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| Large-scale US and Iraqi forces poised around four Sunni Triangle hotbeds |
| 2004-10-14 |
| From Debka: DEBKAfile's military sources report: Large-scale US and Iraqi forces poised on battle readiness in offensive array Wednesday night around four Sunni Triangle hotbeds: Fallujah, Ramadi, Latafiya and Balad, awaiting order to launch major assaults. This was behind Interim Iraqi PM Allawi's ultimatum to Fallujah: hand over terror chief Zarqawi and his group or prepare for major military action. Earlier, Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad website displayed gruesome beheadings of two Iraqi intelligence officers. Allawi warned: We will not be lenient." |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #10 Article here on the deployment of the carrier Truman, which is leaving "to head back to the war on terrorism. " Was this a scheduled deployment or not? |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-10-14 1:39:02 PM |
| #9 Flash: fallujah negotiations collapse, Allawi demand for turnover of Zarqawi is "impossible". |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-10-14 1:29:18 PM |
| #8 Are there insufficient Iraqis to do these nests simultaneously? Although the MSM is so daft and dense they think the US forces must dash from place to place to initiate offensive action, which is utterly absurd, we know better: each and every offensive-capable element is perfectly able to execute such orders independently. If done in series, it must be a lack of blooded Iraqis - there are huge advantages to doing these places in parallel, instead. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-14 1:20:44 PM |
| #7 Can't have US forces behaving like Jenghis Khan now, can we? |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-10-14 12:31:51 PM |
| #6 Genghis Khan actually |
| Posted by: buwaya 2004-10-14 12:26:35 PM |
| #5 #4 Conan: GOD I love that quote. Almost as good as the napalm line from Apocalypse Now. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2004-10-14 11:57:13 AM |
| #4 What is best in life? To crush your enemies, have them driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women. |
| Posted by: Conan the Barbarian 2004-10-14 11:21:27 AM |
| #3 I hope they have, and use, lots of artillery. Wreck these places as a lesson. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-10-14 11:02:27 AM |
| #2 My guess is Balad is next. Then Ramadi. Why Balad? Big US logistical base up near there, nicknamed "Mortaritaville". They need to clear the area. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-10-14 10:04:33 AM |
| #1 D-day. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-14 9:35:11 AM |