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2007-08-14 Iraq

US mounts major Iraq assault - Operation Phantom Strike

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "Your brothers in Baghdad are facing an unprecedented campaign of genocide carried out by militias and death squads under Iranian direction, planning, support and weaponry," said the statement, obtained by Agence France-Presse on Monday.

"By God, it is a war that started in Baghdad and will not stop there. It will engulf any place where Arabic is spoken.

"Use all means to stand up to Iran, as you are its next target. It is trying to occupy your Iraq, the Gulf and all your countries," it added.

Vitriolic? Mayhaps in the eye of beholder... but essentially, he nailed it down, except the pesky detail that Iran is funding sunni AQ too, as long as it serves its purposes.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-08-14 00:29|| 2007-08-14 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 do we know where there is a subsyantial amount of these Quds forces being barracked at? if so why not take all inscriptions off one of our cruise missilles so they can't be identified and hit the place. that way they can't show parts of the missile on al jizz and really knopw that it was us who did the bombing and we can say it must have been a work accident

Posted by sinse 2007-08-14 08:06|| 2007-08-14 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Or do the cruise missile thing accompanied by red, white and blue fireworks. "The world" will blame America and the Jews no matter what happens. If they will not love they might as well fear.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-08-14 09:17|| 2007-08-14 09:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Good.
Keep hitting 'em. No rest. No mercy.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-08-14 10:28|| 2007-08-14 10:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Maliki is becoming more and more of a problem. His patronizing of SHia is more important to him than the pacification and unification of Iraq.

I suggest we present Mr Maliki with gun-site photos of him, his wife, his adult children and his extended family. Just a little reminder to him that he has far more skin in this game than he believes he does.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-08-14 10:51|| 2007-08-14 10:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Just as long as Billy Zane isn't involved...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-08-14 11:24|| 2007-08-14 11:24|| Front Page Top

#7 About Maliki, just remember that most of what we hear about him has been filtered and spun by the MSM. This doesn't mean that there isn't any truth there, just that we should be cautious.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-08-14 13:26|| 2007-08-14 13:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Ah, the dreaded approachment of Ramadan. We, of course, in the interests of projecting our humanity and consideration to France and Germany and Italy, we will observe Ramadan by withholding further military operations as will our Iraqi compatriots. But AQI and the thuggish insurgents will not observe but will be honored with fake but accurate stories of thier revolution and bravery by the French, the Germans and the Italians.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-14 13:32|| 2007-08-14 13:32|| Front Page Top

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