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U.S. troops smash into homes, major raid to hunt for guerrillas | ||||||||
2003-12-17 | ||||||||
Using sledgehammers, crowbars, explosives and armored vehicles, U.S. forces smashed down the gates of homes and the doors of workshops and junkyards Wednesday to attack the Iraqi resistance that has persisted despite the capture of Saddam Hussein. Good Morning! This is your farking WAKEUP CALL ASSHOLES! Loud blasts mixed with the sound of women and children screaming inside the houses. An explosion at the gate of one compound shattered windows, cutting a 1-year-old baby with glass. U.S. medics treated the injury while other soldiers handcuffed four men, who were later released. The raid, launched before dawn and lasting until midmorning, targeted the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad. U.S. officials say some 1,500 fighters operate in Samarra, making it one of the persistent hotspots in the so-called Sunni Triangle.’’Samarra has been a little bit of a thorn in our side,’’ said Col. Nate Sassaman. ’’It hasn’t come along as quickly as other cities in the rebuilding of Iraq. This operation is designed to bring them up to speed.’’ So we are taking off the kidd gloves.
That worked well for them didn’t it? ’’They’ve made a mistake to attack U.S. forces,’’ Sassaman said. ’’No one knows the town better than we do. We’re gonna clean this place.’’
I mean they will have all those victims and relatives of victims who will testify! We can’t have that! Council member Adnan Pachachi said ’’all stages of the trial will be public.’’ He added that international experts ’’are always welcome’’ because the tribunal allows for the appointment of foreign judges. | ||||||||
Posted by:CrazyFool |
#3 With Saddam in custody, the most wanted Iraqi fugitive is Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a high-ranking member of the former regime thought to be organizing anti-U.S. attacks. Now that Hussein himself is in custody, any other wanted individuals that are found should simply be dispatched, no questions asked. |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-17 11:45:04 PM |
#2 Noticable slant. Oh, it's AP... "others got away, apparently tipped off about the raid... Elsewhere, a suspect was punched in the head and a soldier said: ’’You’re dead. You’re dead.’’... ’’Locksmiths will make a lot of money these days,’’ said a U.S. soldier, laughing as he sat atop a Bradley... ...waving his weapon wildly and shooting at any puppies or baby ducks he saw... ’’He is still in greater Baghdad,’’ said council member Mouwafak al-Rubaie. ’’Maybe he will stay there until he stands trial.’’ Politicians are all the same. The United Nations, the Vatican and many countries oppose putting Saddam on trial before any court that could sentence him to death and others have expressed worries Iraq’s justice system cannot try him fairly. Tough shitski, comrades. Try not ignoring the "obvious guilt" factor. Very big in islamic areas, I understand... He'll get a fair trial and a first-class hanging. New rope an' everything. Probably be the Iraqi social event of the season. |
Posted by: mojo 2003-12-17 10:47:07 PM |
#1 40 comments??... Jeeze, I just wanted to be 41. Rantburg rules! |
Posted by: Chef 2003-12-17 10:13:02 PM |