Iraq to launch huge Baghdad raids

BBC News ^ | May 26, 2005 | BBC Staff

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More than 40,000 Iraqi soldiers are to be deployed in Baghdad in a massive operation to hunt down insurgents, the Iraqi defence minister has announced.

Saadoun al-Dulaimi said the force would include troops from the interior and defence ministries.

Correspondents say it would be by far the largest operation against insurgents in Baghdad by Iraqi forces.

Also in Baghdad, seven people have been killed in two separate attacks.

Insurgent attacks on US, Iraqi government and civilian targets have killed about 600 people in May.

Mr Dulaimi said the capital would be split into seven areas of operation, and warned that that security measures would be far more strict that had been seen before.

"We will also impose a concrete blockade around Baghdad, like a bracelet around an arm, God willing. No-one will be able to penetrate this blockade," Mr Dulaimi said.

He said this would be the first phase of a security crackdown that could eventually cover the whole country.

[Darksheare]

Never got to play any of the Civilization sims.
Temple of Apshai was hysterical, because in one level you're in a magician's lab.
There are guinea pigs in there, and one is loose.
The game tells you this by showing you a guinea pig sprite on the screen, and the alert says "Oh No! Guinea pig!"

[Darksheare]

Yes.
Very close.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Heh, heh.

[Darksheare]

My sister had loads of fun laughing about that.
(She also said, "Don't you love games where you get your butt kicked by everything?")

[Pippin]

This is terrific!

[Pippin]

Howdy, Gentlemen!

[Darksheare]

*kaboom*

What happen?
Someone set up us the bomb!
We get signal!
Main screen turn on.
It's you!
How are you gentleman?


LOL!!
(In a weird mood..)

[Pippin]

You are WEIRD!!!!

;o)

LOL!

[Darksheare]

Well... Yes.

Had a visit by the smut posting troll again.
This time his ping list didn't include me.
*hmm*

Wonder who else was left off this one.
(Impossible to know though)

[tiamat]

Hi guys.

i've been gone for a few days.

Jet just pinged me.

(thanks JJ. )

I take it that "it" has returned?

Same old stuff?

[Pippin]

I knew there was a troll here, I could smell the burnung ozone!

[Darksheare]

Yes.
This time he used the 'circamarvin' blog as the image source site.
And he left some people off his ping list this time.

[Darksheare]

Yes, "Beydler88" or some similar such.
Got himself crunched up good.

[tiamat]

That's interesting that he left people off.

(I trust you don't feel left out? )

;-)

[Darksheare]

Yes, it's interesting and extremely so.
And while I don't feel left out, I'm ticked because he's messing with people I care about.

[tiamat]

I don't blame you in the least for being PO'd.

What is the signifigance of the number "88"?

I keep seeing it pop up on people's handles, and when I went snooping in some VERY nasty places the LAST time this happened, I kept seeing it.

Some sort of Aryan recognition signal?

[Darksheare]

I haven't a clue.
Could have significance as a year, or as someone once said shorthand for 'ss' or some such.
I dunno, the idiots like that don't make sense to me.

[tiamat]

Me neither..

thanks anyway.

[Darksheare]

Welcome.
Just wish this guy would get massively stupid and get crushed.

[MattAMiller]

Good thing they announced it. Otherwise how would the insurgents know when to show up?