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US Embassy in Iraq hit by rocket

Posted on 01/29/2005 9:51:31 AM PST by kendu

2 dead 16 injured, as per Fox news


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greenzone; iraq; usembassy
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To: skip_intro

It's really no surprise that Teddy wants to cut and run. Isn't that what he did out on Chappaquidick? We saw the inlet he claimed he swam with a back brace. Of course he offered to swim it again just to prove he could.

We need to pray for Massachusetts--not only do they have Ted, they have John Kerry and Barney Frank too. How Mitt Romney was every elected is nothing short of a miracle--maybe there's hope yet


201 posted on 01/29/2005 12:22:54 PM PST by GoldwaterChick
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To: paul544

I guess you'd have to court-martial Jimmy Carter first.


202 posted on 01/29/2005 12:24:03 PM PST by westmichman (Pray for global warming. (Thank G-D for the red states))
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To: cake_crumb

Had the comment to which I was responding been posted along with my response, the sarcasm would have been manifest. No apology needed.

I guess I'm done with the folks who can't/won't accept the triumphal feat of arms that the Iraq campaign has been. While regrettable, the deaths of our men and women during this particular segment on the WOT have been incredibly low, historically low for conflicts in this part of the world especially considering the lethality of modern weaponry. Some parts of the planning didn't pan out, but the adjustments are. I think the biggest question mark is whether the Iraqi people can form a 'national identity' and can institute a system that can protect the country from foreign and internal dangers in a way that succors freedom as well as Saddam did to protect his own ass. I think we'll need to help them longer than some would like, but that help honors the sacrifices made by the US already.


203 posted on 01/29/2005 12:28:06 PM PST by xone
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To: hardworking

Oh geeeze - you are so right about watching Saint Walter during the 60's. How many lies per night did he tell? How much did he contribute to the evolving of a Silent Majority?


204 posted on 01/29/2005 12:29:20 PM PST by daybreakcoming
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To: Palladin

When Teddie croaks I will Dance in the street and pass out candy . . .


205 posted on 01/29/2005 12:31:15 PM PST by Petruchio (<===Looks Sexy in a flightsuit . . . Looks Silly in a french maid outfit)
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To: xone
"I guess I'm done with the folks who can't/won't accept the triumphal feat of arms that the Iraq campaign has been. While regrettable, the deaths of our men and women during this particular segment on the WOT have been incredibly low, historically low for conflicts in this part of the world especially considering the lethality of modern weaponry. Some parts of the planning didn't pan out, but the adjustments are. I think the biggest question mark is whether the Iraqi people can form a 'national identity' and can institute a system that can protect the country from foreign and internal dangers in a way that succors freedom as well as Saddam did to protect his own ass. I think we'll need to help them longer than some would like, but that help honors the sacrifices made by the US already"

Bears repeating. TY for your gracious reply.

206 posted on 01/29/2005 12:31:17 PM PST by cake_crumb (Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
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To: hardworking

I don't think I disagree with what you remember or your impression but I'm an "oldie" as well and was certainly around at the time. Putting things in perspective, the nation didn't vote as your memory implies. What the vote does indicate is that at that point we (the nation) were sick and tired of a no win or at least a confusing or non-resolute strategy.


207 posted on 01/29/2005 12:31:18 PM PST by WHBates
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To: Inspectorette

'I recognized it too ;-)'

You have a keen eye.


208 posted on 01/29/2005 12:32:43 PM PST by xone
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To: Inspectorette

Bless You. We will not breathe easily until every one of our brave people come home but in the meantime am so proud to be an American and knowing we are making it possible for Iraq to taste Democracy. God Bless America and our Troops.


209 posted on 01/29/2005 12:33:20 PM PST by TatieBug
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To: lonevoice; Admin Moderator
Maybe the admin moderator would make this the live election coverage thread if you wanted to?

He might not if I wanted him to...heheh so lets make a suggestion:

Mr Admin moderator, could you please make a live Iraqi Election thread soon for this important and historic event?

