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| Iraq |
| Rocketman, assistant captured during Marne Avalanche |
| 2007-07-21 |
| Iraqi soldiers and U.S. paratroopers captured the ringleader of a cell responsible for conducting rocket attacks on the people and security forces of North Babil, July 18. Soldiers of the 8th Iraqi Army Division and Paratroopers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conducted an air assault and joint raid as a part of the ongoing Operation Marne Avalanche and captured the rocket cell leader and another member of his team. The joint force also captured nearly 130,000 Iraqi dinar, six AK-47 assault rifles with 16 loaded magazines, an Uzi submachine gun with two loaded magazines, a bolt-action sniper rifle. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 This Pappy is a mess. A wimp. I'll bet he thinks nuking Japan was an act of mercy - in lue of killing them all by starvation. Weak, very, very weak. Send money, FAN is on my hiney. |
| Posted by: Himmler the WonderTyper 2007-07-21 17:24 |
| #7 The Imperial Japanese would have raped, beheaded or immolated all 10K detainees. That's the darkside. I have no problem detaining marginal suspects for later release after their biometrics are collected |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-21 14:57 |
| #6 Think it through, though. We've captured several tens of thousands of Iraqis, including more than 10,000 during the current operation (if ITM is correct, that is). We haven't heard of ANY being released. In fact, we haven't heard at all what's going on with them. We frequently don't hear of their capture by name until several weeks after the fact. We're wrapping up a huge number of jihadis, almost daily, so someone MUST be talking, and telling the truth. There are several ways of permanently marking the human body where it doesn't show to the naked eye. I HOPE we're doing this with jihadis. Anyone caught twice should simply disappear. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-07-21 14:45 |
| #5 Consider also we take him alive, he lies to us, his firends pull some strings, the corrupt government official orders him released. then we have the same number of jihadi's running around, and the government looks weak, and our guys look like a joke, and there is no real threat to prevent more jihadis joining up because they 'know' that if caught no biggie, and they will get to go back to killing the infidel after a bit of R&R. dead jihadi's have a zero recidivism rate, and serve as a reminder and object lesson for fence sitters to say out of the infidel-killing business. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2007-07-21 13:25 |
| #4 Consider: If you shoot 'em, it means one less jihadi which is not a bad thing. If you capture them, there is one less jihadi running around plus whatever information you can squeeze out of them, plus - and this is a big one - the jihahdi's pals have no idea of the exact info you have accquired. Names, plans, phone numbers, codes, etc. all possibly compromised. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-07-21 12:23 |
| #3 I guess that's why you ain't in charge. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-07-21 12:00 |
| #2 Captured? Why are we taking any of these subhumans alive? |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2007-07-21 10:07 |
| #1 Now I'll have that silly song running through my head for the rest of the day. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-21 09:12 |