Posted on 08/06/2004 10:57:11 AM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/6/04 - Najaf, Basra
BREAKING: Najaf - Second day of battles between US Heroes and the al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists who broke their "cease-fire" BREAKING: Basra - al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists skirmish with British troops
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========= Najaf =========
In Najaf, the second day of clashes between US Heroes and the lying
al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists who broke their previous "cease-fire" in Islamic fashion.
Some of the terrorists are hiding in a cemetery near the Imam Ali Shrine
In Najaf, Iraqi National Guardsmen take on the al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists.
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists attack US Liberators of Iraq and Iraqi policemen, today,
breaking their Islamic-"truce" now that the opportunity arises (see reason below).
In Najaf, US Marine Heroes of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
secure a perimeter near a building during the fire fight.
Why now? Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is NOT In Najaf.
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is in Britain
for medical treatment while the runt pretender tries to take over.
========= Basra, Iraq =========
In Basra, al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists skirmish with British troops.
In Basra, Iraq, al-Sadr Mahdi terrorists
after attacking British and Italian Coalition Liberators of Iraq
meet with Iraqi police officers during Friday prayers, today, August 6, 2004..
========= Sadr City =========
In Sadr City, US Heroes and US planes pounded the
terrorists who broke their "June truce". They reportedly want another "truce", ASAP.
========= Az Zubaya =========
In Az Zubaya, "an Iraqi policeman sports a badge of Moqtada Sadr
as he guards Friday prayers."
=========== Faris Ahmed Jamaan Al-Showeel al-Zahrani Captured ===========
Terrorist perp Faris Ahmed Jamaan Al-Showeel al-Zahrani was
arrested with another "whose identity should not be disclosed at this stage,
an unidentified Saudi Interior Ministry official" said.
========= Karachi =========
In Karachi, Pakistan, Pakistani police escort arrested al Qaeda suspects from court.
========= Sun =========
Spicules: Jets on the Sun
Please spend a few hours today helping for success in the War for Enduring Freedom.
Post any update, correction, or observation, and you will acquire much good karma.
END OF TRANSMISSION 8/6/04 .......... K
An armed Iraqi Shi'ite militiaman, follower of the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, mans a checkpoint in the eastern Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr city August 6, 2004. Militia loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr battled U.S., British and Italian forces across central and southern Iraq (news - web sites) overnight and into Friday, threatening to reignite a Shi'ite uprising.
An Iraqi civilian asks for the right to pass after coming out of a bathroom while American soldiers made their way in to the wards of al Sheala hospital during a raid looking for wounded Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighborhood in Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Ali Walid, age 2, is held by close relative Ali Adel, 14, back to the camera, after boths Walid's parents were killed in the crossfire during clashes between American soldiers with al-Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighbourhood in Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities
Americans troops take positions during clashes with al-Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighborhood in Iraq (news - web sites), Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities.
Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen gather in an alley of the impoverished Baghdad suburb of al Sadr city during street battles with U.S. and Iraqi security forces, August 6, 2004. Fresh fighting marks a major challenge for the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and appears to have destroyed a two-month-old cease-fire between U.S. forces and Sadr's Mehdi militia.
LOL!
Iraqi Shi'ite supporters of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part in Friday prayers in the southern city of Basra, August 6, 2004. U.S. forces backed by helicopter gunships battled militia loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf on Friday, fueling fears of a second Shi'ite uprising. British and Italian troops were attacked by members of Sadr's militia, known as the Mehdi Army, across Shi'ite- dominated southern Iraq (news - web sites) -- in Basra, Amara and Nassiriya -- and fighting raged in Sadr City, a Shi'ite district of Baghdad
Some of these people need bullets between the eyes.
Once again...many thanks
The pictures you post never fail to amaze me. Awesome stuff-damn right we wont see these in the old media...
"HOW DO I GET OUT OF THIS CHICKENSH@T RELIGION?"
"I've got a bottle of Jack Daniels that says that's a Chechen sniper."
As soon as I saw him I thought the same thing.
Please note that once again, the insurgent with the largest machine gun has no shoes on his feet.
More evidence that the insurgents are making foreign fighters put up their shoes as collateral when weapons are being passed out from the local caches...
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
There's an excellent chance that all four of those guys are now bloody corpses.
Great pics
He's white. He's in the Iraqi desert in high Summer. He's wearing a Winter ski mask on his head, but he's got it pulled up for the moment to get a better view (probably surprised by an Apache hovering nearby). Good money says that he drew that mask down moments after that photo was snapped to protect his foreign identity. Notice that he has "soft" skin, not a Sun-hardened desert complexion. He's also got a clean sniper rifle with clean optics, a trick in and of itself in dusty Iraq.
Add it all up and there is a pretty overwhelming chance that he is an imported Chechen mercenary sniper...though he could be an Irish import (IRA freelancer).
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
Safe to say. 5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
I've got a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black label that says you get to keep your bottle of Jack Daniels
BBC article on Najaf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3716143.stm
Excerpt: "For centuries, Muslims from across the Shia world have sought to be buried here, within sight of the city's gilded Imam Ali Shrine.
Known as the Valley of Peace, it is said to be one of the largest, if not the largest, graveyards on the planet.
If Najaf itself is one of Iraq's biggest cities, with a population of nearly 600,000, then the city of the dead down upon which it looks holds the remains of millions, stretching for up to 10 kilometres (six miles) along the valley."
Since the bad guys are fighting from there, it is fitting they be buried there...sooner rather than later...
News Bulletin: "US Air Force drops bombs and rains death on cemetery."
"Oh Alla! This dude in front of me just farted!"
"OK - who farted?"
Keyser Soze lives! He is now going around using the alias of a U S Senator who is also an ersatz war hero
Wonderful post, thanks so much for putting these together.
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