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2007-09-24 Iraq

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2007-09-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 thanks *not* for your usual Jihad Unspun crap, MS. It's not Page one, or anything else, IMNSHO

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-09-24 08:44|| 2007-09-24 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a useful reminder of just what the Mike Sylwesters of the world admire.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-24 08:47|| 2007-09-24 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 . . . Aqil fired all the rounds from his M16 American rifle which was found right next to him and all the twelve magazines he had in his possession were empty . . .

And, yet, he didn't hit anything!

Posted by Mike 2007-09-24 09:54|| 2007-09-24 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 until he reached Mosul...three months after the fall of Baghdad which makes him the oldest...of the Muhajireen [migrants,] if not the third oldest migrant to the land of Al Rafidayn, and the first of the Muhajireen and Al Ansar to carry arms...

because of the great number of martyrs, we do not sense the bitterness anymore;

It confirms that Aqil and Abdullah were were not exactly cannon fodder. More importantly, the bit above confirms they've noticed they're doing very badly in the little war they started, despite all the rhetoric and the popular head-chopping videos on YouTube and the endless flow of madrassa students and mosque brainwashees. Even cutting significantly into the original cadres, the ones who had actual training and experience in their responsibilities.

Mike S. dear, perhaps you could extract the key facts from the offensively flowery rhetoric? There are an awful lot of posts to get through -- not like the early days, and it took me two readings to find those bits. It takes a little more time, but I know how deeply you care about the war on terror going well. Thank you!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-24 10:37|| 2007-09-24 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Mike S: I'm going to join the request that JU posts be edited down. We know where they stand, and the flowery rhetoric, as TW correctly notes, gets in the way of the nugget of information, whatever it might be.

We edit almost all other posts to remove fluff and unrelated information. I ask you to do the same here. We mods don't have enough time in the day to do the editing for you, and the alternative is to just delete the posts.

Also, your hilited comments should NOT be italicized, and should NOT have a trailing open line. Thanks.

Steve White (moderator)

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2007-09-24 11:33|| 2007-09-24 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike S. dear, perhaps you could extract the key facts from the offensively flowery rhetoric?

That's asking a lot, trailing wife. What would be left?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-24 14:03|| 2007-09-24 14:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I managed to find some interesting nuggets in this one, Zenster, and in the others Mike S. posted, too.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-24 14:10|| 2007-09-24 14:10|| Front Page Top

#8 A distinct tribute to your eternal patience, trailing wife.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-24 15:04|| 2007-09-24 15:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Ever gallant, Zenster dear, but patient I am not. Patience takes waaay more energy than I have to spare these days. I just know that Mike Sylwester really, really cares about WoT stuff even if he does manage to rub some people the wrong way without intending to, so I went looking for what he thought was important enough to post the article.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-24 22:51|| 2007-09-24 22:51|| Front Page Top

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