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Karbala now under US Control
Sky News

Posted on 04/06/2003 12:48:22 PM PDT by StopDemocratsDotCom

According to CENTCOM..


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: iraqifreedom; viceisclosing; warlist
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1 posted on 04/06/2003 12:48:22 PM PDT by StopDemocratsDotCom
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
Cut off the arms and legs (Karbala, Basra, etc.) and throw a noose around the head (Baghdad) and this thing will be over in a few weeks.
2 posted on 04/06/2003 12:53:43 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
Also, the escape routes to Tikrit have apparently been sealed off as well. If Saddam is still alive and in Baghdad, it's almost time to start flushing him out of his hole.

3 posted on 04/06/2003 12:55:43 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (California wine beats French wine in blind taste tests. Boycott French wine.)
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To: SamAdams76
I am deeply saddened that the Operational pause ended. deeply.
4 posted on 04/06/2003 12:56:45 PM PDT by dogbyte12
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To: SamAdams76
"If Saddam is still alive and in Baghdad, it's almost time to start flushing him out of his hole."

Oh, let's not flush him. Let's just pour water down into the bunker and drown him - slowly though, very slowly.

5 posted on 04/06/2003 12:59:38 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: dogbyte12
I am deeply saddened that the Operational pause ended. deeply.

I feel bad about poor old quagmire.

6 posted on 04/06/2003 1:02:21 PM PDT by xJones
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
all your Karbala ...
7 posted on 04/06/2003 1:09:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (Let's Roll)
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To: dogbyte12
Said Daschle, "I am deeply Saddamed by all this."
8 posted on 04/06/2003 1:11:56 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise
Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf denied US reports that the city of Kerbala fell to coalition troops.  He said stiff resistance from Iraqi republican guards had crushed the advancing US army.  (AP Photo/APTN)
- Apr 06 10:38 AM ET

9 posted on 04/06/2003 1:18:58 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (Let's Roll)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Iraqi republican guards had crushed the advancing US army...

In other news, Berlin announced that Normandy invaders have been thrown back into the sea, and Syrian troops are dancing in Tel Aviv.

10 posted on 04/06/2003 1:26:19 PM PDT by Starrgaizr
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To: af_vet_rr
...and this thing will be over in a few weeks

History is loaded with promises of quick wars and minimal bloodshed. While it is true that our troops are performing splendidly (as expected), US casualties have been -- thankfully -- almost unbelievably low, and that we may soon see a new government installed in Iraq (perhaps within a week), I would caution against predictions of a quick end to things.

I think we will see a long-term (i.e., permanent) US presence as "peacekeepers", which will make them targets for car bombs, suicide bombers, snipers, and any other sort of dirty tricks those ragheads can dream of. It will be like installing a lightning rod for terrorism.

There have been dicussions bandied about as to how long the US has to maintain a presence to see something like democracy installed. I think the most coherent answer to date has been, "As long as it takes."

My personal misgivings about the US role in all this stem from precisely that: I fear another expensive (both in terms of lives lost and money) expenditure of US resources with no end in sight.

It is nowhere near over.

11 posted on 04/06/2003 1:32:16 PM PDT by Cacophonous
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom
I have been waiting for Karballa to go Kbalooee
12 posted on 04/06/2003 1:32:32 PM PDT by WKB
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To: Cacophonous
It is true but we did not pick this fight. We did nothing over the last 10 years from Terrorists attacking us with the exception of 9/11. It is time to end this no matter how long it takes because if we don't, it will not be a question as to how long but never ending.
13 posted on 04/06/2003 1:47:30 PM PDT by Two-Bits (God Bless our Country, Our Military and their families, and President Bush!!!!!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All
OK.....follow the link in #9. Look at the ever-defiant and soon-to-be-gone Info Minister.....then let your eyes roam to the left of his picture.

TOOOOOO FUNNY!
14 posted on 04/06/2003 1:47:57 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Cacophonous
Is that you Pat?
15 posted on 04/06/2003 1:49:08 PM PDT by cksharks
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To: Cacophonous
"I think we will see a long-term (i.e., permanent) US presence as "peacekeepers", which will make them targets for car bombs, suicide bombers, snipers, and any other sort of dirty tricks those ragheads can dream of. It will be like installing a lightning rod for terrorism."

Given that neither of us knows, just let me say that I rather doubt that this will be the case. Terrorism such as you say you expect generally has to be supported by a populace friendly to that terrorism and willing to shelter and encourage it. But so much of Iraq's population has seen Saddam's dictatorship's brutality for so many years, that I don't think there will be general, lingering illwill toward the U.S. and the Brits. I believe that, as soon as the population is sure Saddam is indeed either dead or, at very least, permanently imprisoned (and dead would be better), then we will see considerable support for the U.S. and Brits. That sort of outcome will not support terrorism against us except for possibly a very few, isolated occurances.

My guess is that many, many more Iraqis will be far more inclined to search out and kill ex-Saddam henchmen and prison personnel than will want to harm us.

16 posted on 04/06/2003 1:50:29 PM PDT by Irene Adler
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To: Brad's Gramma
Gotcha!
17 posted on 04/06/2003 1:51:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (Let's Roll)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
A pictures speaks a thousand words.

Listen to the yahoo, or look at the pics.

HAHAHAHAHAHHA
18 posted on 04/06/2003 1:53:00 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Here's a good one from that slideshow at your link. Thanks . . .

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A U.S. soldier from 2nd Battalion, 70 Armor destroys a portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in the town of Kerbala 70 miles southwest of Baghdad, April 5, 2003. Moving street to street, U.S. troops pushed into the center of Kerbala on April 6, after fierce battles with Iraqi paramilitaries threatening U.S. supply lines north to Baghdad. (Peter Andrews/Reuters)

19 posted on 04/06/2003 1:53:12 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
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To: StopDemocratsDotCom

Baghdad Bob says
"U.S. Forces are not in Baghdad...er...wait a minute."


20 posted on 04/06/2003 1:57:42 PM PDT by Justice
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