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2007-08-13 Iraq

Coalition Forces Kill An Estimated Three-to-Five Terrorists, Detain 13

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Mahdi Army

#1 unhelpful foreign influences

Gotta love LTC Garver's choice of words. I met him only briefly as I was about to ship out, but he did seem like a cool customer.

This and the helo story above seem to confirm that the ROEs have become more reasonable. Seems (seems, as we rarely have a full picture) that there is far less messing around now. Good.

Saw some remark Amb. Crocker made to the effect that IGRC would not be safe - anywhere - if they continued to meddle in Iraq. Only rubs a bit of salt in the wound - why didn't Zal say that back in early '06?

There's a cold, calculating, analytically sound basis for being aggressive with Iran. It's not emotional. They've paid little to no price for decades of warfare on us and our allies. They've paid no price until recently for their expansion of that war to Iraq. It's been insane to allow this to continue. How long until we get a memoir (a real one, not the tendentious and generally uninformative crap that's been coming out in recent years from Beltway types) that allows us to know whether the administration has even been discussing the response to Iran's meddling in Iraq? Sure there public statements (remember Syria being warned as well) - but it's been hard to see any follow-up until the Irbil snatch back in January.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-08-13 00:49|| 2007-08-13 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Coalition Forces Kill An Estimated Three-to-Five Terrorists,
Did they find parts for more than three but not sure of enough parts for 5?

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-08-13 16:02|| 2007-08-13 16:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Transl.: Three kills confirmed, other two crawled off somewhere, but from the circling of vulchers in the distance conclusions can be formed.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-13 16:16|| 2007-08-13 16:16|| Front Page Top

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