And to prevent 50 related threads on the subject...

Either way thanks for your time.

210 posted on 01/29/2005 12:33:50 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: InvisibleChurch

"time to lob a missile into iran"

You mean iraq.

An easy spelling mistake as the names of the two countries differ little. :)


211 posted on 01/29/2005 12:35:48 PM PST by TheBrotherhood (There is more to life than "the party." Please visit www.terrisfight.org)
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To: daybreakcoming
Saw it. Shep said Saddam started building what is essentially an underground city after the Gulf War. The sleeping quarters for his foot soldiers still have chemical boots in them. What did he need those for if he didn't have chemical weapons? The city/bunker went on for over a mile, and below the main floor there were another 3 floors that are now flooded with the water of the Ephrates. As Shep said, this bunker would've cost millions of dollars, all spent while the Iraqi people were starving and without power.
212 posted on 01/29/2005 12:38:03 PM PST by lonevoice (Vast Right Wing Pajama Party)
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To: txrangerette

Well, you make good points. It looks as if the perpetrators of the rocket attack may have been captured. I just get angry when our people keep dying.


213 posted on 01/29/2005 12:41:12 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: WHBates

I remember his actual broadcasts.


214 posted on 01/29/2005 12:42:12 PM PST by El Gran Salseron ( The replies by this poster are meant for self-amusement only. Read at your own risk. :-))
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To: lonevoice
This is somewhat different from the articles Ive been reading claiming only 1/3rd of Iraqis living outside of the country and registered will vote...

'I believe by the end of today it is likely that we will be close to two thirds of those who registered having participated in the vote with one day still to go,' said Peter Erben, head of the Iraq out-of-country voting program run by the International Organization for Migration

215 posted on 01/29/2005 12:45:27 PM PST by No Blue States
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They said we would be slaughtered before the war started. We were not.

They said we wouldnt capture Saddam. We did.

They said the election wouldnt happen. It is.

They said turnout would be low due to security concerns. It wont.

Never trust the MSM,the Left, or terrorist sympathisers. Their track record compells you to discount them on lack of credibility.


216 posted on 01/29/2005 12:52:28 PM PST by No Blue States
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To: WHBates; hardworking
"I don't think I disagree with what you remember or your impression but I'm an "oldie" as well and was certainly around at the time. Putting things in perspective, the nation didn't vote as your memory implies. What the vote does indicate is that at that point we (the nation) were sick and tired of a no win or at least a confusing or non-resolute strategy."

I agree, Bates. And here's my anecdote to summarize this attitude by the majority...a college friend joined the Army shortly after receiving her degree, eventually becoming a recruiter. When she went for her first interview before signing on the dotted line, they asked her what was her opinion of the ongoing War in Vietnam. She told them...exact words..."Either we should get all the way in, or we should get all the way out".

Perfect.

217 posted on 01/29/2005 12:58:41 PM PST by txrangerette
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To: El Gran Salseron
"I remember his actual broadcasts."

So do I and many joined the fight after those broadcast. The actual defeat (U.S withdraw) didn't occur until 1975??? I think many things happened in the intervening time.
218 posted on 01/29/2005 1:02:28 PM PST by WHBates
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To: Zack Nguyen

I get angry too. At the terrorists. But even if our side isn't perfect in strategy or execution, it is always that way in the crucible of war. The war planners and fighters have messed up so bad in all wars, many many soldiers and civilians have needlessly died or been maimed for life.


219 posted on 01/29/2005 1:03:08 PM PST by txrangerette
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To: xone
Good afternoon.

During part of 1968 my company ran missions in the rocket belt around Saigon. Chuck would set the 122's up on primitive launchers, pick an azimuth and elevation, fire them off and run. I guess you could call them early fire and forget rockets.
Good luck to our forces and to the Iraqi people.

Michael Frazier
220 posted on 01/29/2005 1:11:50 PM PST by brazzaville (No surrender,no retreat. Well, maybe retreat's ok)
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