The Australian Defense minister Robert Hill explains to you the
situation in Baghdad as he has seen it just last Friday.

Baghdad Green Zone has been turned to Red Zone by the Iraqi Resistance.

The insurgency is really quite intensive and extensive, Robert Hill
says

US forces are either moving on streets and getting ambushed or setting
in their bases and receiving hits. This perhaps what the Pentagon meant
when said it is one sided battle!

This is a good statement:
"I would have (travelled into central Baghdad) if we'd had a
helicopter, but they were being used for more important tasks."

He says: " if we'd had a helicopter"

Now are we to believe that the US forces do not have one single standby
helicopter reserved for high officials such as the Australian Defense
minister.

The fact is that Robert Hill is indirectly confirming the Resistance
claim that they were able to force US helicopters to ground.

But even
if he is telling the truth that there is no single helicopter
available, it is still very good news.

All it means that the entire
Triangle of Death is burning and the US was forced to use every single
helicopter it has in Iraq. very good.

Remember, Iraqi resistance is no joke.

Last April they defeated the
almighty US army and put the US nose in the dust.

Fallujah battle isn't
over yet.

So keep yourself ready to accept another defeat. Don't
beleive everything you read in...

...Jew York Times.

Remember, Iraqi resistance is no joke. Last April they defeated the
almighty US army and put the US nose in the dust. Fallujah battle isn't
over yet. So keep yourself ready to accept another defeat. Don't
beleive everything you read in Jew York Times.

The Australian Defense minister Robert Hill explains to you the
situation in Baghdad as he has seen it just last Friday.

Baghdad Green Zone has been turned to Red Zone by the Iraqi Resistance.

The insurgency is really quite intensive and extensive, Robert Hill
says

US forces are either moving on streets and getting ambushed or setting
in their bases and receiving hits. This perhaps what the Pentagon meant
when said it is one sided battle!

This is a good statement:
"I would have (travelled into central Baghdad) if we'd had a
helicopter, but they were being used for more important tasks."

He says: " if we'd had a helicopter"

Now are we to believe that the US forces do not have one single standby
helicopter reserved for high officials such as the Australian Defense
minister.

The fact is that Robert Hill is indirectly confirming the Resistance
claim that they were able to force US helicopters to ground. But even
if he is telling the truth that there is no single helicopter
available, it is still very good news. All it means that the entire
Triangle of Death is burning and the US was forced to use every single
helicopter it has in Iraq. very good.

Remember, Iraqi resistance is no joke. Last April they defeated the
almighty US army and put the US nose in the dust. Fallujah battle isn't
over yet. So keep yourself ready to accept another defeat. Don't
beleive everything you read in Jew York Times.





Baghdad worse than ever, says Hill
By Patrick Walters
December 6, 2004

ROBERT Hill has learnt first-hand the new perils involved in visiting
strife-torn Baghdad.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11597627%255E401,00.html

Such has been the escalation of violence in the run-up to the January
30 elections that for the first time in four visits, the Defence
Minister could not make it to the centre of the Iraqi capital last
Friday.

So dangerous has the main highway to and from the airport become, with
daily suicide bomb attacks, he did not visit the Australian embassy or
the Green Zone that comprises the headquarters of the US-led coalition
forces in Iraq.

"This is the first time I've been unable to do that. It's very
dangerous - a number of countries are no longer travelling along it,"
Senator Hill told The Australian yesterday.

"I would have (travelled into central Baghdad) if we'd had a
helicopter, but they were being used for more important tasks."

Senator Hill's visit coincided with a surge of violence in Iraq that
killed more than 60 people over the weekend and led senior UN official
Lakhdar Brahimi to warn that holding elections would be "impossible" in
the current security environment.

Senator Hill acknowledged Iraq's central area, including Baghdad, was
going through a "very difficult phase".

"I would say it's more violent than on any of my previous visits," he
said.

"It's a more dangerous place than it's been since the downfall of
Saddam's regime. The insurgency is really quite intensive and
extensive."

Instead of making the hazardous run into the city, Senator Hill
travelled in an armoured convoy to the US-run Camp Victory, a short
distance from Baghdad airport.

In a day-long visit, he discussed security in Iraq and
counter-insurgency operations with General George Casey, the overall
commander of the US-led multinational forces in Iraq, and the deputy
chief of staff for strategic operations, Major General Jim Molan.

The two officers canvassed possible future roles for Australia's
military in training Iraq's security forces in the areas of logistics
support and senior officer training. A 50-strong Australian army
advisory team will complete its training of three Iraqi battalions
early in the new year.

Accompanied by Australia's special forces commander, Major General Mike
Hindmarsh, Senator Hill also met Australian ambassador Howard Brown and
Air Commodore Greg Evans, the new commander of Australian forces in the
Middle East.

Senator Hill said General Casey had told him the taking of Fallujah was
a critical step in overcoming the largely Sunni-backed insurgency.

But with insurgents lacking a centralised command structure, military
operations would continue with a key goal being to support the
counter-insurgency capabilities of the Iraqis themselves.

"There is a view among the Sunnis and those who were part of Saddam's
regime that not only have they lost, but they will continue to lose
through the building of a new democratic system," Senator Hill said.
"They are are fighting back, and they see the January 30 national
elections as a critical event."

He said one of the biggest changes of recent months was the extent of
intimidation against those who supported Iraq's democratisation
process, and against their families.

But there was determination the elections would go ahead, with the key
issue still the participation of the major Sunni political parties.

"There's no doubt the majority of Iraqis want the elections, but
there's still going to be major challenges in relations to the Sunni
triangle," he said. "There is a greater risk in the insurgents being
seen to be winning a deferral. You run the risk of further undermining
the confidence of the majority of Iraqis."

At a weekend conference in Bahrain, Senator Hill met US President
George W. Bush's new national security adviser Stephen Hadley and his
Iraqi counterpart Qassim Daud.

The Australian

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Gunfight breaks out in Baghdad [near Green Zone]

By Paul Garwood in Baghdad, Iraq
07dec04

A HEAVY gunfight broke out on a dangerous street in central Baghdad
within blocks of the country's most fortified facilities, including the
US Embassy and interim Iraqi government headquarters.

Six more American troops were killed in the volatile Anbar province.

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They are still waiting for the "flowers"
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