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Originally posted by John D Harris:
Urban fighting will be bloody no doubt about it, but there is a time honored way to avoid urban fighting, it's called a siege. Seal Bagdad off and it becomes irrelavant. Give them a choice drop all weapons and walk out or starve.
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A siege is a risky proposition. First-off the Iraqi could harras the seigers using guerilla tactics from home territory, causing casulties and bad press.
Secondly the humanitarian concerns of starving a city of 5 million is defintly bad press.