May 26, 2005

Iraq unveils massive security offensive

I sense a major terrorist insurgent dirtbag a$$woopin imminent.....

Iraq's government will pour tens of thousands of Iraqi troops into Baghdad in an unprecedented operation to seal off the city and hunt insurgents who have launched a fresh wave of violence, ministers said on Thursday.

Defense Minister Sadoun al-Dulaimi said 40,000 Iraqi troops would be deployed in Baghdad for Operation Thunder, the biggest Iraqi military operation since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Backed by the 10,000 U.S. troops in Baghdad, they will set up hundreds of checkpoints and block roads into the capital.

The dramatic rise in suicide bombings and ambushes by mostly Sunni Arab guerrillas has killed more than 600 Iraqis in the last four weeks and raised fears that Iraq could slide toward civil war if the Shi'ite-led government does not deliver on pledges of stability.

We shall not leave any place for terrorists or those who shelter them and incite terrorism in Iraq," Dulaimi said. "We will stand against all those who try to shed Iraqi blood ... We will implement the law with everything we've got."

Traderrob

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1 Awesome-o!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at May 26, 2005 11:39 AM (JQjhA)

2 Let's rock!

Posted by: Oyster at May 26, 2005 11:56 AM (fl6E1)

3 I see dead people!

Posted by: greg at May 26, 2005 12:02 PM (/+dAV)

4 Now you see dead people? Get your head out of your ass once in a while and you would have seen the 600 or so dead at the hands of the 'insurgants'. Of course, those don't count, do they greg? I am glad to see the Iraqi's taking the lead in this. That in itself is a good sign.

Posted by: Defense Guy at May 26, 2005 12:06 PM (jPCiN)

5 I've never heard of armies announcing battle plans AHEAD of time before.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 26, 2005 12:09 PM (x+5JB)

6 That's what I thought, but this is less a military action than it is a police action.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at May 26, 2005 01:12 PM (JQjhA)

7 Actually it appears to have elements of both. Also the announcement could have more to do with psy-ops and flushing the buggers out than informing the public.

Posted by: traderrob at May 26, 2005 01:30 PM (3al54)

8 I see dead people /whisper

Posted by: greg at May 26, 2005 02:12 PM (/+dAV)

9 Ya know.... It would probably work a little better if they didn't advertise the damn thing so much. Christ, if the Libertarian party had this much media foreplay, they would have received at least another 3 votes.

Posted by: elliott at May 26, 2005 03:40 PM (XlQVK)

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