Saturday, July 30, 2005
Military RhetIraq: Gen. Casey
Who: General George Casey (U.S. Commander in Iraq)
Source: CNN
Quotes:
I do believe that if the political process continues to go positively and if the development of the security forces continues to go as it is going, I do believe we'll still be able to take some very substantial reductions after these elections in the spring and summer of next year.
The level of attacks they've been able to generate has not increased substantially here over what we've seen in the last year. This insurgency is not progressing.
Referring to the large-scale attacks mounted in recent weeks and months, Casey said "what you are seeing is a change in tactics to more violent, more visible attacks against civilians and that is a no-win strategy for the insurgency."
Source: CNN
Quotes:
I do believe that if the political process continues to go positively and if the development of the security forces continues to go as it is going, I do believe we'll still be able to take some very substantial reductions after these elections in the spring and summer of next year.
The level of attacks they've been able to generate has not increased substantially here over what we've seen in the last year. This insurgency is not progressing.
Referring to the large-scale attacks mounted in recent weeks and months, Casey said "what you are seeing is a change in tactics to more violent, more visible attacks against civilians and that is a no-win strategy for the insurgency."
