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2003-06-13 Iraq

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Posted by Frank G 2003-06-13 09:58 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder if the al Qaida guys are really Ansar? Right neighborhood for them, I think.

Guardian forgot the column of blacked-out vehicles stopped by the Marines headed for Iran.

Posted by Chuck (not Taylor) 2003-06-13 11:35:39|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-06-13 11:35:39|| Front Page Top

#2 UN and EU take note. THIS is how you do peacekeeping. By eliminating threats to peace, not by looking at them and wagging your finger.

Posted by tu3031 2003-06-13 11:36:28|| 2003-06-13 11:36:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "The increase in attacks against occupying forces comes despite - or possibly because of - a massive US operation aimed at eliminating what central command describes as "Ba'ath party loyalists"

The implication being if we had NOT gone looking for them they would have stayed at home playing parcheesi? I thought the whole point of this exercise was to find and eliminate these elements, in which case it would seem to be proceeding rather well.

Posted by Hodadenon 2003-06-13 13:40:47|| 2003-06-13 13:40:47|| Front Page Top

#4 The increase in attacks against occupying forces comes despite - or possibly because of - a massive US operation aimed at eliminating what central command describes as "Ba'ath party loyalists

You have to remember that this is an article in Al Guardian, one of the left-wing rags in the UK. Most Guardian reporters are anti-American, and all have zero knowledge of military operations. The Guardian's military coverage makes the NYT or WSJ coverage look professional, and neither (outside of the editorial pages) is particularly insightful.

Just check out the Guardians coverage of both the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns for a good laugh. The Economist, the know-it-all and self-important British news magazine recently published an article about how the war in Iraq isn't over yet.

That's like saying the WWII did not end with the German and Japanese surrenders. Of course there was mopping up to do among die-hards. Bands of Japanese soldiers cut off in isolated outposts continued attacking allied troops for years. German sniping continued for a while - the allies hunted down and secretly killed Nazi bitter-enders for years.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-06-13 16:18:31|| 2003-06-13 16:18:31|| Front Page Top

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