Word: kimmitt
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...occupation one year after it began and step up a calculated campaign to disrupt the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis on June 30. U.S. officials expect attacks to increase as the date nears. "All of a sudden, it put a countdown clock on this country," says General Mark Kimmitt, the military's chief spokesman in Iraq. Kimmitt and other U.S. officials in Iraq increasingly believe Islamic radicals have taken charge of orchestrating the violence as Saddam Hussein loyalists fade from the scene. Their intent is to push the country into anarchy, where extremism can flourish...
...Angeles police department patrols gangland neighborhoods. They plan to be less intrusive, eschewing tank raids in favor of foot patrols, cultivating goodwill rather than taking the fight to the enemy. "There is a time for the iron fist and a time for the velvet glove," says Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director of U.S. military operations in Iraq. Retired General Anthony Zinni, who headed the U.S. Central Command from 1997 to 2000, says the garrison strategy is "good because it drives down U.S. casualties, but it's bad because it means you're throwing everything onto an Iraqi security force...