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2003-12-26 Iraq

Five Families Believed to Direct Attacks

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Posted by Steve White 2003-12-26 1:24:12 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Auja+MOAB=end of insurgency.
Unfortunately for us, the shortest path is not allowed. Ahh, well.

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-26 2:06:47 AM|| 2003-12-26 2:06:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Army of Steves -- Is LtCol Steve Russell filling a collateral billet as 4ID spinmeister, or is his regular post just by chance where it's at?

Another Army of Steves, off topic -- Steve Mirsky (Scientific American AntiGravity) reported on a petition advocating the study of Creationism in public schools. Opponents, noting the late Stephen Jay Gould ~~at least would have~~ said, "scientific truth is not decided by petition," filed one of their own, by nearly 300 scientists, all named Steve.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-26 2:08:14 AM|| 2003-12-26 2:08:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Major rant avoided but I loath Steven Jay Gould. He is almost as much of a fraud as Chomsky.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-26 4:32:45 AM|| 2003-12-26 4:32:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Anyone notice that WaPo seems to be taking a reasonable position on our work in Iraq versus the Al-NYTimes?

Posted by Jack is Back! 2003-12-26 4:34:15 AM|| 2003-12-26 4:34:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anon #3: well then you'll be pleased to learn he's dead.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-26 4:54:02 AM|| 2003-12-26 4:54:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I love the name of their new board showing the families/links/org chart a la the Mafioso: The Mongo Link

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-26 8:36:22 AM|| 2003-12-26 8:36:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The Five Families? That sounds familiar. Except they put Don Corleone in a hole instead of pulling him out of one. Uday and Qusay, however, did do a reasonable facsimile of Sonny's hit on the causeway.

Posted by tu3031 2003-12-26 8:45:06 AM|| 2003-12-26 8:45:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 don't you guys watch the news ? Katie says catching Saddam is just symbolic. Peter thinks it's just making the Iraqis sadder.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-12-26 11:26:49 AM|| 2003-12-26 11:26:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 So many Steves and they're so well organized. Not like the lazy slobs I hang with.

"Hey stand up straight over there!"

Katie has got grreat hair!

Posted by Lucky 2003-12-26 1:44:27 PM|| 2003-12-26 1:44:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I hereby nominate Katie Couric and Peter Jennings for President and Vice-president - of Liberia. At least there they can do no lasting damage.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-26 2:37:35 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-26 2:37:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Five families eh.... hmmmm.... we need to set up an ambush, maybe something in a barbershop or a parkling garage... wind this whole thing up before the middle of February. We'll need Sin@tr@ for this one.

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-26 8:55:48 PM|| 2003-12-26 8:55:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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