To Have and to Hold
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American forces say they have finally taken Samarra. Now the problem
will be keeping control of 'captured' territory—and whether the blood
spilled will be worth it
WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
By Christopher Dickey
Paris Bureau Chief, Middle East Regional Editor
Newsweek
Updated: 11:37 a.m. ET Oct. 7, 2004
Oct. 7 - "After the American elections there will be great massacres,"
a leading Lebanese statesman told me the other day. I listened
closely, because the Lebanese have more experience with massacres than
most of us, and this particular guy is also very well connected in
Paris and Washington. "The Americans will clean out these people who
are fighting them," he said. They will go into Fallujah. They will
drive into the other no-go towns around the country. "But it will be
a big, big massacre," repeated the very portly politician, nodding and
sipping his Splenda-sweetened tea. The Lebanese got so experienced
with slaughter during their 15-year civil war that they sometimes
sound as if they're talking about mowing the lawn.
Christopher Dickey
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