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2005-09-12 Iraq-Jordan

Zarqawi Web post decries insurgent sweep

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Posted by Captain America 2005-09-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What a wanker.

Posted by Homer from London 2005-09-12 02:25|| 2005-09-12 02:25|| Front Page Top

#2 i 2nd that !

Posted by Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World 2005-09-12 02:29|| 2005-09-12 02:29|| Front Page Top

#3 but the Americans have consistently denied using poison gas in warfare.

That's because we learned a long time ago how indiscriminate gas is. Ask the sheep at Dugway.

make them taste the horrors of the battle

Really? Would that be by running away, of just blowing up people indiscrimately? Ironic, isn't it? Suicide bombers are just like poison gas!

Posted by Bobby 2005-09-12 07:26|| 2005-09-12 07:26|| Front Page Top

#4 The al-Qaida leader in Iraq ... urged his fighters to prepare for a "final" battle...

Zark, of course will be behind his men during this "final battle" ... Way Behind.

Posted by Omort Gloluse2712 2005-09-12 07:36|| 2005-09-12 07:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Zark's title being "The Hindmost"!

Posted by 3dc 2005-09-12 08:32|| 2005-09-12 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Just when we all thought that 'Baghdad Bob' had retired he gets another ghost writing gig.

Posted by GK 2005-09-12 09:31|| 2005-09-12 09:31|| Front Page Top

#7 "I would hope to be with you on this final assault, BUT THEY NEED ME HERE. However, I will be some 5,000 yards away, observing through heavy lenses." [/Jonathan Winters]

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-09-12 11:19|| 2005-09-12 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Well, if Zarqawi isn't available for front line command duty in the final battle, maybe Mike Moore is.

Posted by mhw 2005-09-12 11:32|| 2005-09-12 11:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Clearly this is to put the bad guys on the defensive in preparation of the upcoming elections. If can keep herding them into towns killing them becomes much easier. I like the way the Iraqi forces are talked up, whether true or not it will have a good affect on our side and on theirs. I really hope that after the battle they find the charred and badly shot up remains of this scumbag and his associates.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-12 11:47|| 2005-09-12 11:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Horrors of battle? Where? How much? Do you have to be alive to play?

Posted by Georgie P 2005-09-12 13:11|| 2005-09-12 13:11|| Front Page Top

#11 "Now the freaks are on television, the freaks are in the movies. And it's no longer the sideshow, it's the whole show. The colorful circus and the clowns and the elephants, for all intents and purposes, are gone, and we're dealing only with the freaks."

/JW

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-12 13:37|| 2005-09-12 13:37|| Front Page Top

#12 You notice it's always the top two or three percent that get to escape, while the cannon-fodder are killed and captured. Wonder when the cannon-fodder are going to figure this out, and turn on their bosses...

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2005-09-12 15:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-09-12 15:02|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, first they'd need to figure out that their bosses ain't doing them any favors by sending 'em out to be slaughtered, OP...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-09-12 15:33|| 2005-09-12 15:33|| Front Page Top

#14 The man on the audio recording urged his fighters to...show no kindness to the Americans

Our boys are sure gonna miss that famous mooj hospitality. No more falafel handouts, full body massages, group hugs or kumbaya song circles. Things will be a lot tougher from here on out. We have been warned.

Posted by Baba Tutu 2005-09-12 16:33|| 2005-09-12 16:33|| Front Page Top

#15 http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=745

US forces in Iraq and Baghdad threatened with a chemical attack unless they halt Tal Afar offensive in 24 hours.

September 11, 2005, 4:01 PM (GMT+02:00)

The threat was issued by the âOrganization of the Victoriousâ linked to Abu Musab al Zarqawi. The chemical agent was described as self-produced by the group. The statement was released at the same moment as the Ground Zero ceremony was held in commemoration of the victims of al Qaedaâs attacks on New York and Washington four years ago.

The US military reports 141 terrorists killed in Tal Afar and 211 captured with arms caches since the offensive was launched by thousands of troops at the end of the August. They expect it to be over by Sept. 15

I'd say this Op might be hurting them good?

Posted by Anon4021 2005-09-12 17:01|| 2005-09-12 17:01|| Front Page Top

#16 Zark, of course will be behind his men during this "final battle" ... Way Behind = gas attack?

Coincidence?

Posted by Captain America 2005-09-12 17:35|| 2005-09-12 17:35|| Front Page Top

#17 they'd need to figure out that their bosses ain't doing them any favors by sending 'em out to be slaughtered

How are they to figure out anything if they've already been slaughtered? I'd always heard that dead people don't think so good. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-09-12 20:12|| 2005-09-12 20:12|| Front Page Top

#18

Only a Dumb Ass would believe him.

Posted by Shelet Jaiting1602 2005-09-12 21:00|| 2005-09-12 21:00|| Front Page Top

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