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General Petraeus: Basra operation was disappointing
An Iraqi operation to tackle Shi'ite militia in the southern city of Basra was a disappointment and not adequately planned or prepared, the top US commander in Iraq said on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 20:38 April 8, 2008
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Washington: An Iraqi operation to tackle Shi'ite militia in the southern city of Basra was a disappointment and not adequately planned or prepared, the top US commander in Iraq said on Tuesday.
"There's no question that it could have been better planned and that the preparations could have been better," Army General David Petraeus told the US Senate"s committee on armed services.
Asked by Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain of Arizona whether the operation had been a disappointment, Petraeus agreed that it had been.
"It was not adequately planned or prepared," he said.
The operation launched two weeks ago by Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki to tackle Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr's Mehdi Army militia sparked intense fighting in both Basra and Baghdad and has yet to produce a conclusive outcome.
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