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U.S. Plan for Fallujah Hits Snag
Washington Post ^ | May 2, 2004 | Rajiv Chandrasekaran and Scott Wilson

Posted on 05/02/2004 6:17:45 PM PDT by NCjim

Former Iraqi Soldiers Will Not Restore Order in Fallujah

The U.S. Marine plan to have former Iraqi soldiers restore order in Fallujah ran into trouble Sunday as the former Iraqi general heading the new force denied there were any foreign fighters in the city, calling into question his commitment to American military objectives. A few hours later, the top U.S. military commander said the general would not be allowed to lead the scores of armed men he already has mustered in the city.

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To: af_vet_1981
No, no, no. This is not possible. The lady from Ohio assured me this was all strategery ...

Well, if the gamble doesn't pay off we should go back to kicking their @$$es. Then lets see how long their little victory myth lasts.

81 posted on 05/02/2004 7:46:19 PM PDT by demlosers (John Kerry is an insult to gigolos everywhere.)
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
I must say, Kimmitt was just on live with Geraldo, he asked him the same general questions we are all asking here - he didn't clear up anything from what I heard.
82 posted on 05/02/2004 7:46:21 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: Common Tator
How about controling your fingers (mouth?!? ;-)
And typing something besides ad hominems?
83 posted on 05/02/2004 7:46:37 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Rumble Thee Forth...)
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To: jpsb
No kidding. I never would have guessed. Between the two of you it's a coin toss to figure out who can be more defeatist. I don't think anyone whose visited this site in the last month has ANY doubts where you two stand on our situation in Iraq.
84 posted on 05/02/2004 7:46:40 PM PDT by Rokke
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To: onyx
How fitting. Knock prayer. You are a real beaut.

Oh, I can just feel the love now.

85 posted on 05/02/2004 7:47:05 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
Then you've heard something about arming the Fallujah whatever Army? I'd like to nail that down.
86 posted on 05/02/2004 7:47:25 PM PDT by jpsb (Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
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To: Rokke
I don't think anyone whose visited this site in the last month has ANY doubts where you two stand on our situation in Iraq.

Yep, I'm for victory.

87 posted on 05/02/2004 7:47:38 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: Godfollow
from everything we've heard about this - this was not a deal brokered by the state department, its the military commanders on the ground who cobbled this one together.
88 posted on 05/02/2004 7:47:47 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: af_vet_1981
Oh, I can just feel the love now.





I hope you can.
Will pray for you.
89 posted on 05/02/2004 7:48:29 PM PDT by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
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To: jpsb
That leaves me radio and the internet and Dane

Excuse the semantics. You tend to believe the internet stories from CNN, ABC, Wash Post, etc.etc.

90 posted on 05/02/2004 7:48:49 PM PDT by Dane
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To: af_vet_1981
"Yep, I'm for victory"

For which side?

91 posted on 05/02/2004 7:49:35 PM PDT by Rokke
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To: Common Tator
I think you are ignorant and a huge loser who has never been in charge of anything except your mouth. Have you always been grossly stupid? Or did you have to take lessons?

The teacher is rather shy but your online behavior is common in adolescent males.

92 posted on 05/02/2004 7:49:39 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: colorado tanker
Read the numbers yourself. The All Americans were there for the better part of six months and suffered ONE KIA.

The Marines are there for less than two weeks and find themselves decisively engaging thousands of the 82nd Chairborne's friends and neighbors.

Even propaganda can be true.
93 posted on 05/02/2004 7:49:40 PM PDT by IGOTMINE ("By God, I pity those poor bastards we're going up against. By God I do.")
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To: Rokke
Perfect! :)
94 posted on 05/02/2004 7:50:20 PM PDT by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
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To: onyx
I hope you can. Will pray for you.

Honestly, all I've seen from your circle is hypocrisy. I don't think those prayers work.

95 posted on 05/02/2004 7:53:04 PM PDT by af_vet_1981
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To: Rokke
Well at least I am pleasant, admit mistakes, and try to stay on topic. I'm just not a kool-aid drinking bushbot. I just don't like that is happening to my Marine Corp in and around Fallujah. And neither should you.
96 posted on 05/02/2004 7:53:21 PM PDT by jpsb (Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
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To: NCjim
Either we ride into Fallujah and TAKE IT.
or
WE, get taken for a ride.

The gauntlet has been thrown down.

This Fallujah thing is like Gen. Santa Ana putting Sam Houston in charge of taking the Alamo!
97 posted on 05/02/2004 7:53:58 PM PDT by TomasUSMC
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To: NCjim
Sweet Jesus, when is Bush going to get a clue about them? How long is he going to pussyfoot around?

He is worried about rattling the teacups in Fallujah when he should order the whole cupboard smashed.
98 posted on 05/02/2004 7:54:37 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: af_vet_1981
Honestly, all I've seen from your circle is hypocrisy. I don't think those prayers work.






I'm sorry you feel that way,
but I'll keep praying.
Thomas Hamill of Mississippi escaped
his Iraqi captors today, and we had
a prayer thread for him...
99 posted on 05/02/2004 7:56:12 PM PDT by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
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To: Mind-numbed Robot
Flatten, tell them that the same will happen to all who harbor terrorists, let them rebuild, if they care to.
100 posted on 05/02/2004 7:58:31 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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