baghdad, Operation Together Forward has made a difference in the focus areas but has not met our overall expectations in sustaining a reduction in the level of violence," Caldwell said at a news briefing. He was referring to the security sweep, which began Aug. 7 with the introduction of an additional 12,000 U.S. and Iraqi troops into Baghdad. "The violence is indeed disheartening," he said.

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"It's clear that the conditions under which we started are probably not the same today and so it does require some modifications of the plan," Caldwell said.

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1. Really? Is wasn't a smashing success? Does Bush know that?

This is so hard to believe, given the bullshit they've been telling us for three years.

[baldguy]

2. 650,000 dead

Iraq can't take much more of Bush's "peace"

[nickyt]

3. yada yada yada blah blah blah yap yap yap

fuck.

[bemildred]

4. US To rethink Saigon peace efforts ...

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5. BBC - Baghdad security plan 'failing'

20 October 2006

The US military has said a security initiative aimed at reducing violence in Baghdad has failed to meet expectations and is being reviewed.

Military spokesman Maj Gen William Caldwell said there had been a "disheartening" 22% rise in attacks in Baghdad since the end of last month.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6067958.stm

At least the BBC has a more honest title. The one from AP is positively Orwellian. But what else is new?