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U.S. Must Leave Falluja, Iraq General Says
Reuters ^
| Thu, May 06, 2004
| Michael Georgy
Posted on 05/06/2004 6:36:01 AM PDT by Eurotwit
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What?
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:36:01 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
"If they stay it will hurt the confidence and we have built confidence"
CONFIDENCE? THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE? I'd hate to see what it would be like if they didn't have confidence! What a total mess.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:38:50 AM PDT
by
Ragirl
(Vote in '04 ! Those who sit on their hands end up with poop on them.)
To: Eurotwit
The Iraqi former general entrusted with pacifying volatile Falluja said on Thursday U.S. Marines must withdraw quickly from around the troubled town and go home so stability can be restored.Translation ... you don't want to see what's fixing to happen
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:39:22 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit softly. Teddy Roosevelt)
To: Eurotwit
Maybe we need to get a Kurdish commander in there. After last month's Syrian massacre of Kurds, a Kurdish commander wouldn't deny the presence of Syrian fighters in Fallujah.
To: Eurotwit
Don't believe everything you read.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:39:44 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: Eurotwit
fox in the henhouse bump
Classic, strategic mistake. One for the history books - bump.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:39:58 AM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(As an overseas Yank, in all my years, I've NEVER seen such disdain toward Americans & the USA.)
To: Eurotwit
Next!
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:40:13 AM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: Eurotwit
You are surprised that this is blowing up in our face? Read what Hayek (or perhaps Chalmers Johnson author of Blowback) has to say about the unintended consequences of government intervention and you will not longer be surprised.
To: Eurotwit
Methinks this general we are supposed to be trusting to maintain the peace in Falluja was a bad choice.
He could just be saying that to help preserve that sense of fierce Islamic pride that is all-important and to help al-Sadr's followers rally behind him. It's so important in that region to save face.
But I doubt he's anything but another thug who wants to make his own power grab.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:40:44 AM PDT
by
AQGeiger
(Militant Islam is the gangrene among humankind.)
To: Eurotwit
I say we split the difference, and leave that town a smoking hole in the ground. But we left right.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:42:12 AM PDT
by
TXBSAFH
(KILL-9 needs no justification.)
To: Eurotwit
More bullsh*t from Iraqis supposed to be helping us. A pox on them.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:44:55 AM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: Eurotwit
That didn't last long. What did we see in this guy in the first place?
To: Eurotwit
I am not one little bit impressed, and do you know why?
I know what happened to Americans in Iraq, and I have seen pictures of MUTILATED bodies. amd bodies BURNED, and DRAGGRD through the streets. Just where was all of this Iraqi compassion and concern for humanity? Where was any deceny shown? NO ONE in Iraq takes responsibilty for anything at all. No American would ever sink so low as the Iragis. Some how, I wish that all they had done to the Americans were to lead them around and stack them in heaps.
At least the Iraqi prisoners have hope of going home, and they were not beheaded, burned, or dragged through the streets or hung up on bridges. So they need to go and tell this to someone else besides me.
Thes Iraqi jokers are even pretending to have some decency.
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:47:04 AM PDT
by
tessalu
To: AQGeiger
Methink that the 7th century bug eating Iraqis need to have whoever they want in place whenever...we are to hand things over on the 31st of May...gotta start somewhere...
As for pulling back...GREAT let's do it...let the bug eaters sort it out...why should we care what happens in Falluja in the next couple of weeks...it ISN'T gonna resolve itself before the 31st if we stay in there or not...let them have their wish...I'm sure we could use some of those troops in other areas anyhow...ubtil the crap hits the fan again in the first couple of days in June...
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:47:08 AM PDT
by
antivenom
("Never argue with an idiot, he'll bring you down to his level - then beat you with experience.")
To: Eurotwit
It sounds to me like this general sees the opportunity for a power grab.
I wouldn't trust him for a second.
To: BunnySlippers
Well that's 2 Generals down,,,,,,,,,,,
Brilliant plan. Next.
To: Eurotwit
There are no insurgents. This parrot is not dead, it's pining for the fjords.
Isn't this the joker that the media claimed had been put in control of Falluja? And Bremer came out and debunked the claim?
To: Eurotwit
Sure, As soon as we go through and collect ALL the heavy weaponry in the city.
To: Eurotwit
"I had two hands broken by Saddam. My arm and shoulder were broken due to torture under Saddam,"
Ah, but were you forced to wear women's underwear?
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:50:41 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
To: DonaldDuke
This is General B. General A has already been relieved of duty and probably back in our prison (or working for us).
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posted on
05/06/2004 6:51:18 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
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