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Titolo: Gli USA hanno perso la guerra?

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Report: U.S. has lost Iraq
SPECIAL TO WORLD 
TRIBUNE.COM
Friday, May 7, 2004
The United States can no longer win the insurgency war in Iraq militarily,
according to a new report.
The Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies asserted
in a new report that the United States no longer has a military solution for
Iraq. Authored by Anthony Cordesman, the report said any U.S. military
solution would result in massive civilian casualties and collateral damage
and fail to end the Shi'ite or Sunni insurgency.
"The U.S. can of course defeat the Iraqis," the report said. "However, any
military solution is now likely to be the kind of 'victory' that creates a
new firestorm over excessive force, civilian casualties, and collateral
damage. At the same time, the U.S. cannot hope to kill or arrest all of the
Sunni and foreign insurgents that exist now and is almost certain to create
far more than it destroys."
On Thursday, a suicide attacker blew up a car full of explosives near a
checkpoint to the U.S. headquarters in Baghdad. Six Iraqis and a U.S.
soldier were killed, Middle East Newsline reported. At the same time, Iraqi
insurgents destroyed the headquarters of the pro-U.S. Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan in Baaquba.
Earlier, U.S. troops launched what was termed the largest military operation
against Sadr in Karbala and Najaf. At least 15 Iraqis and a U.S. soldier
were killed.
The report discussed Iranian-backed cleric Moqtada Sadr, head of the Mahdi
Army, and warned against any U.S. attempt to assassinate him. The killing of
Sadr, the report said, would create a martyr that would push Shi'ites into
an alliance with the Sunnis in a development that would ensure nationwide
resistance.
"At this point, there simply is no way to eliminate cadres of insurgents or
to disarm the most threatening areas," the report said. "Falujah and similar
areas have too much popular support for the insurgents. There are too many
arms that can be hidden and too many points of vulnerability. This does not
mean the U.S. should give up fighting the insurgents or its efforts to
disarm them. It does mean the U.S. must accept that it cannot win in the
sense of eliminating them or turning hostile areas into secure and disarmed
areas."
Cordesman, who completed a tour of the Middle East, said the United States
lacks viable options other than to empower Iraqis with responsibility over
security. He played down the prospect that the United Nations could create
stability or political legitimacy.
Other U.S. options cited by the report included the acceleration of U.S. aid
to the Iraqi military and security forces as well as the search for Arab
military training and support. Such an effort must include the provision of
a broad-based Iraqi military command.
"Forget contract regulations on buying equipment," the report said. "Deliver
everything necessary and worry about the details later."
Another recommendation was that U.S. military commanders should be empowered
to approve security aid to Iraq. At the same time, Washington should
threaten to leave Iraq if an interim Iraqi leadership fails to cooperate in
the effort to form a stable and efficient government.
The United States should also continue to expand the role of the Iraqi
security forces. At the same time, the report said, the United States should
not repeat the "Israeli mistake of assuming that any Iraqi authority in
hostile areas can be counted on to provide security for Americans."

>Gli USA hanno perso la guerra?
Si

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