Hello, my name is Omar and this is my good Shia buddy, Mohammed. We don't like to fight, we are lovers, and besides, you stupid Americans and our good, good, buddy, George Bush, don't mind sending your young American men and women to die for us, so we will just sit here and relax and have ourselves some tea.Keep sending them over, suckers, we love the thought of you falling for your president's stupid 'surge' policy. Bye, time for our afternoon nap.
U.S. Troops Go It Alone In South Baghdad
In this fertile, rural area of southern Baghdad, date palm trees line the east bank of the Tigris River, often hiding a deadly enemy. Snipers use the trees for cover to fire on U.S. troops. Insurgents plant roadside bombs and then disappear into the groves.
The U.S. military bulldozes the trees along at least one road it uses frequently.
While much of the focus has been on the sectarian violence in Baghdad, the Sunni insurgency here shows no signs of abating.
Arab Jabour is one example of why President Bush is pressuring the Iraqi leadership to become a more representative government. The government's current security forces are made up largely of Shiites, who are unwelcome in this predominantly Sunni region.
So U.S. forces often go it alone.
