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2007-06-30 Iraq

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-06-30 12:19|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Mahdi Army

#1 When a non-Muslim (Bill Roggio) writes about the same event:

"Multinational Forces Iraq is pressing on with operations against the Iranian backed Secret Cells of the Qazali Network. Coalition forces conducted two major raids inside Sadr City against the Qazali Network early Saturday morning. After encountering heavy resistance during both operations, which included significant small arms fire and multiple improvised explosive device (IED) attacks and attacks with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), Coalition forces counterattacked with armored vehicles. Twenty-six Secret Cell members were killed and 17 captured.

This follows a raid inside Sadr City on June 29 against the same network."

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-06-30 15:42|| 2007-06-30 15:42|| Front Page Top

#2 By HAMID AHMED, Associated Press Writer
Only Muslims now write for the AP?

Local stringers, perhaps? The kind who used to get their salaries from Saddam Hussein?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-30 16:01|| 2007-06-30 16:01|| Front Page Top

#3 'Hamid' is a Shi'ite name, if I remember correctly.

Posted by Pappy 2007-06-30 16:59|| 2007-06-30 16:59|| Front Page Top

#4 We need to do one other thing: gather the corpse, ID them then burn them quickly in a bonfire at the landfill. No more gunsex funerals. You fight us, you die - and you die fighting us, you get burned in the dump with the other trash. No martyrs funeral for you.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-06-30 17:18|| 2007-06-30 17:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki condemned the raids and demanded an explanation for the assault into a district where he has barred U.S. operations in the past

Easy to do that when you know you won't get bitten by them, isn't it, Maliki? But if you were cooperating better, things would probably be about over by now, your countriy's infrastructure would be rebuilt properly, and you'd be a hero, you moron. And you'd be at the top of the heap. Oh well. When US forces pull out, you'll be in a boatload of trouble, but you probably don't have the brains to realize that it's because of your counterproductive actions. We need somone with some balls and foresight at the helm. Heck, even if you didn't have balls you wouldn't need them if you had any foresight!

Posted by gorb 2007-06-30 17:29|| 2007-06-30 17:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Hell, I only read AFP anymore. Ain't life weird?

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-30 18:59|| 2007-06-30 18:59|| Front Page Top

#7 How about taking a page from history, OldSpook?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-06-30 22:18|| 2007-06-30 22:18|| Front Page Top

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