Iraq Update: US Armour Cuts Through Fallujah, Sadr Militia Driven Out of Najaf Center (debka)

DEBKAfile Global Security Bulletin ^ | April 13, 2004 | Gioria Shamis-Retired Economist Magazine Reporter

[threat matrix]

Massed United States armoured units cut through Fallujah from end to end, shelling targets while United States Air Force drops 'noise bombs' --harmless except for psychological shock impact.

Swarms of United States Special Ops snipers equipped with night vision goggles keeping jihadi militia traffic off Fallujah streets while negioiations continue on surrender of Iraqi guerillas and foriegn fighters.

United States troops massed outside of Najaf held back as bargaining chip in talks ongoing with Shiite leaders headed by Ayatollah Sistani.

Moderate militias now control holy city of Najaf having pushed Sadr's Mehdi Army Militia out of the center and on to the off streets.

Most Arabian pilgrims have departed.

Moderate milita leaders ask United States troops to stay out of Karbala and Al Kufa for now and let them wind up surrender negiotiations with Moatada Sadr.

[threat matrix]

Looks like things may be in hand.

[dc-zoo]

I started to get exited until I saw "Debka".

[nuconvert]

Moderate militia? I didn't think there were supposed to be any militias.


Oh...FoX just said something about finding 4 bodies they believe belong to contractors. Had you heard that?

[Gerasimov]

Swarms of United States Special Ops snipers equipped with night vision goggles keeping jihadi militia traffic off Fallujah streets while negotiations continue on surrender of Iraqi guerrillas and foreign fighters.

You've gotta LOVE negotiating with night vision equipped sniper rifles... talk about negotiating from a position of strength...

[reagan_fanatic]

I started to get exited until I saw "Debka".

Don't laugh. I hear they have a really good inside connection at the Weekly World News.

[PsyOp]

United States Air Force drops 'noise bombs' --harmless except for psychological shock impact.

This, of course will be reported in the Arab press as a "Massive carpet-bombing of the innocents of Falluja."

Regardless, I hope it results in large laundry loads of poopy diapers and dishdas.

[joesnuffy]

Moderate milita leaders ask United States troops to stay out of Karbala and Al Kufa for now and let them wind up surrender negiotiations with Moatada Sadr.

Moderate militas negotiate the surrender of immoderate militas???....

Moderate milita = a militia caught out in the open...quickly reverses its t shirts to show their moderate side while waving a white flag

When caught...surrender...promise to be good...volunteer to be in the new army or police force and after the yanks feed you...give you medical care...clothe you and get you back on your feed....and you've rested...then use your cached RPGs and Claymores to ambush those who helped you....all the while praising allah....

Tactics pretty much out of the koran....no problemo lying to the infidel and using his charity and kindness against him... its a weakness in them ...doncha know...

[Lowell]

100% I REPETE 100% CORRECT! Video, identify and eliminate.

[Mr. Lucky]

The kids at Debka need to do a little more homework.

Marines employe their own snipers.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

I started to get exited until I saw "Debka".



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yep, i know what you mean.

[Plutarch]

I started to get exited until I saw "Debka".

Say, isn't this the same Debka that foresaw a complete, utter, and humiliating Coalition rout about, oh, 2 days ago?

[Travis McGee]

It's probably just Debka crapola, but it still sounds like a cool night attack plan.

[Unam Sanctam]

Governing Council member Hakim's SCIRI party has its own militia, the Badr Brigade.

[Fingers3531]

What I get a kick out of is that they don't bother to say who it is that is kicking tail over there in Falluja. Armored Units my tail, all they had to say is Marines poured into Felluja and it would have covered it all.

[nuconvert]

Yes, I'm aware of that.

But it has been stated that there shouldn't be ANY militias. They should never have been allowed into the country.

BTW - I don't consider them MODERATE.

[nuconvert]

I don't like Hakim

[ChadGore]

Please do NOT POST ANYTHING FROM debka.

[PsyOp]

My idea of a great psyop plan for Falluja would be to have a stick of B-52's circle over the city starting in late afternoon. Pull our troops back about a mile. When night falls, have the buff's release a full load 250 lbs flash-bangs around the perimeter of the city (maybe some air-bursts 500ft. overhead). Keep it up all night.

As dawn breaks loudspeaker teams announce that if all terrorist and foreign fighters are not handed over by nightfall, the bombers will return, and this time they won't miss.

I think they'd turn em over to us.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

ROTFLMAO!

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Do we have 250lb flash-bangs?