En realitat, si tenen tanta pressa en fer-la fracassar és per sembra la confusió i evitar que l’èxit de l’operació posi en evidència que la situació a Bagdad, si bé molt difícil, no era tant apocalíptica com ens repeteixen un dia si i un altra també.
L’operació per a la seguretat a Bagadad serà llarga i difícil, però té moltes posibilitats de triomfar. Els primers efectes ja s’stan notant amb el retorn de famílies que havien fugit. Ho expliquen al seu blog els germans Omar:
Military wise the spokesman for the operation said the first week left 42 militants killed and over 250 militants and suspects captured and good amounts of weapons and munitions were found. The troops had also defused 13 car bombs and many IED's. The best part of the results remains the return of displaced families to their homes; the latest count for this shows that more than 600 families have returned so far. While the return went with little problems for most families some forty families are complaining about receiving new threats from terrorists immediately after they returned to al-Adl district. More occupied mosques are also being returned to their original keepers and earlier today Sunni and Shia worshippers gathered to hold joint prayers in several places in Baghdad as we saw on TV. Last week, Maliki made his first public appearance on the streets of Baghdad when he visited the area of Palestine Street in Resafa the day that followed the bombings in the New Baghdad district. The same day general Aboud Qanbar, the commander of the operation walked in Haifa Street. These public appearances are apparently part of a PR campaign to show that senior officials are not afraid of leaving the green zone anymore, and frankly this has left a good impression among the public.
ADDENDA.- Sobre l’apocalipsi iraquià resulta interessant comprovar que les xifres de soldats nord-americans morts sota mandat de George W. Bush, tot i les guerres de l’Iraq i de l’Afganistan, són més baixes que durant els mandats del seu pare, George H.W. Bush, o el de Ronald Reagan.
RSREDSTATE:
George W. Bush . . . . . 5187 (2001-2004)
Bill Clinton . . . . . . . . . 4302 (1993-1996)
George H.W. Bush . . . . 6223 (1989-1992)
Ronald Reagan . . . . . . 9163 (1981-1984)