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2004-03-21 Iraq-Jordan

Patriotic Iraqis taking things into their own hands

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Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2004-03-21 1:12:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The "Baygon" Brigade? Or more of a "no prisoners" kinda black flag? We'll see who turns up dead, I guess. I agree vigelantes are not a good thing, in general, but the frustration index there must be pretty high.

Posted by mojo 2004-3-21 1:49:01 AM|| 2004-3-21 1:49:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like they're just trying to prevent car bombs from going off in their neighborhoods. If they organize this right, in the manner of the posses of the old West, it could be a good thing for the eradication of the terrorists living among them.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-3-21 2:28:00 AM|| 2004-3-21 2:28:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Home defense is every man's right. Arabs are incredible drama queens so I'm not surprised that this is their "solution", as opposed to cooperating with the police. Of course, the odds are fairly good the police are riddled with people of questionable loyalties. It's possible that in some areas this is their only means of dealing with the killers who have targeted them.

Time will tell if they are what they claim - or a new problem, such as some self-styled Arab mafia.

Posted by .com 2004-3-21 5:43:44 AM|| 2004-3-21 5:43:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The investigation of the Mt Lebanon hotel bombing may uncover some link between the Islamists and sympathizers at Al J or Al Arabiya.

It will hard to keep the black flags in order after that happens.

Posted by mhw 2004-3-21 8:30:54 AM|| 2004-3-21 8:30:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Hell, if you want something done, do it yourself. I bet if these guys went in to Coalition HQ with a detailed map of Ba'ath and AQ members, positions, loyalties, and arms caches, it would either be rejected as unreliable, or only acted on after several bombs went off, killing the informers.

Posted by gromky 2004-3-21 11:07:44 PM|| 2004-3-21 11:07:44 PM|| Front Page Top

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