Saturday, June 16, 2007
And so it begins
The Surge, that is. According to the latest announcement from Gen. Petraeus
General David Petraeus announced the offensives at a news conference on Saturday.This should give him time to report the planned success to Our Dear Embattled Leader in September. And if it doesn't succeed? The Republicans are already talking up the need for another Friedman Unit.
"Literally in the last 24 hours, we have launched a number of different offensive operations in the Baghdad belts in particular," he said, "and we're continuing a number of operations that have been ongoing in Baghdad itself."
General Petraeus says the operations are targeting areas that have been al-Qaida safe havens, and bases for launching car bomb attacks. "A fairly large, coordinated offensive operation, with all of these surge forces, has only just now been launched," he said.
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