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2005-07-31 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-07-31 17:20|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Troops from the Stryker Brigade recently chased a suspected car bomber across the river at Rawah and forced him out of the car, a senior military officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity. A second car arrived and apparently detonated the first vehicle, killing the bomber before driving off.
A U.S. military official said the incident revealed the extent to which "handlers" monitored would-be suicide bombers to prevent them from backing out.

I thought they wuz all volunteers, lookin' for their 72 raisins.

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-31 17:43|| 2005-07-31 17:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Rebels?
Jihadists from outside Iraq are now "rebels" ?

Posted by john 2005-07-31 18:56|| 2005-07-31 18:56|| Front Page Top

#3 It's an L.A. Times article. The officer quoted in the article used the terms insurgents, religious extremists and terrorists. Elsewhere in the article potential suicide bombers and foreign fighters are used. So the misleading title must be LAT editors editorializing as best they can under the circumstances.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-31 19:19|| 2005-07-31 19:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Kind of like trying to curb your dog... them violent extremists ain't house broke yet and fit to linger about in the company of real human beings. If they can just embrace the one true God and shed their path to achieve the position of God then perhaps some humility may sink in and a sense of compassion for God's creations. Meanwhile... git along little doggies!

Posted by Fligum Unoting7502 2005-07-31 22:14|| 2005-07-31 22:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Now I see the answer, a big mother Dora of a FEB.

(fullers earth bomb)

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-31 22:34|| 2005-07-31 22:34|| Front Page Top

#6 BBC is going the "rebels" bull shit also. Losers.

Posted by Captain America 2005-07-31 23:17|| 2005-07-31 23:17|| Front Page Top

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