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2006-09-19 Iraq
Iraq poobahs chiefs up in arms, vow to fight al-Qaeda
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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-09-19 06:30|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 What stops the tribes using the new arms against our soldiers????!!!!
Posted by Cheregum Crelet7867 2006-09-19 07:58||   2006-09-19 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 they have not had a prob getting arms up until now why we supposed too ggive them too them
Posted by sinse 2006-09-19 08:01||   2006-09-19 08:01|| Front Page Top

#3 This is a descision for the Iraqi govt, not us. If they want to give these idiots guns, then I guess that's what they will do. Frankly I don't trust these yahoos any more than the Al-Q bunch though.
Posted by Spaviting Slaviger8729 2006-09-19 09:13||   2006-09-19 09:13|| Front Page Top

#4 We doan need no steeking AK-47. We wan the beeg stuff - JDAM and MOAB to wipe out purge the city of opposing tribesmen foreen fighters.
Posted by Bobby 2006-09-19 10:04||   2006-09-19 10:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Still, I suppose an optimist would take this as an encouraging sign....
Posted by Bobby 2006-09-19 10:05||   2006-09-19 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 LOL, that's what I like about your comments, Bobby: ever the optimist. Encouraging? Nah, they're Arabs.
Posted by flyover 2006-09-19 10:17||   2006-09-19 10:17|| Front Page Top

#7 LOLOLOLOL, GolfBravoUSMC!

I just got it: "Up in arms..."

LOLOLOLOL!
Posted by flyover 2006-09-19 10:32||   2006-09-19 10:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Problem is we've cut back the number of coalition troops in Anbar to try to clean up Baghdad. Which makes sense, its far easier to lose the war in Baghdad than in Anbar, which as the poster points out, is not a particularly stable place in the best of times. OTOH does our side want to give up all the gains the USMC made in Anbar - cause thats whats happening right now. The number of coalition troops, plus first line Iraqi troops (the second line ones it seems are being sent to handle security in more quiet spots, which makes for nice handover ceremonies) simply isnt enough at this point to both take on Baghdad and Anbar, or so it seems.
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-09-19 12:01||   2006-09-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Join the Iraqi army and call in terrorist's positions. Throw off the yoke of Islam and you can live free.
Posted by wxjames 2006-09-19 12:55||   2006-09-19 12:55|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd say offer to train those "20,000 young men" in basic combat techniques, small-unit tactics, and C3I, but only after they've pledged their loyalty to the central government. Train them as a militia and let them begin taking on AQ in Ramadi. Give them unique weapons that no other force in Iraq is using. If any civilians or US forces are killed with those weapons, wipe the city clean.

We might even want to take 2000 of those men and give them other training, including some basic combat engineering training, and let them repair the infrastructure. Bring in a hundred CBs to train them. Who knows, it might even do some good...
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-09-19 13:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-09-19 13:02|| Front Page Top

#11 "If any civilians or US forces are killed with those weapons, wipe the city clean."

what does wipe the city clean mean? Kill all the adult males? Some other very harsh collective punishment. If Im AQ, and I know thats your policy, I do my level best to get my hands on one of those weapons, using every lever of threat, bribe, etc, Ive got. Then I use it to kill an American. Then bingo, Ive got the US turning an entire city my way.
Posted by liberalhawk 2006-09-19 13:36||   2006-09-19 13:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Would kinda make the Sunnis take extra care of their weapons, wouldn't it?
Posted by Pappy 2006-09-19 20:38||   2006-09-19 20:38|| Front Page Top

#13 Ive got the US turning an entire city my way.

apparently less the adult male population by your definition, eh, LH?
Posted by Frank G 2006-09-19 20:46||   2006-09-19 20:46|| Front Page Top

#14 LH - you KNOW I'm a big fan of ARCLIGHT. A city like RAMADI would look worse than the worst areas of Dresden after a half-dozen ARCLIGHT strikes. There would be no Sunnis turning to A-Q. There would be no inhabitants, and no city. I think everyone would get the message loud and clear.
Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot  2006-09-19 22:32|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]  2006-09-19 22:32|| Front Page Top

#15 The liberal mindset at work. If we do anything, it will just make things worse.
Posted by anon 2006-09-19 22:41||   2006-09-19 22:41|| Front Page Top

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