At Least 80 Killed in Raid on Insurgent Camp in Iraq

NY Times ^ | March 23, 2005 | EDWARD WONG

[The_Media_never_lie]

Game laws more liberal in Iraq than New Hampshire, apparently.

I remember a slogan at a gym at Ft. Jackson in the early 1970s which said, "Aggresive Fighting for the Right is the World's Noblest Sport".

Not sure I believed it in the Vietnam context, but considering the threat we are facing I think it's applicable today.

[neverdem]

Now it's page one above the fold, although they changed the title to "U.S.-Backed Iraqis Raid Camp and Report Killing 80 Insurgents", added a map and added a picture that referred to the only negative aspect in the story.

The New York Times
Rebels had set up a training camp in a remote area at Lake Tharthar.

Mohammed Uraibi/Associated Press
The body of Ban Abbas, 12, at Al Yarmuk Hospital in Baghdad. She and another child died Wednesday when a shell hit a school in Amariya.

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