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| Iraq | |||
| Deja Vu All Over Again | |||
| 2007-05-07 | |||
| With apologies to Yogi Berra Two suicide car bombers attacked a market and a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramadi, killing at least 20 people and dealing a blow to recent U.S. claims of success in reclaiming the Sunni city from insurgents. Can't even finish one sentence without dealing a blow to fair and balanced.
The violence came a day after roadside bombs killed eight American soldiers, including six who died in a single blast in the surrounding province of Diyala. The mounting U.S. casualty toll highlights the dangers facing troops as they take to the streets more as part of a security crackdown in the Baghdad area. The U.S. military has struggled for years to secure Ramadi, the capital of the insurgent stronghold of Anbar province. But...
Violence also has surged north of Baghdad, where militants have fled the security crackdown in Baghdad that began on Feb. 14. A bombing and an ambush in Baqouba, a Sunni insurgent stronghold northeast of Baghdad, killed two soldiers and two policemen Monday as militants apparently step up a campaign against Iraqi security forces. The attacks began about 4:30 a.m. when a booby-trapped house exploded during a raid, killing two Iraqi soldiers and wounding three. About six hours later, gunmen ambushed a police station elsewhere in the city, killing two officers and wounding two others, police said. The bullet-riddled body of a policeman bearing signs of torture also was found outside the northern city of Kirkuk, An al-Qaida front group claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing The Islamic State of Iraq identified the suicide bomber as Abu Abdel-Rahman and claimed that at least 100 people killed, contrary to police reports, and it warned Iraqis not to join the army. "We tell every father, mother, wife or brother who do not want to lose a relative to advise them not to approach the apostates and we swear to God that we will use every possible means to strike at the infidels and the renegades Iraqi security forces have been the frequent targets of attacks as insurgents accuse them of collaborating with U.S.-led forces and the Iraqi government, highlighting the challenges in preparing them to take over their own security so that U.S. and other foreign troops can go home. This guy can't finish a sentence without more bad news.
The car bomber detonated his payload as he came under fire just inside a checkpoint outside the police headquarters, military officials said. The building was not struck, but the police chief, Col. Jalil Nahi Hassoun, and 11 other policemen were killed as they fought off al-Qaida linked gunmen outside. At least five al-Qaida fighters were killed, a U.S. military official told The Associated Press, providing new details on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authorization to release the details. U.S. paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division came under small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire when they rushed to the scene, the military said in a separate statement. Two Americans were wounded and a vehicle was damaged. Samarra was the scene of the Feb. 22, 2006, bombing that destroyed a major Shiite shrine and triggered the wave of Sunni-Shiite reprisal attacks that has plunged this country into civil conflict. U.S. and Iraqi officials blame that bombing on al-Qaida, which has been active in the city for years. Despite all the efforts of the ineffective US troops. Two other American soldiers died Sunday in separate bombings in Baghdad. The military Sunday also reported three other deaths _ two Marines in a blast Saturday in Anbar province and a soldier who died Sunday in a non-combat incident in northern Iraq. On Sunday, an American general warned of more casualties to come. "In the next 90 days we're going to see increased American casualties because we're taking the fight to the enemy," Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of U.S. troops south of Baghdad, told reporters. But the endless supply of brave Lions of Islam will continue until the last infidel is driven from the Holy Land Between the two Rivers. | |||
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #7 Glad this guy didn't report WWII, we might have just given up rather than win. Jeez what is wrong with the current crop of reporters (this includes Viet era writers and news types)? Why don't they just skip the pretense and go to work for Al Jazeera? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-05-07 19:32 |
| #6 Plainslow, He's not stabbing anyone in the back - he's on the other side. Why the AP is hiring operatives for AQI as their only reporters in Iraq is beyond me. Getting the enemy's perspective from time to time might be interesting, but the AP and other MSM may as well be working for Al Qaeda. Which is shy I only read the sports section of my newspaper. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2007-05-07 15:47 |
| #5 By HAMID AHMED Associated Press Writer Too bad the Germans didn't take over reporting for the AP. The war might have gone better for them. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-05-07 15:37 |
| #4 And people that double-post the articles, even after checking it once, really honk me off! Sorry. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-07 12:18 |
| #3 These guys always do the same thing. As soon as we say it's better, they do something to show it's not. And despite the fact that on average, it's less, the MSM uses this to prove it's still just as bad. For these men and women in uniform , to put up with this backstabbing, and keep doing thier jobs, is amazing to me. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2007-05-07 11:39 |
| #2 Gosh, guess we better just quit and give up. Didn't realize that this would be hard, thought they'd just lie down and die if we yelled "Trick or Treat" at em. |
| Posted by: Hupeatle Grundy4788 2007-05-07 09:34 |
| #1 Did he forget the Crusades? And the "plastic" turkey? I find this stuff too tiring to scan (excepting the high-lite colour commentary). |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-05-07 08:47 |