Posted on 12/04/2004 9:59:41 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Suicide car bombs struck Iraqi police and Kurdish militiamen in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens, while four U.S. soldiers died in separate attacks, again demonstrating the lethal reach of Iraq's insurgency just weeks ahead of crucial elections.
The U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. John Abizaid, acknowledged that the country's homegrown forces aren't yet up to the task of ensuring secure elections, requiring the planned increase in U.S. troops. More than 42 Iraqis have been killed in the last two days alone.
But U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi criticized the military's hardline approach to the insurgency and said credible elections cannot be held Jan. 30 under the current conditions.
Meanwhile, the insurgents pursued their deadly campaign against American troops and Iraqi security forces. Two U.S. soldiers were killed by roadside bombs in Baghdad and near Baqouba Saturday, and two other American soldiers were killed and four wounded when their patrol came under attack in the northern city of Mosul.
Also Saturday in Mosul, a suicide bomber exploded his vehicle alongside a bus carrying Kurdish militiamen in the city, killing at least nine people, including seven militiamen and two passers-by, and wounding nine more, officials said. Along with Iraq's majority Shiites, Kurds back the upcoming elections, and the bombing may have been an attempt to drag them into a civil war.
The militiamen were being transported to guard Kurdish offices in Mosul, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling insurgents following an uprising last month.
In fierce fighting on Friday, gunmen tried to seize four Mosul police stations but were repelled, the U.S. military said. About 70 guerrillas also ambushed a U.S. patrol with roadside bombs, rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire.
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The rules of engagement should allow for these vermin to be impaled on stakes whereever they are found. No prisoners should be taken. Just jam their bodies onto twelve-foot tall stakes, back first, but avoiding the spine to allow them to die slowly.
Vlad the Impaler did that and once frightened off a Muslo-maniac Turk army by impaling a large number of Muslo prisoners.
Ol' Dracula would impale them onto a blunt stave so the stave would work it's way up slowly, killing them slower than a sharp one. Impaled up the anus for those who need the details
Just kill the bastards on sight. Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
I heard that Bush and Kerry are Related to Dracula (Vlad the Impaler).
Doubtful.
True until disproven.
http://landing.ancestry.com/famoustree/dracula/detail.aspx?sourcecode=13904
No google hits for --> racz galgo elizabeth cope
Look at #7 - (family roots link) to show the connections.
Bush was related via removal, from Diana (who was related to Charles) This is not direct lineage. Bush is also related to Kerry.
Sad
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