1 its good news alright.Al qaeda being wacked off is just a pleasure to hear. But what's happening in Iraq is just becoming mysterious day by day.. Just take the events which has happened from last year till date. How many suicide bombings have taken place.Where do these people come from.Ok we can blame the religions'fanctic ideology for that but still to motivate this much people there must be some answer for this. Also the news of threat of a civil war is the last thing one would like to know.In case it do happpen then it's just history.The whole region( not only Iraq ) will turn into chaos .That's for sure. It's just alarming!!!!

2 Must be a real bitch deleting contacts in your PDA all the time.

3 Hellooo? Abu is dat you? Why are you screaming... what? The Infidels are pooting at you? Why would they poot on you Abu? What? I can't hear you......Abu, are you watching TV again? Send Kelp? Whats this Kelp you speak of? Azzami, calm down. Have a chicklette. Breath deep. Why you gurgling? Are you drinking? Abu? Abu? Click

4 Rocker is obviously off his rocker. Appropriate name, troll!

5 Ahhhh Abu Welcome to Hell. Let me show you around. This is the fire that will burn you for eternity...yes Abu, just like the commercial. Eternity for men... like you Abu. But, this one smells like sulfur. Nice eh? Okay thats the fire... what else.. oh yes, JFK... met Abu. Abu, JFK. Ohhhh Abu, I want you to meet Mohammad! Yes, your entire belief system was a lie. Mohammad here was a pimp and a child molestor. He has been with us for quite some time. He runs the knitting club when he is not being ass raped by wild chimps. Abu, why so depressed? I thought you liked pain and suffering since you delivered it on to so many. Abu?

6 It shouldn't be too long before they get Porkawi, since to remain effective he must stay close to the action and actively communicate with his minions.

7 hope they catch him alive not dead.... this guy being skinned alive would be a pretty sight!!!! (if he exist though..)

8 Maximus, One wonders why Bill Gates provided computers to every public library in the land. It was a real disservice as it gives people with little or no intelligence access to the internet.

9 LIVE BY THE SWORD DIE BY THE SWORD Nuff said

10 Another one of Michael Moore's minutemen eats it.

11 the big twinky????

12 The MATH The MATH are we killing more alQueda than are joining? Can the number 2 be replaced ? Will the next number 2 be more or less competent than the one who died? Let's try and have some critical analysis of what is happening. Not just box scores innning by inning. And MATH.... gotta do the MATH. 250 billions spent (so far) divided by number of Iraqis 25millions equals 10,000 dollars per Iraqi. Average Iraqi household equals 7 THAT"S TOO MUCH 70,000dollars per family. AND IT COST $100 to fill my van's gas tank.

13 poor John Spare use the MATH. Just be honest and tell us you don't give a damn about "the average Iraqi" (the ones taking the brunt of violence). Tell us cut and run is fine with you regardless of the circumstances. Tell us that those who have made the sacifices - well, it's their problem, not yours. Be honest John - tell us we can pull a sheet over our heads and be safe from events in the world. tell us what's really important - oops you did - 100.00 for your gas tank. Let's see - part of these recent increases is due to events from Katrina/Rita. maybe we should get out of Louisianna and Texas too - it's not your problem or concern.

14 Quothe john Ryan: "The MATH The MATH" AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!! THE MATH IS EVERYWHERE!!! IT'S ATTACKING ME!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! "...are we killing more alQueda than are joining?" That's the wrong question. The proper question would be "do we have enough ammo for one billion muslims?" "Can the number 2 be replaced?" Of course he can, but not likely by anyone with his leadership ability. The whole point of killing the leadership is to weaken the organization. It doesn't matter how many jihadis there are, as long as we keep killing their leaders. Those with the brains, (a rare and precious thing among muslims), might think twice about taking a promotion if the top jobs have a turnover rate that makes fast food employees look like career people. "Will the next number 2 be more or less competent than the one who died?" Not likely. See above. "Let's try and have some critical analysis of what is happening." Okay, here goes: We're killing them in droves, and their leadership can't sleep twice in the same bed. They can't use phones or computers with any confidence of safety. Their best tactics are to murder civilians and blow up new recruits. "Not just box scores innning by inning." Scores are kept for a reason. "And MATH.... gotta do the MATH. 250 billions spent (so far) divided by number of Iraqis 25millions equals 10,000 dollars per Iraqi." Which would make sense if we were trying to kill them all as economically as possible. "Average Iraqi household equals 7 THAT"S TOO MUCH 70,000dollars per family." Yeah, given ammo at $.10 per round, it should cost less than a dollar to kill an entire family, but then THAT'S NOT WHAT WERE DOING MORON. So, are you just too stupid, or too dishonest to see that? "AND IT COST $100 to fill my van's gas tank." What are you saying? Do you think we should find a way to sqeeze gas out of Iraqis? Maybe you should buy a smaller car. My Nissan truck gets 25 MPG, what does your big-hawg road warrior van get?

