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2004-04-29 Iraq-Jordan

WaPo: In Two Sieges, U.S. Finds Itself Shut Out

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Posted by .com 2004-04-29 1:01:52 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A military intelligence officer noted this week that there have been no large car bombings in Baghdad since the Marines surrounded Fallujah in early April

An interesting observation if it's true.

assembling a new force composed of former Iraqi army soldiers who are Sunnis.

Great idea. Reinforce the ranks of the jihadis. Throw in a convoy of ambulances full of..."medical supplies".

overall policy decisions about the standoff in Fallujah are being made by the White House

Just like I said. No surprise there.

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-29 1:21:51 AM|| 2004-04-29 1:21:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 at some point, you'd think these people would get embarrassed that they are always wrong.

it lurches like a drunken Senator heh! I'd say it's more like it's barfing in the toilet.

Posted by B 2004-04-29 1:27:41 AM|| 2004-04-29 1:27:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Perched atop sandbags and peering through powerful binoculars, a Marine thought about a novel story.

It was a dark and stormy night. A shot rang out followed by a scream. Suddenly there was a knock at the door just as the lights went out. Reality lay in a hazy mist shrouded by illusion and fear.

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-29 1:40:04 AM|| 2004-04-29 1:40:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Lucky, LOL!!

Posted by B 2004-04-29 1:51:47 AM|| 2004-04-29 1:51:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Great post, Dotcom!
After months (really years now) of reading their crap, I'm convinced that the WaPo is at the head of America's Fifth Column.
It doesn't get any more America-hating or Bush-bashy than the Washington Post!
(I used to think the Freepers were creepy to be so happy when Katherine Graham died; now I understand completely!)

Posted by Jen 2004-04-29 4:18:21 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-29 4:18:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 According to reports, our people are killing about 70 of them each day. There are/were supposed to be 1500 of them to start. Looks like Fallujah will be free of them long before June 30. As for Najaf, the locals are greasing al-Sadr's minions and will rid the holy city of that Islamo-fascist pissant in due time.

Posted by Garrison 2004-04-29 5:12:20 AM|| 2004-04-29 5:12:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Shut out again. What to do? What to do? I guess it's time to ~~crater~~ manufacture a new entry into these two cities.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-04-29 5:29:32 AM|| 2004-04-29 5:29:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 You mean the besiegers are shut out of the places they have under siege? That has never happened in the history of war!!!

Gah. What idiots. They need to reflect on the impact on those under siege.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-29 7:06:02 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-04-29 7:06:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Lucky, and? Then what?

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-29 7:35:52 AM|| 2004-04-29 7:35:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 at some point, you'd think these people would get embarrassed that they are always wrong

Socialists like those at the WaPo have an agenda and will never be embarassed, not even unto the day the Sharia police shuts their paper down.

See, when you want to destroy a great nation by demoralizing its troops and its people and by deprecating it military defenses, you care for little else; not even your own esteem, not even your own well being or the well being of your family matters to you.

Only the agenda .

Posted by badanov 2004-04-29 9:18:21 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2004-04-29 9:18:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 badnov...well said! But it's almost getting embarrassing, watching these folks. Like the class clowns, getting more and more outrageous, but nobody pays attention anymore...so the poor sap is busy farting, pulling pig tails and just making an ass out of himself - while everyone else just ignores him, other than to occassionally slap him down or tell him to shut up and sit down.

Posted by B 2004-04-29 9:29:53 AM|| 2004-04-29 9:29:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Ship -

Lucky, and? Then what?

"...Before she could tell me why, a shot rang out and she dropped faster than a pair of sweat pants in July..."

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-04-29 10:24:28 AM|| 2004-04-29 10:24:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 But neither here, nor in the Baghdad palace that serves as the headquarters of the U.S. occupation administration, nor in the corridors of official Washington, is the solution to the Fallujah problem clear.

Uhhhh.... how 'bout kill them all?

Posted by Rawsnacks 2004-04-29 10:31:57 AM|| 2004-04-29 10:31:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 That would be a hat tip to Charles Schultz and his mystery writing beagle. Inspired by Dots analysis.

The article was a good read though, very slick!

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-29 12:00:24 PM|| 2004-04-29 12:00:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 It was a dark and stormy night. A shot rang out followed by a scream. Suddenly there was a knock at the door just as the lights went out. Reality lay in a hazy mist shrouded by illusion and fear. Before she could tell me why, a shot rang out and she dropped faster than a pair of sweat pants in July..

LOL! Love it.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-29 4:16:58 PM|| 2004-04-29 4:16:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 It was a dark and stormy night. A shot rang out..

And out of the night came a terrible scream.....who put sand in the Vaseline????

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-29 10:54:33 PM|| 2004-04-29 10:54:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 probably my ex-wife.....dammit!

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-29 11:09:21 PM|| 2004-04-29 11:09:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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