Iraq’s Former Prime Minister Calls for Martial Law

on the source that I just couldnt fit.

You did perfect. You summarized well and gave us the link to the whole story. That’s why it is called Short News. And you are right, there is much more at the source that must be read.

"After the explosion, not a single person in the square was standing. I thought everyone was dead," said Khaled Nasser, a labourer who searched the wreckage for four of his companions. "I found them all cut in half – no legs – and for some I could only find their heads."

Sadoun al-Dulaime, a former defense minister, echoed Mr Allawi's grim prediction that street fighting would break out across the country without urgent action.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in a war against Iraqi Shias if America took its troops out of the country.

This is getting very ugly, very fast.

for more troops to come?

This is severely problematic.

How long do we have to wait until thousands die daily?

And then tens of thousands throughout the region?

Even the Saudi Royalty is getting nervous.

[source]Mrs Beckett also suggested that Kofi Annan,
secretary-general of the United Nations, had had
“words put into his mouth” when he said recently
the situation in Iraq was worse than civil war. She
insisted that the situation in many areas of British-
controlled Basra had improved over the past six
months.[/source]

[sarcasm]whoa...that was close...i thought they
were going to send more US troops. the solution is
clear: send more British troops! they're obviously
doing a better job. Brits -- if only you were
mediocre, more US troops would have been sent.
you brought this on yourselves.[/sarcasm]

Seems to never ever end.

I think Bush should be immediately impeached for putting this off until after Christmas for all concerned.

I mean, it was in a constant state of martial law under Saddam. Are you telling me that the US spent all that cash and blood just to return the place to the status quo, perhaps (or perhaps not) with a slightly more cooperative ruler?

I can see how the news is going to play out in next quater.
* PM discusses martial law.
* PM reluctantly declares martial law.
* PM losing support of community.
* PM failing in light of continued violence.
* Human Rights abuses committed by PM's forces.

[Hang on, PM declare martial law if he's got no military - just police. It's this just a buzz word for "joe schmo" to describe "brutal crackdown" by his police? Unless the military he intends to leverage is the Coalition Forces, I don't see how he is in a position to declare martial law.]

* PM still losing control of situation.
* PM / Scapegoat / Puppet replaced. [And we've bought ourselves more time.]