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Rick --- interesting analysis, and I have a bit of entrail reading/analysis on potential Maliki motives at the Newshoggers if you are interested.
As far as the question about US airstrikes on Sadrist mortar teams there is one good reason for it --- depth of emplacement --- the mortar team could be several hundred meters behind the front line of contact and moving several hundred meters through a heavily defended dense urban environment when the attacking force is composed of light infantry with minimal support (which is what the Iraqi Army division in Basra is composed of) has the potential of taking several days/weeks with high casualties to the attackers, the defenders and the civilians in the area. So that would be a good reason to use an air attack.
A bad reason is if the mortar team is up near the front, the attacking force is not motivated/able/willing to attack a defended target. We don't have enough information to know what is what.
Comment Posted By fester On 28.03.2008 @ 14:00
