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The problem here is that we have to win the support of the Iraqi people who are vicitims of this violence also, while retaliating against the fanatic thugs responsible for this. An independent, stable Iraq would be a good staging area for attacks on radical Islamic states like Iran and Syria and Saudi Arabia - and they know it. Which is probably the reason theyare supporting this violence surreptitiously.

We should take our gloves off when dealing with specific attackers. Not ONE single Talibalist or terrorist in Iraq has been tried and executed. Not one single detainee in Guantanmo Bay. This should be done immediately. Our failure to do so has been interpreted as weakness by individual Muslims. Those found guilty of terrorist attacks or assisting Saddam in his regime of horror should be publicly beheaded al a Saudi style and their bodies put out on display before burial in Islamic manner. Most Islamic states and people respect strenght and only believe what they can see for tehmselves. Remember the need to display Saddam's sons bodies before the Iraqis believed it??

[eyespysomething]

If the average civilian is more scared of being killed by coalition forces than "insurgents" then they will co-operate more with the coalition and stop more of this kind of crap.

Take the gloves off bump!

Oh, and also get some body armor for our guys.