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US tells all Americans in Iraq to leave (Original Post)
malaise
4 hrs ago
OP
bucolic_frolic
(55,162 posts)1. Again? I thought they did this 4 weeks ago
That means more war directly ahead.
W_HAMILTON
(10,334 posts)3. Americans in Iraq warned to leave 'now' amid threats of imminent attacks
Just reported earlier this morning. Read more at: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/americans-iraq-warned-leave-now-threats-attacks-iran-rcna266342
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Renew Deal
(85,175 posts)2. Ground invasion
Scrivener7
(59,528 posts)7. That awful prospect is the best we can hope for. He has the nuke. And he's stupid AND insane AND senile.
miyazaki
(2,651 posts)4. Glad I passed on that timeshare in Fallujah.
-wait for it,
Celerity
(54,423 posts)8. A shame I guess, as I heard it was a smokin' deal!


ITN Archive - Second Battle of Fallujah | Frontline Footage of Iraq War's Deadliest Urban Combat (2004)
In November 2004, Fallujah became the site of the Iraq Wars fiercest urban battle, as more than 12,000 US, British, and Iraqi troops launched a determined assault to reclaim the city from entrenched insurgents. Over six weeks, coalition forces fought through a maze of fortified houses and booby-trapped streets in what would become the bloodiest battle for American service members since the Vietnam War. They were opposed by a loose alliance of local resistance fighters, Ba'athist loyalists, militants from various Sunni groups, and foreign jihadists fighting under the banner of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
Entire neighbourhoods were reduced to rubble, as intense coalition artillery and aerial bombardments accompanied a gruelling campaign of house-to-house fighting. 107 coalition troops were killed and more than 600 wounded, while between 1,200 and 2,000 insurgents were killed and around 1,500 taken prisoner. Reported numbers of civilian deaths range from 581 to 3,000, with 150,000200,000 civilians being displaced by the fighting. Presented here is a series of ITN reports covering the Second Battle of Fallujah and its aftermath.

Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based media production and broadcast journalism company. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, New York, Paris, Sydney and Washington, D.C.
ITN produces the daily news programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and 5 in the UK, and in recent years has diversified to produce a wide range of content including documentaries, sports, advertising and digital material for a range of international clients.
Wednesdays
(22,611 posts)5. But, as was the case with the previous warning,
No help from the USA government to evacuate?
Passages
(4,169 posts)6. American Journalist Abducted in Iraq, Security Officials Say
The freelance journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson, who has worked for various news organizations, including Al-Monitor, which called for her safe and immediate release
A woman with light hair in a red blouse stares into the camera in a room with stone columns and rubble on the ground.
An image of Shelly Kittleson, an American journalist, posted to her social media account. She was abducted in Baghdad on Tuesday evening, an Iraqi ministry said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/middleeast/us-journalist-abducted-iraq-shelly-kittleson.html
A woman with light hair in a red blouse stares into the camera in a room with stone columns and rubble on the ground.
An image of Shelly Kittleson, an American journalist, posted to her social media account. She was abducted in Baghdad on Tuesday evening, an Iraqi ministry said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/middleeast/us-journalist-abducted-iraq-shelly-kittleson.html
spanone
(141,633 posts)9. NUKE?
I wouldn't put it past this shitstain.
Prairie Gates
(8,164 posts)10. Sounds like everything's going great
For his next trick, Trump will completely destabilize Iraq. He will then give a speech about how he's correcting Bush's mistake.
The only downside is that Hegseth will have to stop saying that he personally made the Surge a success.
usonian
(25,354 posts)11. Nuclear strike. People will dismiss it as a joke, but he's ready. (repost)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21138517
Trump's "OBLITERATION whisperers" might talk him into it.
What's rattling around his empty brain tonight?
Quick solution. No negative consequences. Rating points. Forget about Epstein.
Trump May See Nuking Iran as Safer Option: Conservative Magazine Editor
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-may-see-nuking-iran-as-safer-option-conservative-magazine-editor-11764509
I'm ready for the announcement.
Muricans delight in the destruction.

Hiroshima
I do expect tonight, so he can announce the fait-accompli on April 1.
Lazy old fart, he missed the April 1 date.
That was going to be the UUUUUGE announcement.
Not a bang, but a whimper.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-53648572
Trump's "OBLITERATION whisperers" might talk him into it.
What's rattling around his empty brain tonight?
Quick solution. No negative consequences. Rating points. Forget about Epstein.
Trump May See Nuking Iran as Safer Option: Conservative Magazine Editor
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-may-see-nuking-iran-as-safer-option-conservative-magazine-editor-11764509
Andrew Day, senior editor at The American Conservative, a conservative publication, is raising alarms about what he sees as a dangerous calculus in the Trump administration's approach to the Iran war: that the president might view nuclear weapons as a more politically palatable option than a ground invasion.
In a series of posts on social media, Day argues that President Donald Trump could rationalize nuclear strikes on Iran as preferable to deploying American troops on the ground.
"Considering only 7% of Americans support a ground invasion, and since all the ground force operation options sound like suicide missions, Trump might even see nuclear weapons as the safer political option," Day posted on X.
In a series of posts on social media, Day argues that President Donald Trump could rationalize nuclear strikes on Iran as preferable to deploying American troops on the ground.
"Considering only 7% of Americans support a ground invasion, and since all the ground force operation options sound like suicide missions, Trump might even see nuclear weapons as the safer political option," Day posted on X.
I'm ready for the announcement.
Muricans delight in the destruction.

Hiroshima
Lazy old fart, he missed the April 1 date.
That was going to be the UUUUUGE announcement.
Not a bang, but a whimper.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-53648572