Article

2007-04-12 Iraq

Terrorist Bombers Score Big - Destroy Baghdad Bridge

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Glenmore 2007-04-12 07:07|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Until now, suicide bombers were targeted at crowds and places where people gather. If this should be a change in tactics, despite the toll on civilians here, it would be a major plus for us. It is far easier to defend infrastructure than public gatherings.

Fox News has some decent pics and I gotta say that it looks like a demo job and not a suicide bomb.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-04-12 11:51|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-04-12 11:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Obligatory AP anti-war sentence:
"The al-Sarafiya bridge has a duplicate in Fallujah that was built later and made infamous in March 2004, when angry mobs hung the charred bodies of U.S. contractors from the bridge's girders."
Why is that important to this incident?

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-04-12 14:18|| 2007-04-12 14:18|| Front Page Top

#3 That's going to gain the terrorists lots of favor with the locals who depend on that bridge for a living. I call it a mid and long-term loss.

Posted by gorb 2007-04-12 15:19|| 2007-04-12 15:19|| Front Page Top

#4 The goal was to show the government (and the US forces) cannot protect something - and by extension, anything. The message the Iraqi people take home is that the current government is not the 'strong horse', or at least not a strong enough horse, for them to back.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-12 17:26|| 2007-04-12 17:26|| Front Page Top

#5 The goal was to show the government (and the US forces) cannot protect something - and by extension, anything.

Damn right! And when enough Iraqis feel sufficiently vulnerable, maybe then they'll finally stop helping the terrorists. Until that point, they can have the pleasure of watching their lives turned into the usual Islamic Cesspool of Misery.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-12 22:09|| 2007-04-12 22:09|| Front Page Top

23:58 JosephMendiola
23:48 covertfloridian
23:46 JosephMendiola
23:46 Zenster
23:39 George Omineng1431
23:38 Frank G
23:36 Zenster
23:31 Zenster
23:19 OldSpook
23:05 OldSpook
22:53 49 Pan
22:46 Zenster
22:44 Zenster
22:34 Zenster
22:27 wxjames
22:22 RD
22:19 FOTSGreg
22:18 phil_b
22:15 Zenster
22:13 FOTSGreg
22:11 ex-lib
22:11 Captain America
22:11 phil_b
22:10 Frank G