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2004-08-06 Iraq-Jordan

Toe tag for 300 Mahdi Army fighters in An Najaf

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-08-06 11:59:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 U.S. marines recently replaced the U.S. Army in Najaf and analysts have suggested the upsurge in violence is linked to the marines taking a more aggressive approach with Sadrâs militia.

Looks like they made the same mistake the Fallujah guys did, thought that the Marines would use a softer touch. Let's go over this one last time: Do NOT shoot at the Marines. They will kill you in massive f*ckloads.

Posted by BH 2004-08-06 12:17:48 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:17:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course there were only 30 'insurgents' killed! The rest for innocent civilians (once we removed their weapons) and baby ducks!

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-08-06 12:24:04 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:24:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 U.S. marines recently replaced the U.S. Army in Najaf and analysts have suggested the upsurge in violence is linked to the marines taking a more aggressive approach with Sadrâs militia.
Thassssss right...it's our fault. It's always our fault. Who the f*ck are these "analysts" anyway? EUnuchs most likely. F*ckwits.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-08-06 12:27:03 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:27:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmmm...US goes to code orange, Paks Brits and Yanks roll up key al-Q operatives & intel, Sistani gets outta town, and the Marines deliver a message and a big pile o' bodies to Tater. Plus some stuff in Afghanland that I haven't paid much attention to. Soddies also caught some big fish trolling in their tank. Keep up the good work!

Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-06 12:28:36 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:28:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: God has a hard on for Marines, because we kill everything we see. He plays His games, we play ours. To show our appreciation for so much power, we keep heaven packed with fresh souls. God was here before the Marine Corps, so you can give your heart to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the corps.

Posted by Chris W. 2004-08-06 12:33:28 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:33:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 300 rotting Taterites. Smells like.....victory.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-08-06 12:51:31 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:51:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 While it is true the Marines are aggressive, the prior Army unit, 1st Armoured Division really kicked some butt. I have read there were thousands of TaterTots killed. 105 or 200:1 is a nice kill ratio.

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-08-06 12:59:31 PM|| 2004-08-06 12:59:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Too bad. So sad

Gotta be tough being a virgin these days.

Posted by Michael 2004-08-06 1:09:49 PM|| 2004-08-06 1:09:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Brett: Very true. I'm kinda surprised the Army left any for the Marines!

Posted by BH 2004-08-06 1:54:22 PM|| 2004-08-06 1:54:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Well, the Marines do have a distinct advantage - the ability to infuriate the Madhi jihadis / Tater Tots (h/t to AC!) by just flying around...

Check this pic out and you'll see what I mean. They just can't help themselves, heh.

Posted by .com 2004-08-06 2:07:24 PM|| 2004-08-06 2:07:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Nice rotars!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-08-06 2:11:43 PM|| 2004-08-06 2:11:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 300 dead is Falluah at the peak size. 150/day

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-06 2:42:25 PM|| 2004-08-06 2:42:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Christ almighty I am SICK of "reporters" calling him the fiery firebrand cleric of fire. Just go back to "gravitas", bandwagon hack.

Posted by Crikey 2004-08-06 3:11:07 PM|| 2004-08-06 3:11:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Iraqi police are now saying that another 1200 "taters" surrendered, and Najaf is secure.

I believe the correct military term for this is "a stomping."

Posted by Mike 2004-08-06 5:37:12 PM|| 2004-08-06 5:37:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 "Johnston told reporters the Mehdi fighters were badly coordinated and shot at random against the heavily armed marines who were backed up by helicopter gunships and fighter planes."

Yep. Sounds like a good way to get dead in a hurry.

Posted by mojo 2004-08-06 6:08:19 PM|| 2004-08-06 6:08:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 #10, .com
Thanks for the hat-tip! I picked up "Tater-Tots" from my brother, recently returned from Iraq. It is the actual the GIs use for the chubby one's militia.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-06 10:38:28 PM|| 2004-08-06 10:38:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 #10, .com
Thanks for the hat-tip! I picked up "Tater-Tots" from my brother, recently returned from Iraq. It is the actual the GIs use for the chubby one's militia.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-06 10:39:34 PM|| 2004-08-06 10:39:34 PM|| Front Page Top

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