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2006-10-24 Iraq

U.S. forces break into Shiite militia offices south Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2006-10-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 the operation did not cause casualties, the source noted.

I only wanted one death. Just one.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-10-24 00:07|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-10-24 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 hard drives, cell phones, and Mullah Express credit cards.

/don't leave the well widoutem

Posted by RD 2006-10-24 00:39|| 2006-10-24 00:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Do that about a thousand times and it might actually start working. And don't forget to torch what's left behind. Including the Imam hiding under the desk with the half-assembled IED.

Posted by gorb 2006-10-24 00:45|| 2006-10-24 00:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Intimidation. Break things, take things... the people can always be picked up later, when the evidence has been neatly organized into thick files, tracing back to their Iranian bosses. It becomes painfully clear to them that those who had been protected and untouchable are not anymore.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-24 06:59|| 2006-10-24 06:59|| Front Page Top

#5 "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."

Gen. William T. Sherman

Posted by Bama Marine 2006-10-24 09:42|| 2006-10-24 09:42|| Front Page Top

#6 This is where I think Bush, Cheney and Rummy have it wrong. They have allowed Sadr to run amok and look to Malaki to bring him down or under control. The sooner you rid Sadr of Sadr the sooner this sectarian BS gets under control.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2006-10-24 16:52|| 2006-10-24 16:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, actually, we turned over "governing" to the Iraqis a looong time ago, with the Provisional Govt under Allawi. Since that time, they call the shots. The ONLY way we get to go after Sadr or the Badr Boyz is the same as with alQ - if they attack us - as we will always retain the right of self-defense. But otherwise, unless the Iraqi "government" approves an offensive against an entity, it ain't gonna happen.

That's why the mess exists with Tater today - he was saved waay back in Najaf by lh's buddy, Sistani. He's Maliki's political ally.

Had Fallujah been a Shia stronghold, it never would've gotten "the treatment". Only the Sunni areas are being worked, today. The Shia areas are being turned over, super-fast, cuz they're allied with the Govt. Run by Shia thugs and gangs and Qom agents (i.e. militias), they've escaped "the treatment".

There is no fix if the status quo continues. If Mullahs and the Saudis are not stopped from interfering by funding and sending their agents into Iraq, it continues with a sine wave of sectarian civil war ad infinitum.

My $0.02.

Posted by .com 2006-10-24 17:03|| 2006-10-24 17:03|| Front Page Top

#8 If I'm in these operations I'm plenty pissed at this point. Can we get serious now?

Posted by Captain America 2006-10-24 23:18|| 2006-10-24 23:18|| Front Page Top

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