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2008-04-02 Iraq

How can this be? Iraqi forces move into Shia stronghold

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-04-02 15:57|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Moqtada al-Sadr's goons are 'bean counting' now; surveilling who comes, who goes and when. Seems his gamesmanship continues. No one in the West has the audacity to tap the top of his turban with a Hellfire® missile these days!

Posted by smn 2008-04-02 16:16|| 2008-04-02 16:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Probably because at this point, it's an 'Iraqi show'.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-02 16:33|| 2008-04-02 16:33|| Front Page Top

#3 smn:
It's hard to hit him with a Hellfire when he's hiding in Iran.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-04-02 16:55|| 2008-04-02 16:55|| Front Page Top

#4 All your strongholds!

We has

Posted by Elvis On a Tractor 2008-04-02 17:12|| 2008-04-02 17:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Pappy - you've gotta cut the fact-challenged some slack

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-02 17:57|| 2008-04-02 17:57|| Front Page Top

#6 Looking for former Iraqi policemen who are out of uniform, no doubt.

Posted by Jack Slineger4174 2008-04-02 18:59|| 2008-04-02 18:59|| Front Page Top

#7 I assume that it is not only Mookie's goons who are surveilling at this point. Prolly lots of that going on by both sides. But the reality is that Maliki's team has the better supply of weapons, ammo and other logistic items and they have the air support and other backup from the Coalition forces. Hard to see how they don't have the upper hand against what is a large organized crime group.

Posted by Remoteman 2008-04-02 19:02|| 2008-04-02 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 It's hard to hit him with a Hellfire when he's hiding in Iran.

OK - so let's try "reconnaissance by fire" using Arc Light strikes.

'Works for me.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2008-04-02 20:23|| 2008-04-02 20:23|| Front Page Top

#9 point was - everyone (but smn and the NYT?) seems to know he's in Iran

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-02 21:20|| 2008-04-02 21:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Thing is Madhi Army may have learend by observing that we now use 500lb JDAM on the "bunker" houses they make. And the Iraqis can call us in pretty quick.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-02 22:19|| 2008-04-02 22:19|| Front Page Top

#11 Lone Ranger, agreed. There are many ways to skin [a] Tater.

Posted by twobyfour 2008-04-02 22:51|| 2008-04-02 22:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Mahdi army is going to find out how it doesn't pay to fight a 'come as you are' war against an opponent who're trained to fight like Americans ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-04-02 23:13|| 2008-04-02 23:13|| Front Page Top

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