Posted on 03/22/2005 2:14:18 PM PST by SmithL
BAGHDAD -- Shopkeepers and residents on one of Baghdad's main streets pulled out their own guns Tuesday and killed three insurgents when hooded men began shooting at passers-by, giving a rare victory to civilians increasingly frustrated by the violence bleeding Iraq.
The clash in the capital's southern Doura neighborhood erupted when militants in three cars sprayed bullets at shoppers. Three people — a man, a woman and a child — were wounded.
The motive was unclear, but there have been previous attacks in the ethnically mixed neighborhood. Earlier in the day, gunmen in the same quarter killed a policeman as he drove to work, police Lt. Col. Hafidh Al-Ghrayri said.
A forceful citizen response is rare, but not unheard of in a country where conflict has become commonplace and the law allows each home to have a weapon. Early this month, police said townsmen in Wihda, 25 miles south of Baghdad, attacked a group of militants believed planning to raid the town and killed seven.
Tuesday's gunbattle came as seven-member U.S. congressional delegation paid a one-day visit to Baghdad, and the man expected to serve as the next prime minister, Shiite politician Ibrahim al-Jaafari, reportedly told the group he is in no hurry for U.S. troops to leave Iraq.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat from California who strongly opposed the war, said al-Jaafari didn't seem as "upbeat as our people, who seem to be very excited about the quality of the Iraqi police force."
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I certainly hope so.
Citizen's (cardiac) arrest?
Is this the same story?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368177/posts
BUMP!
Good it's about time they started taking care of business for themselves. Now they need to patrol their own neighborhoods.
Some of the best news out of Iraq yet. Hope to hear more like this, Iraqis taking things into their own hands because they care about the future of their country-and are willing to fight to keep these scumbags from taking control.
LOL! critics are also saying the terrorist's post election planning was a miserable failure
The Wild Wild West resurrected.
How come your average Baghdad shopkeeper has a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Second Amendment than many American citizens and ALL democrats?
They have needed it more. Most U.S. Citizens have never been in a him or me, I chose him situation. Me either, for that matter, but I was never in an accident but still have car insurance.
---Shopkeepers and residents on one of Baghdad's main streets pulled out their own guns Tuesday and killed three insurgents when hooded men began shooting at passers-by, giving a rare victory to civilians increasingly frustrated by the violence bleeding Iraq.---
This is what I've been waiting to hear. They are taking responsibility for their own lives and situation. Bravo for them! With a lot of hard work and perseverance they may break the bonds of the thugdoms that rule most of the middle east.
Bump for keeping and bearing arms in Iraq.
bump
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