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2003-04-30 Iraq

U.S. Troops Fire on Iraqi Protesters NYTimes

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Posted by Tresho 2003-04-30 12:06 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 difficult line to walk - crack down too hard, and gain hatred as occupiers. Go too soft and gunnies, some from old regime, will spread anarchy and make it hard for iraqis to build new regime and society.

Note - Fajullah, in Sunni arab heartland, and backbone of Baathist regime.

Lets put enough people on the ground - including MP's and civil affairs, and coalition of willing peacekeepers, and Iraqi police. Quickly move to establish not just policing, but full legal system - need judges and prosecutors.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-30 12:54:12|| 2003-04-30 12:54:12|| Front Page Top

#2 newsflash - trouble in Baquba (predominantly Sunni Arab city, northeast of Baghdad toward Iranian border) players appear to include SCIRI, Iranian exile Mujahaddin, Baathists, and Kurds. Not much love lost among these groups, could be nasty. No real US presence yet, 4th ID nearby.

Posted by liberalhawk 2003-04-30 13:23:42|| 2003-04-30 13:23:42|| Front Page Top

#3 These "protests" are obviously being used by factions with their own agenda for control of Iraq. We are going to have to get nasty with the leadership of these factions and we are going to have to fill the authority vacuum real soon, or there will be more and more of these "incidents."

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-30 13:54:29|| 2003-04-30 13:54:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like the best course of action would be to cordon them off, let 'em fight it out, then kill any survivors.

Posted by Fred 2003-04-30 13:57:56|| 2003-04-30 13:57:56|| Front Page Top

#5 After a few more 'protests' the smart ones will stay away. If anyone believes that kids were protesting at 10:30pm to go to school, I have some land I want to sell you. What they should do is ban all protests in Saddam strongholds and see how they like that.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-04-30 15:02:51|| 2003-04-30 15:02:51|| Front Page Top

#6 I would kill as many as necessary to prevent the death or injury of even one of our soldiers. The instigators and fodder have just learned a lesson although it took two sessions to get into their tiny heads: f*&k with weapons around us and we'll defend ourselves....the consequences will bear much more harshly on you

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-30 15:47:01|| 2003-04-30 15:47:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Tresho, for a second your headline had me excited. I thought it said "U.S. Troops Fire on Iraqi Protestors, NY Times" rather than "U.S. Troops Fire on Iraqi Protestors NY Times."

Posted by Tibor 2003-04-30 16:30:15|| 2003-04-30 16:30:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Again in NYTimes: "Attackers lobbed two grenades over a wall and into a compound of U.S. troops in Fallujah on Thursday, wounding seven soldiers" This occurred at 0100 local time, reported 0405 EDT. Only took 11 hours for AP to report it.

Posted by Tresho 2003-05-01 03:24:05|| 2003-05-01 03:24:05|| Front Page Top

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