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*Extremely* interesting Fallujah news from Marine in area
The Green Side ^ | 6/2/04 | Major David G. Bellon, USMC

Posted on 06/02/2004 8:58:53 PM PDT by saquin

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To: secretagent

It also sounds like Basrah before the abused locals fed the Royal Marines the right actionable intel - after which, one night, the Brits swept through town and wiped out the thugs of Uday's Fedayeen Saddam.


41 posted on 06/02/2004 10:33:09 PM PDT by Barlowmaker
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To: McGavin999
It's precisely what happened in the South under al-Sadr. Fat Boy let his goons run wild in Najaf and turned off everyone in the clergy and the civilian population.

It will get to the point where the jihadists will become so irritating that the Provisional Government will ask us to go in and remove the "foreign fighters".

Be Seeing You,

Chris

42 posted on 06/02/2004 10:33:47 PM PDT by section9 (Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy.")
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To: Rokke
Perhaps if our intrepid media would venture outside their hotel rooms, they could provide some verification for you.

Oh, they do, they go down to the bar and then flip a coin to see who is going to go out and get a quote from the anti-American cab driver who hangs out in front of the hotel.

43 posted on 06/02/2004 10:34:24 PM PDT by McGavin999 (If Kerry can't deal with the "Republican Attack Machine" how is he going to deal with Al Qaeda)
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To: saquin

When the Iraqis finish with the muj in Iraq they will move on to the muj in Iran. I think it's time to mine the Iranian border.


44 posted on 06/02/2004 10:45:10 PM PDT by John Lenin
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To: saquin

Peace without procrastination bump


45 posted on 06/02/2004 10:50:33 PM PDT by timpad (Peace without victory is procrastination)
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To: saquin

bfl


46 posted on 06/02/2004 10:52:16 PM PDT by oyez (Fortune favors the bold.)
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To: saquin

bttt


47 posted on 06/02/2004 10:53:12 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: saquin; Joe Hadenuf; Grampa Dave; blam; Dog; Cap Huff; Boot Hill

Thanks for posting this.

Very interesting.


48 posted on 06/02/2004 10:54:38 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
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To: saquin

As you know, this website was badly burned in the Hurtgen Forest, so it is well that this source is vetted.

It certainly looks like all this business lacks a "plan" (/s)

It's wonderful, as an OF, to see that the grownups are in charge, even if they happen to be in their 20's and 30's.


49 posted on 06/02/2004 10:57:41 PM PDT by GopherIt
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To: Barlowmaker
It also sounds like Basrah before the abused locals fed the Royal Marines the right actionable intel - after which, one night, the Brits swept through town and wiped out the thugs of Uday's Fedayeen Saddam.

Good news again.

Old news for you. Source or favorite news site so I can read the story? Thanks!

50 posted on 06/02/2004 11:00:23 PM PDT by secretagent
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To: Diddle E. Squat
The anti-WOD crowd must be bursting with pride.

Then you clearly don't understand the first thing about them or their position.

51 posted on 06/02/2004 11:10:24 PM PDT by Ichneumon
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To: secretagent
Brits Storm Basrah

I'll try to find a better story detailing the Brit strategy, but this was the culmination of a several week period where they sat outside the city, played intermittant soccer with residents (where intel was eventually exchanged) and let the residents discover how ruthless and treacherous the Fedayeen were.

The Basrah situation was markedly different in one primary way ... the Fedayeen Saddam and Uday's security goons had ALWAYS preyed upon the locals. But, the Brits patience enticed locals to come forward with the info necessary to conduct precise military strikes. Sounds like that's happening in Falluja as well.

52 posted on 06/02/2004 11:11:53 PM PDT by Barlowmaker
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To: fourdeuce82d; saquin; *bang_list

Saqin, thanks for the post.

Airborne, sounds like BZ could be an adequate alternate to atropine as an antidote to most, if not all, nerve agents. Atropine has a pretty short half-life compared to what you described. Maybe the "muj" are aware that artillery rounds that they adapt for use as IEDs could be unmarked rounds of nerve agent.

One thing that gets me is that everybody is called a soldier, whether they are in the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard. While most of the other services will take it as a complement, I'm sure it bugs the jarheads to no end when they can't say "I'm a Marine".


53 posted on 06/02/2004 11:21:03 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi min oi)
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To: saquin

This deserves a big bump.

What wonderful human beings! Makes me proud to be American.


54 posted on 06/02/2004 11:55:00 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Tarantulas
One thing I'm not clear on is why we're not in Fallujah any more. Was that because of al Sistani's request? Seems like it would be a humanitarian mission to go in and get rid of the bad guys.

While we're still keeping a close eye on Fallujah, the Coalition-trained Iraqi forces are now in charge there. We have to let them get their feet wet as the turnover is less than a month away, and they appear to be doing a pretty good job of it so far.

55 posted on 06/03/2004 12:01:38 AM PDT by Allegra (Fingernails on Blackboards is Preferable to the Sound of John Kerry's Blatherings)
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To: saquin

Thanks for the post. My first instincts were to feel that we'd made a huge mistake in Fallujah. When I hear reports like this, it's helpful. I do hope the Iraqis wake up and begin to understand that they will live under another Hussein if they don't give a darn, and fail to work for their future. It sounds as if some are waking up, but then again it's hard to tell. I certainly hope so.


56 posted on 06/03/2004 1:32:05 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Good read, thanks for the ping.

--Boot Hill

57 posted on 06/03/2004 3:12:40 AM PDT by Boot Hill (Candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo, candy-gram for Osama bin Mongo!)
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To: Rokke

Rokke, please don't lecture me. I have family members over there, and I believe I might have a clue.


58 posted on 06/03/2004 4:50:18 AM PDT by Amelia
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To: All

and if the media didn't work for the DNC/enemies of America....these stories would be heard by the world


59 posted on 06/03/2004 5:00:32 AM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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To: gandalftb

Heroin is the key to financing the global Islamist movement. Get a map and trace the fighting involving jihadis from Afghanistan to Europe and you've found the smuggling route.


60 posted on 06/03/2004 5:11:58 AM PDT by Carcharodon
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