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| Iraq |
| Baath Party Officials Reported Killed |
| 2003-10-27 |
| A man described as a key local Baath Party figure plotting against coalition and Iraqi authorities was killed and eight people were captured during a raid by U.S. forces, the U.S. military said Monday. Capt. Brian Cope, spokesman of the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, identified the dead man only as Abu Fares. Cope said the man was killed before dawn Sunday when he opened fire on U.S. forces during a raid. "You’ll never take me alive.......Ouch!" An Iraqi woman was injured in the raid, Cope said. He said those arrested were "a combination of former regime loyalists and active cells" that were "currently plotting against the coalition as well as the local government and local police." Cope described Abu Fares as a Baath Party figure and suspected leader of "an organization that is plotting against both the coalition and the local government." Now a dead figure. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 NMM, our country did stand for that in the Phillipines when Pershing was there, albeit a long time ago. Guess what, it worked. You're looking at them w/a western & Christian attitude my friend. We are not dealing with either over there. Meet people on their terms and in a way they understand. The folks we're dealing w/respect brute force - kindness is mistaken for weakness as is leniency. Same attitude the Somalis had in '93. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-28 12:02:09 AM |
| #4 UH--Jarhead--I don't think MY country stands for that kind of barbaric action--leave that to the crazed, eye rolling jihadis--as Americans we're much better than that! |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-10-27 11:34:50 PM |
| #3 In the style of Black Jack Pershing; a trench needs to be dug, filled w/pig entrails & fecal matter, be-head the other eight, drop their sorry asses in the trench, and top it off with some freshly slaughtered swine carcasses. Make it public for all the locals to appreciate. Let them see some old school American justice. Happy Ramadan. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-10-27 12:16:02 PM |
| #2 We need to try them, find them guilty where the evidence is conclusive, then hang them in the busiest public square in the city. Leave the bodies there to rot. Let the peace-loving people know we'll protect them to the best of our ability, and let the ass-hats know we'll see them rotting in Iraq - THEN in Hell - for their behavior. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-27 11:55:11 AM |
| #1 The other eight should have been deep-sixed also. The only good Baathist is a DEAD Baathist. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-27 11:15:12 AM |