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2004-08-24 Iraq-Jordan

U.S. GIs Step Up Pressure on Najaf Rebels

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Posted by Steve White 2004-08-24 12:18:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I hope that the outer walls of the shrine end up with thousands of bullet holes - each being a through-and-through of a Tot. The Mad Mullahs' Madhi "loyalists" payroll price tag is probably rising pretty fast trying to keep the bin full. They're currently being served up and knocked down damned fast it seems.

Posted by .com 2004-08-24 12:38:55 AM|| 2004-08-24 12:38:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Keep getting the ring tighter and tighter on the Shrine and Najaf.

We need to get the US troops right on the temple outer walls. At that point, it becomes the Iraqi's fight - the Iraqi SF shoudl have the upper hand at that point. And if they botch it or worse, back down, then we are well and truly f**ked.

Yes, discredit Sadr by giving him the rope he needs to hang himself and his followers too - he does a good job at hanging his Madhi Army out to dry every time he uses them. And one of these days maybe they will get a clue that they are being used like a condom whorehouse.

But there comes a time where you have to finally tighten the noose and kick the horse out from underneath the tree limb and let the bastards kick at the end of the rope.

And that time needs to be this week, from the looks of things.

If they want to get it done this week, they cannot extend this much past Wednesday,

Otherwise due to Sabbath, they will need extend this over to Sunday-Monday, which I do not see as a good idea politically. The Republican Convention is coming up, not a good time for the assault to go on, plus delay beyond this week seems to me to be overdoing it, unless there are a lot more Madhi than the open sources say there are - or unless they are waiting for Labor day weekend to bury the main fighting under holiday news.

(Cynical, yeah. I am.)

Now someone get us the Super Glue and go find where Allawi's balls fell off, someplace between Baghdad and Najaf...

May have to get him a new set. Hopefully we put big brass ones on him this time.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-08-24 2:42:40 AM|| 2004-08-24 2:42:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 .com, if the shrine is damaged, I think that we ought to contact The Learning Channel and see if Frank Bilac can repair the damage and possibly give the shrine a more folksy feel as well. They could get two volunteer Mullahs to do most of the work. Because they are Shia I think that their Trading Spaces work-shirts should be black.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-24 3:00:07 AM|| 2004-08-24 3:00:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 A friend who's been in the Green Zone for a year says that there's been damage there on repeated basis -- we just fix it very quickly. Drives the jihadis nuts ... no good TV propaganda for them.

Posted by anon 2004-08-24 7:08:50 AM|| 2004-08-24 7:08:50 AM|| Front Page Top

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