Al-Maliki plans Baghdad crackdown The Iraqi government plans to bring in reinforcements to take part in a major security plan for Baghdad but a US general has said the key to success would be a balanced approach rather than sheer force. Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, announced the plan on Saturday, vowing to crush armed groups "regardless of sect or politics". His plans suggested that he may be ready to tackle forces loyal to his fellow Shia, as demanded by Washington and the Sunni population. Al-Maliki's proposed plan was not welcomed by the head of the largest Sunni group in Iraq, saying, the proposal will lead to civil war if implemented.
Nine killed in Iraq violence Continued violence in Iraq has claimed at least nine more lives, including that of two US soldiers. Among those killed were three Sunni Muslim shopkeepers in a mixed neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, the police said. The shopkeepers died on being fired from two cars in Baghdad's southwestern Baya district.
The Iraqi government plans to bring in reinforcements to take part in a major security plan for Baghdad but a US general has said the key to success would be a balanced approach rather than sheer force.
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, announced the plan on Saturday, vowing to crush armed groups "regardless of sect or politics".
His plans suggested that he may be ready to tackle forces loyal to his fellow Shia, as demanded by Washington and the Sunni population.
Al-Maliki's proposed plan was not welcomed by the head of the largest Sunni group in Iraq, saying, the proposal will lead to civil war if implemented.
Nine killed in Iraq violence
Continued violence in Iraq has claimed at least nine more lives, including that of two US soldiers. Among those killed were three Sunni Muslim shopkeepers in a mixed neighbourhood of the Iraqi capital, the police said. The shopkeepers died on being fired from two cars in Baghdad's southwestern Baya district.
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Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap (4:13) (CAUTION strong images.)
All this quiet far-reaching through the galaxy
over the noise of counting
You come to me and hold my hand
You speak to me of the world’s formation
over the noise of counting
You look to me for answers to a riddle;
“What the hell is going on here;
I look at her uncomfortably,
“I do not know... I do not know who you are.”
She stops walking and lets go my hand.
“Is this a dream?” I ask.
“No.”, she whispers.
She faces me now,
“We haven’t much time.
Lifting her divine head she gazes at the stars.
That she reveals unto me a distant,
“What world have you shown me?
“No.” She says.
“Then where is this marvelous and peaceful world?”
She has vanished.
“No!
I begin to weep.
HIDE AND SEEK - Imogen Heap (4:13)