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US troops kill 46 Iraqis trying to ambush them in central Iraq
Nov. 30, 2003

Posted on 11/30/2003 12:47:38 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl

FN Alert:
 
Banner: US forces kill 46 Iraqis trying to ambush them in central Iraq.
 
Steve Centanni: 46 Iraqis were killed and 8 others were taken captive.
 
 
 

Across wire:

4th Infantry Division repelled multiple ambush attacks, at least 18 Iraqi attackers, 5 US soldiers were wounded. No reported deaths.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 4thid; captured; deadiraqisoldiers; enemy; fedayeen; goodnews; iraq; jihadnextdoor; killed; samarra; samarraattack
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To: HardStarboard
What's 46 times 72?

A real busy day at the office:


301 posted on 11/30/2003 2:43:33 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: night reader
Amen brother ~ !!

We're you born into the LDS or converted?
302 posted on 11/30/2003 2:44:21 PM PST by blackie
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To: McGavin999
I hear you...I told Mike when he was home that I didn't care if we bombed them back to the stone ages, Mike's reply *that wouldn't hurt them, they never progessed past the stone age*....
303 posted on 11/30/2003 2:44:36 PM PST by mystery-ak (GodSpeed, Mike.c)
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To: Dog
Tomorrow they will be innocent VICTIMS!!!

Prairie
304 posted on 11/30/2003 2:45:31 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The President flew in to visit our troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving!! That folks, is being a leader.)
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To: prairiebreeze
Tomorrow they will be women, children and the elderly.
305 posted on 11/30/2003 2:46:12 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: prairiebreeze
MSNBC headlines them "alleged guerillas"

ABC: Iraqis, although the article says they had Fedayeen uniforms.

CBS: parroting ABC

Reuters: Iraqi's and "attackers". They do mention Fedayeen

BBC: "US kills dozens in Iraqi City" ...I kid you not! Calls them "militants"...Like the Pali's I suppose.

archynews: *Saddam's Elite Democratic Guard*....

It'll be interesting to see what the Russian World News Service calls them in tonights broadcast....

-archy-/-

306 posted on 11/30/2003 2:46:53 PM PST by archy (Angiloj! Mia kusenveturilo estas plena da angiloj!)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
US troops kill 46 Iraqis Terrorists

Good.

307 posted on 11/30/2003 2:46:56 PM PST by ppaul
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To: nicmarlo
When we went into Afghanistan....we treated the Taliban as POWS.....but not the AQ we caught. We have classified this group as terrorists...so they might not get that status.
308 posted on 11/30/2003 2:46:59 PM PST by Dog
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To: mystery-ak
I may have misread your questions about the two convoys, wondering which had the money. According to Steve Centanni, 4th Infantry Division officials said that the enemies set up a road block for one of the convoys ~ he didn't specify the east or west convoy ~ then attacked the convoy from the roof of nearby buildings. I think Steve said that both convoys responded, so I'm assuming they communicated as soon as the one convoy approached the roadblock, and they both responded to the enemy at roughly the same time.

No matter how fancy the weapons, or pajamas, if you don't have the heart, courage and training, it's a suicide mission against US troops.

Give that hubby of yours a big thanks from Florida.

309 posted on 11/30/2003 2:48:37 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
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To: nicmarlo
Yikes, I just re-read Article 4...don't tell Dog.
310 posted on 11/30/2003 2:48:51 PM PST by mystery-ak (GodSpeed, Mike.)
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To: mystery-ak
Was I right??
311 posted on 11/30/2003 2:49:58 PM PST by Dog
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To: Dog; mystery-ak
they might not get that status

That's very good to hear (and, too late, ma, I already told him, lol).

312 posted on 11/30/2003 2:51:04 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
"(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; (c) that of carrying arms openly; (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war. "

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The Fedayeen do NOT fit these criteria. PERIOD.

313 posted on 11/30/2003 2:51:54 PM PST by FairOpinion
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To: Dog
Go read Article 4 and tell me what you think?
314 posted on 11/30/2003 2:53:05 PM PST by mystery-ak (GodSpeed, Mike.)
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To: FairOpinion
especially this one: that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
315 posted on 11/30/2003 2:53:39 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: FairOpinion
All the other Fedayeen captured to date have been classified as irregulars. Why do the democrats think their status should change now?
316 posted on 11/30/2003 2:53:51 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: prairiebreeze
BBC: "US kills dozens in Iraqi City" ...I kid you not! Calls them "militants".

ROTFL! Mainstream press sides with Saddam and terrorists. They are making it very easy to choose who to trust re. the news, aren't they?

317 posted on 11/30/2003 2:54:51 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Having Hillary around does tend to ruin Thanksgiving dinner, which would explain the bad mood our troops were in when they got ambushed. Anyways, you've made my day with this story :).

Unfortunately, given the Fedayeen's track record, I'd look for them to get scared off of attacking our guys, and switch to hitting more civilians. Such is the way with cowards.
318 posted on 11/30/2003 2:55:41 PM PST by Ex-Dem ([N]o [B]alance in [C]overage)
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To: FairOpinion
I think you are exactly right. We have been killing the Iraqi terrorists all along, but weren't reporting it, and now finally we started to report those also.

The media enemy plays diry pool. With the old system, they hooped and hollered over the ever expanding list of US dead. Under the new system, they will lament the deaths of Iraqi terrorists with the same amount of enthusiasm as they mourned American deaths. Meanwhile, they will continue to drum for the pull-out of American forces to end the bloodshed. They will attempt to shame America for killing more of the terrorists than they have us.

Nothing is gained by releasing body counts. The media runs both sets of numbers with the worst possible spin because they don't want us to win.

319 posted on 11/30/2003 2:55:41 PM PST by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: jwalsh07; South40
I guess these 46 didn't get the word.

Well, we all know that no matter what you do, 10% never get the word. Basic math then tells us there were 460 in that group, so we only have 416 to go!

320 posted on 11/30/2003 2:56:08 PM PST by mark502inf
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