15 Thanks IM I needed that.

16 [BOW-FLOURISH]My pleasure.[/BOW-FLOURISH]

17 OK do we have enough ammo for a billion MUslims? Can't really say but sure have used a lot in Iraq so far. "Scores are kept for a reason, we are killing them in droves" Isee no indication that the number of insurgents are decreasing. Again our casualty rate is subsyanially higher than one year ago. #2 ???? Insurgents seem to be able to replace leaders about as easily as drug cartels. We got Pablo Escobar but it did't seem to slow the cocaine smuggling down. We seem to be killing off alZauiri's "top lieutenant" every 3 months or so, maybe the quality is going down, but our casualty rate does not seem to reflct it. I think you missed the point I was trying to make about the cost. The 70,000 dollars is not the cost of killing an Iraqi that is what the cost of bringing them democracy has been so far per family I believe the cost of killing an insurgent is closer to 10 million dollars. That would be 250 billions divided by 25,000 the number of insurgents killed so far. My Ford van, 1997, is rated at 20mpg but it gets only about 16. I guess you were smarter than me, buying the Jap truck. But my Dad who fought them in the South Pacific never had much good to say about them, I think he probably bought the last TV made in the USA. As for getting a car, afraid my tools would have a hard time fitting into one, but if gas hits $5.00 I might have to put them in a wheelbarrow.

18 poor john How can anyone say so much and say so little at the same time. You bitch (and personalize it to your material needs) yet offer not one single solution or idea otherwise. If you want to cut and run & give up regardless of any circumstances - then say so! Show some courage - whining isn't courage or a bold stance.

19 Don't wanna scare anyone, but I don't think there will be enough bullets to anihilate the insurgency... http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314944.ece

20 john ryan said: "OK do we have enough ammo for a billion MUslims? Can't really say but sure have used a lot in Iraq so far." Yet we still have more, but we should only need enough to kill off the stupidest 10% or so, and hopefully the rest will get the message, but if not, we can always make more. "I see no indication that the number of insurgents are decreasing." Their operations are confined to only four provinces out of eighteen now. If they didn't have the Saudis financing them, they'd be SOL soon. "Again our casualty rate is subsyanially higher than one year ago." And yet still very, very small compared to previous operations of this scale. Just because we live in a remote-control, drive-through, microwave instant popcorn culture doesn't mean the real world works like that. Wars kill people, and thus should be avoided, but when unavoidable, should be conducted as cleanly as possible. Like this one. "#2 ???? Insurgents seem to be able to replace leaders about as easily as drug cartels." Oh sure, leaders are easy to replace, but putting a guy in charge doesn't mean he's a real leader. The best and brightest rise to lead, but if we're killing them as soon as they pop up, pretty soon their "best and brightest" won't be much to brag about. Kinda like now. Zarqawi's leadership ability consists mainly of creating and disseminating propaganda, and hiding under rocks. "We got Pablo Escobar but it did't seem to slow the cocaine smuggling down." Because cocaine is a high-demand commodity with a huge market value, making the reward worth the risk. Jihad is several orders of magnitude more dangerous than drug smuggling, and the vast majority of young muslims aren't too interested, because they still seem to be here. "We seem to be killing off alZauiri's "top lieutenant" every 3 months or so, maybe the quality is going down, but our casualty rate does not seem to reflct it." That's because the style of warfare they are conducting takes little brainpower and lots of determination. What does take brainpower though, is not getting caught. According to body counts, which aren't released publicly and must be found by indirect means, we're cornering them like rats on a daily basis, often because of tips given by Iraqi citizens who want to see the terrorists killed. In Tal Afar the people pointed out the terrorists' hiding places, and dozens were killed. We're losing ones and twos, they're losing dozens. It's a war of attrition, and we're winning. "I think you missed the point I was trying to make about the cost. The 70,000 dollars is not the cost of killing an Iraqi that is what the cost of bringing them democracy has been so far per family I believe the cost of killing an insurgent is closer to 10 million dollars. That would be 250 billions divided by 25,000 the number of insurgents killed so far." Should we have sat out WW2 because it was too expensive? "My Ford van, 1997, is rated at 20mpg but it gets only about 16. I guess you were smarter than me, buying the Jap truck. But my Dad who fought them in the South Pacific never had much good to say about them, I think he probably bought the last TV made in the USA." Nissan trucks are made in Tennessee, but I understand your dad's point. "As for getting a car, afraid my tools would have a hard time fitting into one, but if gas hits $5.00 I might have to put them in a wheelbarrow." Get a diesel truck and burn biodiesel, which you can make at home for about $.60 a gallon from restaurant waste oil.

21 HE,S DEAD JIM

22 100 watts, You didn't scare anyone. And me and my fellow Americans have several billion rounds stockpiled if the Marines need to borrow any. Hell, I'll give them my 25,000 rounds.

23 NO 100 WATTS: Wanna bet?

24 The MATH The MATH are we killing more alQueda than are joining? Quite obviously, yes indeed we are. If recent stories are true, they've been reduced to "recruiting" via kidnapping and drugging, and now they're reduced to using women (this is a major "dissing" of the local tango menfolk's macho). The well must be running dry else we wouldn't be seeing these desperate moves. This is like when Hitler threw the geriatric home guard and Hitler youth into the lines.