March 22, 2006
Stranded, Caught in a Crossfire
Yesterday Rusty posted on the bad news that a police station in Iraq was overrun by the enemy. Police were killed and prisoners about 18 of whom were insurgents were released. Today Rusty shows us how they bragged. In fact they were feeling so damn good about it they got sloppy. US and Iraqi forces trapped them in a cross-fire and captured 50 of them.
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ABCNEWS : BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents attacked a police station Wednesday for a second day in a row, but U.S. and Iraqi forces captured 50 of them after a two-hour gunbattleÂ… Â…About 60 gunmen attacked the police station in Madain, south of Baghdad, with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles, said police Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammadawi. U.S. troops and a special Iraqi police unit responded, catching the insurgents in crossfire, he said.Hell Yeah, brave mujahadbeens forgot to fight to the death and were captured by infidel dogs, how humiliating.
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Fool me once....
Posted by: Rusty at March 22, 2006 11:39 AM (JQjhA)
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I had a feeling that an operation that big wasn't going to be able to melt into the countryside.
Posted by: ericj at March 22, 2006 12:09 PM (hrQvk)
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You mean that "Hailus" character is wrong, and the sky isn't falling? I think Bush is somehow at fault for this?
Well actually he's back to talking about a "stolen Election", so maybe he'll give us his new perspective, of how the U.S military is failing by capturing and killing Insurgents.
Posted by: davec at March 22, 2006 12:22 PM (CcXvt)
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I dunno but I find him less and less funny every day. Come on Hallius earn your keep. If you want to post your issues and postion here you must at least keep us somewhat entertained.
Posted by: Howie at March 22, 2006 12:31 PM (D3+20)
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Hailus doesn't know what he thinks. He hasn't communicated with his brain in some time. He's too busy shouting that the world is his oyster and something about rounding 'em up.
Posted by: Oyster at March 22, 2006 02:04 PM (g9UJq)
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I am always a bit more skeptical of good news than bad. No dead or only a few insurgents killed and 50 captured ? weapons reported recovered ? Doesn't this seem all unusual ? I tried to find out more, the New York Times said 146 were initially detained but most were immediately released after testing negative for explosives residue. This sounds more like an "arrest of the usual suspects" than a mass surrender of a large force caught in a crossfire.
Posted by: john Ryan at March 22, 2006 02:50 PM (TcoRJ)
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ER uh have you read instapundit today John? You can always depend on John to harsh your cool.
Posted by: Howie at March 22, 2006 02:53 PM (D3+20)
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Allah will not be happy. How will they ever get their 72 vigins?
Posted by: Leatherneck at March 22, 2006 03:13 PM (D2g/j)
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Uhh! What's that smell? Why, it's the scent of sulphur! Why I've been summoned back to the fiery pit to provide more enlightenment to my gathering flock of avid followers! Okay, well, let's just see what tommorrow brings. Maybe another news flash how we are kickin' their arses even as they are freeing more of their comrades from prisons? Then we'll go out and round 'em up again to save face and let most of them go 'cause geesh! the sniffers detected no explosives? ( That must have been because they were so careful to keep the explosives in a sealed urn in the prison lavatory ). Okay there you have it. Next?
Round 'em up rope 'em off and put someone with experience in charge who knows what he/she is doing. Someone who uses more brains than brawn and cheap " bring 'em on " rhetoric while posing in a Hollywood jumpsuit! Someone said that on this web-site and I must give that party the credit for such an accurate framing of this pathetic picture!
Posted by: Hailus at March 22, 2006 03:15 PM (Y2ILH)
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Halitosis :
Do any of your talking points get past the year 2005? So far we've heard the stolen election, now the "bring it on" and "jumpsuit" stories.
Gee talk about towing the party line, except yours is about two years past it's expiration date.
Posted by: dave at March 22, 2006 03:37 PM (CcXvt)
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Halitosis:
On your "Bring it on" talking point, let me ask you a quick question:
Out of all the interviews conducted at Abu Gharib, Gitmo, Afghanistan etc. which do you think is the most likely answer when terrorists or insurgents are asked "why do you fight?" :
"My religion commands that I fight any oppression against a fellow Muslim"
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"I was raising Alfalfa, and reading my Quran, living peacefully, then I heard on infidel TV the U.S President say "Bring it" so you know, I brought it!"
Posted by: davec at March 22, 2006 03:48 PM (CcXvt)
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Howie that is not a blog I read with any regularity. I did not see anything about this second attack on a police station. If you what you wanted to show me were the lefts (Ted Kennedy) incorrect ideas about US casualties yeah they were way off. In Gulf War I my own beliefs were that it was going to be MUCH more difficult than it was. I believed the hype about their G5 guns and the 4th largest army etc. But i realized that by Gulf War II that he didn't really have any defense left. OK but what about this most recent post ? Have you had a chance to read anymore articles about it ? What do you really think happened ? It doesn't sound like a mass surrender of a fairly large insurgent force to me. No crew served weapons seem to have been recovered. When analysis is colored by emotion ......
Posted by: john Ryan at March 22, 2006 03:50 PM (TcoRJ)
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Howie here is the link to the NYT story. I read other news stories but they just seemed to repeat the quote from Lt.Col Falah al Mohammedawi.http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/22/international/middleeast/22cnd-iraq.html?ex=1300683600&en=3ce65181146e30d1&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Posted by: john Ryan at March 22, 2006 04:02 PM (TcoRJ)
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Glad to hear the marines kicked some terrorist backside to the kerb, yet again.
Posted by: MathewK at March 22, 2006 04:07 PM (pVHqF)
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I tried to provide a link to the current Fox News story, but there was a "submission error, questionable content". The Fox News story reports that zero attackers were killed. ZERO ?? This is after a "two hour gun battle" while caught in a crossfire. This puts a new meaning, perhaps on Rusty's comment to this post, "fool me once" .
Posted by: john Ryan at March 22, 2006 05:07 PM (TcoRJ)
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A leader who seeks soley his own council is a dangerous man! Object lesson in progress!
Posted by: Thesaurus at March 22, 2006 06:45 PM (Y2ILH)
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Sure they did, no way did they just round up the nearest 50 people so they did not look like dummies, no siree.
Posted by: Sonic at March 22, 2006 07:03 PM (Gsn6c)
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I am always a bit more skeptical of good news than bad.
The media is counting on that. That's what sells their papers. Be skeptical of both and it's always a good idea to check other sources.
Posted by: Oyster at March 23, 2006 09:58 AM (g9UJq)
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That is 100% Oyster the first question one should think is "why is this person telling me this ?"
Posted by: john Ryan at March 27, 2006 09:39 AM (TcoRJ)
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