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2026-08-11 Iraq

Iraq registers 6M firearms, closes 71 ‘fake’ PMF offices

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1 Is Iraq - recovering? Slouching toward the light? Little steps maybe.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-08-11 04:29|| 2026-08-11 04:29|| Front Page Top

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Remember Saddam Hussein?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-08-11 05:47|| 2026-08-11 05:47|| Front Page Top

3 Slouching toward the light?

It is the Middle East. After 9,000 years of different ethnicities trying to kill each other I have no hope.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-08-11 15:16|| 2026-08-11 15:16|| Front Page Top

4 Gun registration. Often the first step towards confiscation.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2026-08-11 15:27|| 2026-08-11 15:27|| Front Page Top

5 Heh. That's why I used the term 'slouching'. What rough beasts slouch toward Bethlehem (to be born)? Jihadis, to my mind, attracted to the Jews of Israel, to be 'martyred' and be reborn with their houris. Boggling. Not fond of Didion.

The 82nd held monthly guest lectures for the brigades, most often with excellent lecturers. ~90% of the troops slept through them; I can't blame them, we were all exhausted. But I could not sleep; I was caught up by these people with great command of their topics. I learned a lot. Interesting times.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2026-08-11 17:18|| 2026-08-11 17:18|| Front Page Top

6 Slouching toward the light?

Did someone say "slouching?
... And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- The Second Coming, William Butler Yeats

Turning well-armed, mutually hostile tribes into a nation state will be a good trick. I doubt Iraq can do it.

Posted by SteveS 2026-08-11 17:29|| 2026-08-11 17:29|| Front Page Top

7 #4 Gun registration. Often the first step towards confiscation.
Posted by EMS Artifact

If you have a list, you don't have to do dangerous house-to-house searching. Makes it easier for the totalitarians

Posted by Frank G 2026-08-11 18:59|| 2026-08-11 18:59|| Front Page Top

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