U.S. Forces Stage Massive Raid in Iraq

Yahoo News and AP ^ | December 2, 2003 | ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC, Associated Press Writer

[DoctorMichael]

I certainly hope these "insurgents" and "foreign nationals" are NOT repatriated but instead given speedy military trials for Conspiracy to Murder American Personnel & Sedition and taken out and shot.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Love your tagline, btw.

Thanks. :)

[Yo-Yo]

Where are all the embedded reporters we had when we moved into Baghdad?

Ironically, embedded reporters would be in more danger if they were on these street patrols than they were during the run on Baghdad.

[sarasmom]

RE #19.
Nor did they happen in the Cold War, which we also won,BTW.
Oh the liberal socialists, the lamestream media, and the UN tried their very best to lose it, but we had a great President as CINC for eight years, and a very determined and mostly steady group of 18-40 somethings who were more than prepared to finish the job.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
This "mommy" needs to encounter an IED, up-close and personal.Preferably far, far away from any US or coalition servicemembers.Perhaps she should have strolled around Israel,Pakistan,Turkey, Saudi Arabia,Lebanon, or India just to get a "feel" for the situation, before she went to Iraq, which is still a designated war zone, as is Afghanistan.
The "end of major combat operations" means the Navy and the Air Force are called in as required by our ground forces, as opposed to striking targets at will.
They, the USAFand USN still lurk around the area, itching for targets.
Anti-USA pukes, and their media supporters, would do well to remember that little fact, before they start vacationing in war zones.

[EricT.]

How do you tell mom to shut up and go home?

[TexKat]

US raid : US soldiers stand guard near an arrested Iraqi man during a massive raid in Hawijah, near Iraq's northern oil center of Kirkuk. (AFP/Mauricio Lima)

No wonder Iraqi civilians get wounded and/or killed. They don't have sense enough to get out of the way.

Young onlookers : Two US soldiers take position next a group of Iraqi youths during a massive raid in Hawijah, west of Iraq's northern oil center of Kirkuk. (AFP/Mauricio Lima)

US soldiers from the 2D Battalion Airborne of 173D Airborne Brigade take position inside a truck during a massive raid in Hawijah, 45 kilometres (nearly 30 miles) west of Iraq's northern oil center of Kirkuk.(AFP/Mauricio Lima)

A veiled Muslim woman (R) turns her back on a relative of a US soldier serving in Iraq as he enters a hotel in Baghdad 1 December. US military families and veterans came to Iraq to express their concern about the occupation and see at first-hand the reality faced by US troops in Iraq(AFP/Sabah Arar)

Anabelle Valencia, a relative of a US soldier serving in Iraq, talks to the press in front of a hotel in Baghdad.(AFP/Sabah Arar)

Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, Calif, center, jokes with an Iraqi boy while Anabelle Valencia of Tucson, Az, looks on as they arrive in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Dec 1, 2003. Suarez del Solar, whose son Jesus, was killed on March 27 during the invasion of Iraq and Valencia who is the mother of two soldiers serving in Iraq, are among a group of American military families and veterans on a private peace mission to Iraq, where they will bring their message of friendship and doubts about the war. (APPhoto/Laurent Rebours)

Fernando Suarez del Solar of Escondido, Ca, poses with Iraqi street vendors as he arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Dec 1, 2003. Suarez del Solar whose son , Jesus, was killed on March 27 during the invasion of Iraq, is among a group of American military families and veterans travelling on a private peace mission to Iraq, where they will bring their message of friendship and doubts about the war.. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

[Lysandru]

MORONS!

Yes, I wish that those young folks didn't have to be in Iraq either. But the alternatives are even less desireable.

[ArrogantBustard]

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia Great googly moogly! Will someone please stuff this bimbo in a gunnysack and ship her back to the States. She's an embarrassment to the whole country.

[Reagan is King]

One mother held back tears while looking at U.S. soldiers guarding the entrance of the Habbaniyah military base in Baghdad. "They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia, whose daughter, 24, and son, 22, are both based in Iraq.

Gee lady, maybe your kids joined the armed forces to get away from an overbearing, pacifist, left-wing parent? Ya think? Send her to France on a slow steamer.

[HiTech RedNeck]

U.S. troops north of the capital arrested at least 20 insurgents in a raid while workers began demolishing gigantic bronze busts of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) in Baghdad on Tuesday — both moves aimed at stamping out loyalty to Iraq (news - web sites)'s ousted regime.

Huh? There are still busts left to demolish? I thought they had been finished off long ago.

[Lion in Winter]

Hasn't spoken with her own daughter in THREE YEARS!! She is not a example of a good mom.... she is a pi$$ poor example of American Moms.

WHY THE PIGGIE LOOKING BROAD CANNOT EVEN MAKE PEACE IN HER OWN FAMILY!!

OH! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD,.

[RobbyS]

The reporters in Baghdad are "embedded" in the local hotel bars and get all their news by calling military headquarters or by relying on the reports of local Arab stringers who regularly bring back the Bathist's version of events.

[metesky]

Meanwhile, relatives of U.S. troops visiting France pressed their agenda to meet with leaders of the occupation authority, hoping to voice their opposition to the U.S.-led occupation.

One mother held back tears while looking at U.S. soldiers guarding the beach.

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Vichy, whose daughter, 24, and son, 22, are both based in Normandy.

[nicko]

send her to a slow steamer in France...

[evad]

Love your tagline, btw.

I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!

Yeah...how didja do it?
Was it a multistep program or did you get mugged and go cold turkey?
Inquiring minds need to know.

[Happy2BMe]

How soon we forget . . .

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[Coop]

I wonder how her kids feel about her making comments like this to the media? And I wonder if she has any clue, if the kids do, how it puts them at risk as they think about their mothers concerns, in that she made them quite public.

I would have been furious had my family members done this to me during Desert Storm.

But knowing my family (my Dad served in Vietnam), that never would have occurred.

[ohioWfan]

Then who should be there in their place, Mrs. Valencia?

Old people. ;o)