Wow. That was actually the right thing to do. They handled it well, and treated the people with respect. Gee. Where have these guys been all this time? :-)
2008/5/18 Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Here's a follow-up - it looks like the command handed this the right way. > > http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/17/btsc.ware/index.html > > Behind the Scenes: Apology for a desecration > > By Michael Ware > CNN > > > But would it be enough to appease the mood in Radhwaniya? A local sheikh > came to the microphone. "In the name of all the sheikhs," he said, "we > declare we accept the apology that was submitted." > > With hands shaken and sheepish thank-yous made, the general and the colonel > returned to their armored convoy. The crisis, it seems, was averted. > > The stakes, though, had been high. If accord had not been found, says > Sheikh Ayad Abd al-Jabbar, head of the local Support Council, it could have > been dire. > > "Then surely the situation would have changed in another direction and more > tension will have risen up, after all the cooperation with the Americans to > restore security." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260340 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
