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9 Americans, including 4 civilians, killed in Iraq: bodies mutilated, dragged through streets
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| 1:06 p.m. ET March 31, 2004
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Posted on 03/31/2004 10:37:53 AM PST by Destro
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To: Defiant
Why the hell is Falluja still standing?Because our forces and intel probably realize that this photo-op 'Mogadishu II-Falujah' is probably likely foreign rent-a-jihad and Baath Party members, rather than representative of the area population.
Not that the kneejerk 'let's nuke everyone else now' 5-star keyboard generals would ever discern such a key distinction...
To: jordan8
To: Dead Corpse
Correct. Kill them. Kill their families. Kill the relatives. Kill their friends. Kill their friends friends. And render their land inhospitable.
And do it with extreme predjudice.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:05:21 AM PST
by
Duke809
To: belmont_mark
Do we have the courage to demolish the sponsoring states?We've already won in Iraq as we never did in Vietnam - it's now a matter of keeping the peace. How would leveling Damascus or Tehran help our cause in Iraq? We can bomb Iran and Syria at will but that may only swell the ranks of their terrorists entering Iraq. Our military is simply unfit for peacekeeping operations after major combat. As a Chinese strategist once warned Genghis Khan, "You can conquer whole nations on horseback, but you must dismount to rule them." The US military circa 2004 isn't designed to dismount.
To: Diddle E. Squat
"5-star keyboard generals"
LOL thats a great term for many around here.
To: Destro; *balkans; Fusion; Jomini; A. Pole; Honorary Serb; Andy from Beaverton; NYC Republican; ...
said that all four contractors were Americans who worked for Blackwater USA of Moyock, N.C.They were security contractors from North Carolina!
Mr. Fusion/Jomini! Please check in!!! It's been weeks since we've heard from you!!
Even Hoplite wouldn't want you to suffer this way!
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:07:09 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: Destro
Time to level Fallujah.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:08:09 AM PST
by
Gringo1
(All contents of this post may be contrived,made-up,or just plain not true at all.)
To: vbmoneyspender
the US uses (ex-military american, apparently) mercs for many ops. I don't know if these guys were or weren't, but they go all kinds of places, and almost never are mentioned publicly. The only public mention I have seen of them was regarding some in north peru (iquitos) related to plan colombia.
To: Crossbow Eel
The reporter said dog tags and DOD IDs were taken from the wreckage. The victims were in civilian clothes. Were they special ops perhaps?
To: Destro
What a bunch of worthless cowards. Takes a real gutless loser to beat a corpse.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:11:09 AM PST
by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Write in Tancredo in 04'!)
To: Argus
Just give the Kurdish Pesh Merga a weekend to do whatever they choose in Fallujah. We'll never hear from the place again. Hear, hear.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:12:44 AM PST
by
txhurl
To: OneTimeLurker
Were they special ops perhaps?ABC News reporting they were private security from a firm in North Carolina.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:13:05 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: Destro
Maybe we should just give them Saddam back.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Not that the kneejerk 'let's nuke everyone else now' 5-star keyboard generals would ever discern such a key distinction...The world doesn't need another "Lidice."
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:15:59 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(It's only knock and know-all, but I like it.)
To: Diddle E. Squat
Not that the kneejerk 'let's nuke everyone else now' 5-star keyboard generals would ever discern such a key distinction... You've got that right.
OTOH, I think Falluja has just put itself on the A-list for cleanup raids. For something like this, there are bound to be people talking. I think we'll see a lot of salamikazes taken out of action as a result of this little festival.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:21:53 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: dfwgator
To: NC28203
Wasn't one of the reasons we removed Saddam because he destroyed the villages of his enemies and left them in mass graves? Why would it be okay for us to do this if it was wrong for Saddam?The left seems not to have a problem with Saddam doing that, so I guess it would be okay for us to do it.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:23:04 AM PST
by
ChuckShick
(He's clerking for me...)
To: Incorrigible
Long walk, short pier.
Go.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:23:14 AM PST
by
Hoplite
To: dfwgator
Give blame where blame is due. Clinton pulled out of Mogadishu when our soldiers were dragged through the streets, did he not? No wonder somebody thinks that we might leave if they make it bloody enough.
Sorry boys, there's a new sheriff in town.
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posted on
03/31/2004 11:23:31 AM PST
by
50sDad
( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
To: Incorrigible
"ABC News reporting they were private security from a firm in North Carolina."
Would they really have dog tags? I suppose they could have DOD id's though.
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