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CNN just announced that the US has launched the largest military offensive since the end of the war against the insurgency.

1 posted on 09/30/2004 2:59:13 PM PDT by conservativepoet

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Finish it. Don't fight over the same terrain twice

2 posted on 09/30/2004 3:00:38 PM PDT by madison46 (Bandwagon was full when it left the gate - I hope it remains too full for frogs & co.)

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Prayers for our brave military.

3 posted on 09/30/2004 3:01:30 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Become an activist to shine the light of day on election fraud.)

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Take a page from the Turks. Leave a pyramid of skulls as a warning and testament to our resolve!

4 posted on 09/30/2004 3:02:26 PM PDT by Prost1 (To trust John Kerry is to hate America!)

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looks as if Bush may be upstaging himself.

5 posted on 09/30/2004 3:03:21 PM PDT by Raycpa (Alias, VRWC_minion,)

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Which Demoncrapt will question the timing first?

6 posted on 09/30/2004 3:04:12 PM PDT by adam_az (Call your State GOP office and volunteer!)

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I hope they dig Zarqawi's butt out of there preferably dead.

8 posted on 09/30/2004 3:04:47 PM PDT by dc-zoo

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God protect our forces and bring destruction and defeat to the enemy.

12 posted on 09/30/2004 3:07:22 PM PDT by elhombrelibre

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Father we ask you for victory over these evil ones, the killers of children.

We also ask for protection of our brave soldiers in this war.

Be with them Father and hold each one close.

Amen.

13 posted on 09/30/2004 3:07:22 PM PDT by afnamvet (Tuy Hoa AB RVN 68-69 Jet Noise...The Sound of Freedom!)

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God's protection for our soldiers, and may they prevail in a way that there is no doubt about our resolve.

14 posted on 09/30/2004 3:07:58 PM PDT by HannaUSA (One American that is dang sick of the lies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

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Heavenly Father,
Be with our fighting men and women as they go into battle to protect our freedoms. Give them your strength, wisdom, and protection. I ask this in Jesus' Name. Amen.

16 posted on 09/30/2004 3:11:36 PM PDT by appalachian_dweller (Threat Level: HIGH -- For a basic list of survival gear go to my FR Homepage.)

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One of the wonderful things about this is domestic and political -- in the sense that it is being carried out in spite of any political ramifications it might have.

That, more than ANYTHING ELSE, demonstrates that we have a serious president who is committed to doing the right things.

Many prayers for our fine troops.

18 posted on 09/30/2004 3:12:56 PM PDT by r9etb

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Great, keep these people off balance.

22 posted on 09/30/2004 3:16:28 PM PDT by JLS

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Finish it this time. Let the dogs bark.

23 posted on 09/30/2004 3:17:26 PM PDT by Prince Caspian (Don't ask if it's risky... Ask if the reward is worth the risk)

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Any detail on the participant units? Marine, Air Force, Coast Guard.

35 posted on 09/30/2004 3:38:14 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (I volunteer to instruct JFK on the meaning of a purple heart!!)

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6382956

U.S. Launches Offensive in Samarra, CNN Reports
Thu Sep 30, 2004 06:26 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces accompanied by the Iraqi national guard launched a major offensive against insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra Thursday, CNN reported.
CNN's reporter in Iraq, Jane Arraf, in a live broadcast from the city, said she was accompanying U.S. forces engaged in the attack, which she described as "an entire brigade-size operation into Samarra to root out insurgents."

She said she had been told there were an estimated 2,000 fighters in the rebel stronghold, including 250 foreigners.

Arraf said the city had previously had been off limits to U.S. forces under an agreement that they would not patrol there.

But Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, have been rocked by growing violence, including three car bombings Thursday that killed 41 people, most of them children.

The U.S. military has said that with the help of Iraqi forces it will retake rebel strongholds such as Samarra, Falluja, Ramadi and the Baghdad neighborhoods of Sadr City and Haifa Street by the end of the year so that elections can go ahead in January.

In a telephone call punctuated several times by explosions, Arraf said the troops were nearing the middle of the city in an assault spearheaded by the 3rd Brigade of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division.

The force was moving through the city sector by sector to clear out insurgents, she said, reporting on explosions by rocket propelled grenades and bursts of machine gun fire.

37 posted on 09/30/2004 3:40:36 PM PDT by jimbo123

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get 'em!

Prayers for our warriors!

53 posted on 09/30/2004 4:15:38 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.)

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Good. I hope they get Zarqawi and take him out of there--in pieces.

56 posted on 09/30/2004 4:29:58 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Gun-control is leftist mind-control.)

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May this use of force be as the sword of the righteous, swift and terrible. Our enemies shall know the taste of fear.

57 posted on 09/30/2004 4:30:23 PM PDT by hford02 (I'm gonna have my son's name changed to Zell.)

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Godspeed to our soldiers.

58 posted on 09/30/2004 4:37:14 PM PDT by Peach (The Clinton's pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)

59 posted on 09/30/2004 4:41:02 PM PDT by Chani

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