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2004-07-06 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Mercutio 2004-07-06 1:33:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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And the problem with that is?

Uh, that there isn't enough popcorn?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-06 2:11:29 PM|| 2004-07-06 2:11:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 This will be a problem for al Jazeera. What will they do when they are invited by their friends to watch an ambush of their buddies? These guys don't have the same restraint as the US military. Could be a win for us if the al Jazeera body count starts to rise.

Posted by RWV 2004-07-06 2:38:06 PM|| 2004-07-06 2:38:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Do not understimated Al-Jazeera. They will find an angle to blame the coming Iraqi/foreigners/martians deaths on the US.

Posted by Anonymous4617 2004-07-06 2:55:23 PM|| 2004-07-06 2:55:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 LH...that's funny.

Maybe we can get the "Jackass" MTV filmakers over there to catch it all.

Posted by anymouse 2004-07-06 3:11:24 PM|| 2004-07-06 3:11:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anyone willing to bet on these blokes hesitating about entering mosques while in pursuit of suspects?

[crickets chirping]

Didn't think so.

Posted by Zenster 2004-07-06 3:30:10 PM|| 2004-07-06 3:30:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Fallujah will be one of the big security issues that the new government will face. For Allawi's govt to survive, the factions (al Q, Saudi, Syrian, Iranian, ex Baathist, etc etc) will have to be neutralized and/or eliminated. This is going to be an awkward process. I hope that Allawi climbs on the steep learning curve and does not get thrown. He will have to deal with ammo dump mosques, and I imagine that there will be a lot of behind the scenes trades and such as the arabs do their business. I am cautiously optimistic. Al Jazeera needs some heat for the actions that they take. Again, something may come behind the scenes. If we took out some of those so-called cameramen, then it would be an anti-arab thing. If the new govt can handle it, then so much the better.

We must keep in mind that this transition to a secular or somewhat secular and independent Iraq is one tall order, and a success will reap great rewards for the US, as well as much of the world, whether they realize or admit it or not.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-06 4:01:18 PM|| 2004-07-06 4:01:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Let me see.... We back-off from Fallujah (knowing that the Jehadniks are there), but are still on the outskirts with 2 Marine Regiments and a M1 Battalion... Hmmmm. And now, Fallalujah in Jehad Central Station. It almost sounds like a trap.

Naw, Cowboys NEVER use traps against the bad guys, no?

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-07-06 5:04:06 PM|| 2004-07-06 5:04:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 There have been some confrontations between these groups, and it is feared that the various militant factions will be fighting each other before long.

Good. Instead of expending U.S. ammo killing sundry Fallujah terrorists, money can be saved by allowing them to kill each other off with their own bullets.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-07-06 5:06:44 PM|| 2004-07-06 5:06:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 http://www.violently-happy.net/musings/pix/revackbar.jpg ?

Posted by Anonymous4021 2004-07-06 5:08:55 PM|| 2004-07-06 5:08:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Suits me just fine,let the dogs rip each other apart.

Posted by Raptor 2004-07-06 5:42:48 PM|| 2004-07-06 5:42:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Anonymous4021....Dude, the mook needs a blackhat!!!

;)

Posted by anymouse 2004-07-06 7:06:58 PM|| 2004-07-06 7:06:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Naw, Cowboys NEVER use traps against the bad guys, no?

Not just cowboys...

Posted by Pappy 2004-07-06 11:42:48 PM|| 2004-07-06 11:42:48 PM|| Front Page Top

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