An Iraqi government official speaks

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UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday "the game is over" — and that means the war is over.

Mohammed Al-Douri expressed hope that the Iraqi people will now be able to live in peace.

His comments were the first admission by an Iraqi official that U.S.-led forces had overwhelmed Iraqi forces after a three-week campaign.

"My work now is peace," he told reporters outside his New York residence. "The game is over, and I hope the peace will prevail. I hope the Iraqi people will have a happy life."

Al-Douri was asked what he meant when he said "the game is over."

"The war," he responded.

When asked about Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), Al-Douri said he had no "relationship with Saddam."

"I have no communication with Iraq," the ambassador said.

Questioned about Al-Douri's comments, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said: "Well, I would say it wasn't a game, first."

Speaking in Washington, Rumsfeld said the war was "over" when Saddam refused to accept his last chance to cooperate with the U.N. disarmament resolutions. "It was only a matter of time after that."

Rumsfeld added that there was still lots of "difficult, dangerous" work ahead in Iraq.

Earlier, Al-Douri told Associated Press Television News: "This is a war, and there will be a winner and someone who is a loser."

When asked what he thought about scenes being broadcast from Baghdad, he said, "Well I don't know really, I watch the television like you."

He said that because of the war he has been unable to contact any government officials "for a long time."
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After we get out(if we do) the next concern on the list is civil war. This is an extremely likely possability imo.
 
HeXp£Øi± said:
This is an extremely likely possability imo.
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Mine too. That's why I think we'll stay longer than a lot of people are prepared for. I don't know a viable alternative, though.
 
The viable alternative is to just get out and fund *good* people. If we hang around not only will the Arab world turn against us(as if it wasn't already) but we will quickly lose support in Iraq. We do not want Syria and Egypt turning on their governments and they're getting closer to it by the day. If we stay any longer then about six months it's going to happen. We absolutely must get out. This does not mean that we can't work from the outside and that we're doomed to repeat our mistakes from the past. We need to get communications back up,(tv radio) and give moderate Iraqis a powerful voice. If The American goverment is there we tend to drown out any and all others that might otherwise have a voice.

*good*-This is debatable obviously

Getting out soon is the only option. -imho
 
It'll take 6 months to set up a new governing body & reclaim some sort of order. It sounds like we're going to put as many Iraqi's in power as is feasible ASAP.

Civil war can be avoided if we remove those highly involved with the Baath party & get some centrists in power. Either way, let the Iraqi peopel decide whether they get radicals or friends.
 
Noite, get your ass over here with a fire extinguisher

Iraqi Embassy in Brazil Burns Documents
Wed Apr 9, 5:14 PM ET

BRASILIA, Brazil - Iraqi Embassy employees in Brasilia started burning documents Wednesday after TV stations broadcast images of a Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) statue being toppled in Baghdad, police said.

Police said they could see men outside the embassy burning boxes and large quantities of paper.

"There were some workers who took papers from the offices to the garden to burn them," said police Col. Abinor Deilvane, whose unit protects embassies in the Brazilian (news - web sites) capital.

Media photographers who arrived a short time later saw three piles of smoldering paper inside the embassy's walls next to the building.

An embassy official who said he was the secretary of Iraqi Ambassador Jarallah Alobaidy denied documents were being destroyed.

"It's all lies," said the official, Abdu Saif. "We are only burning garbage and recently cut grass."

A short time later, a man who answered the phone at the embassy said only, "I'm not working now" and hung up.
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:rofl2:
 
Gonz said:
Noite, get your ass over here with a fire extinguisher

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Iraqi Embassy in Brazil Burns Documents
Wed Apr 9, 5:14 PM ET

BRASILIA, Brazil - Iraqi Embassy employees in Brasilia started burning documents Wednesday after TV stations broadcast images of a Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) statue being toppled in Baghdad, police said.

Police said they could see men outside the embassy burning boxes and large quantities of paper.

"There were some workers who took papers from the offices to the garden to burn them," said police Col. Abinor Deilvane, whose unit protects embassies in the Brazilian (news - web sites) capital.

Media photographers who arrived a short time later saw three piles of smoldering paper inside the embassy's walls next to the building.

An embassy official who said he was the secretary of Iraqi Ambassador Jarallah Alobaidy denied documents were being destroyed.

"It's all lies," said the official, Abdu Saif. "We are only burning garbage and recently cut grass."

A short time later, a man who answered the phone at the embassy said only, "I'm not working now" and hung up.
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I thought it was just the information minister, but evidently it's a government conspiracy. "Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket.":lol2:
 
Gonz said:
"It's all lies," said the official, Abdu Saif. "We are only burning garbage and recently cut grass."
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Bwahahaha! :rofl:

You realize that those documents are not being hidden from us, they're being hidden from the next Iraqi government...
 
Ardsgaine said:
You realize that those documents are not being hidden from us, they're being hidden from the next Iraqi government...
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Some here would have you believe there's no difference ;)
 
Professur said:
Can we ship them some beer? I'll bet they all really could go for a cold one right about now.
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Considering the likelyhood of their being Muslim, it probably wouldn't go over too well.
 
Hey, then this is a perfect chance for them to convert to a less restrictive religion.


Given the choice, which would you choose? Eternal bliss, or a nice tall cold one in the middle of the desert?

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I was listening to the radio last week during a morning show, during their "three questions" segment. One of the questions was, "free speech or guaranteed refrigeration?" One guy called in and chose free speech... until the DJs on the show reminded him that guaranteed refrigeration means always having cold beer. He changed his choice before they could even finish the sentence. :D
 
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