Posted on 10/05/2004 1:27:22 PM PDT by areafiftyone
More than 3,000 US and Iraqi troops have launched a major offensive on a rebel stronghold south of the capital, Baghdad, the US military says. More than 30 suspected insurgents were seized in the sweep of Babil region, according to US Central Command.
A press release says the forces also secured a bridge across the Euphrates River used by rebels moving in and out of key Iraqi cities.
No casualties have so far been reported among the assault force.
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Kill 'em all and end this thing before our election so Kerry can be heard and seen saying that this action to remove terrorists was not a good thing....
I love it....
I'm sure our Secretary Of State will demand a halt to this retaliatory foray! ;-)
I guess we'll push into Fallujah just about time for the election. A sitting Administration always has an advantage because they can control events. From a strategic perspective it makes perfect sense to hit em hard now. They can't hit back in the US because it would help get Mr. Bush re-elected. They might hit back after the election and if it's Kerry, well he'll have to show resolve or he'll be in a world of hurt domestically.
Not cynical, very pragmatic.
We are kicking terro butt. Too bad 35 little children had to die to fire up the Iraqi people against these so-called jihadists.
We are firing it up despite the "risks" of Bush taking a hit in the polls. Just because it's the right thing to do, it's the right time, and we are doing it in the right places. Working beside the new Iraqi army. Seventeen months after taking Baghdad.
Prayers for our troops. Prayers for our President. Prayers for our country.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP SAFE ALL
THE BRAVE TROOPS FROM ALL NATIONS WHO ARE IN HARMS WAY
Is this the biblical Babel? Does anyone know?
Our guys can do the job, if they will just let them.
Let the bodies hit the floor!
What's interesting to me is that the "insurgents" now appear to have lost an important tactical advantage: being able to blend into the local populace when attacked. The majority of locals have gone from adding and abetting to ratting these guys out, if not actually killing them themselves.
I'm having my recurring dream.
Just before the debate starts, Vice-President Cheney is handed a note telling him that Zarqawi and his band of evil beheaders have been captured and have requested that they may die for Allah.
But but but ... John Kerry said Bush and our military doesn't know how to fight a real fight
yes it is. check this out.
http://www.crystalinks.com/babylonian.html
I have just turned it from your recurring dream to my fervent prayer.
It's kinda funny that this is happening in Babil (or Babel) which is where Hammurabi was from. As we all know, he supported 'equal retaliation.' So basically, we're practicing this code in the very place it was born!
Geez, I'm a nerd....
Just an FYI (slightly off topic):
Bremmer said on ABC some time ago that he NEVER REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TROOPS!
AMBASSADOR L. PAUL BREMER: No, I've never made a request for more troops that's been agreed to. I never made a request for more troops. I agree with the CENTCOM Commander John Abizaid, who said earlier this week in a press conference that he believes we have enough troops here. I think that's right. It's not a question of more troops, it's a question of being effective with our intelligence, getting more Iraqis to help us. There are more than 50,000 Iraqis now working with us on security matters in the police and the border guards and the civil defense corps, and in the new Iraqi army. So Iraqis are more and more assuming responsibility for their security here.
http://www.cpa-iraq.org/transcripts/bremer82403_abc.html
Just love those super & sub scripts.
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