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50,000 Iraqi insurgents dead, caught
Washington Post ^ | July 26, 2005 | By Sharon Behn

Posted on 07/26/2005 3:04:49 PM PDT by Asphalt

U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or arrested more than 50,000 Iraqi insurgents in the past seven months, a former top general who has headed repeated Pentagon assessment missions to Iraq said yesterday. Gen. Jack Keane, a former deputy chief of staff for the Army, also said the United States has a good picture of the leadership of the vicious insurgency but less of an idea about its mid- and lower-level ranks. "We know who they are," he told a lunch gathering sponsored by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He said the eight to 10 leaders "occasionally meet -- we've recorded that -- not just in Iraq, but in Jordan and Syria." Gen. Keane's remarks provided a rare insight into the extent of U.S.-led operations against an insurgency that has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in the past few weeks alone. Pentagon officials previously had been quoted as saying 15,000 to 16,000 Iraqis were in custody in Iraq, but spokesman Lawrence DiRita was unable to comment last night on the 50,000 figure offered by the general.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: captured; enemy; iraq; killed; oif
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To: Echo Talon

hmm


41 posted on 07/26/2005 3:36:49 PM PDT by Asphalt (Join my NFL ping list! FReepmail me| Since 10/10/04)
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To: Asphalt
hmm

LOL! :D

42 posted on 07/26/2005 3:39:01 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: Echo Talon
nononononnononono. I look nothing like that (I hope)

No, I'm a few pounds lighter. It would take an interesting person to do that to themselves:


43 posted on 07/26/2005 3:47:49 PM PDT by Asphalt (Join my NFL ping list! FReepmail me| Since 10/10/04)
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To: Asphalt

here ya go, did a really quick one for ya.
44 posted on 07/26/2005 3:56:51 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: princess leah
I'm faxing a copy of this to ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN

The MSM will probably want to read the names during a news broadcast.

45 posted on 07/26/2005 3:58:19 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (I'm sick and tired of being sicked and tired!)
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To: Echo Talon

Not bad. What program do you use?


46 posted on 07/26/2005 4:00:01 PM PDT by Asphalt (Join my NFL ping list! FReepmail me| Since 10/10/04)
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To: Asphalt

I use photoshop, I did it really fast, didn't want to take to much time on it. :D


47 posted on 07/26/2005 4:05:17 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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To: tet68

"Muslim women go to heaven too!"

Some believe Muslim women have no souls.


48 posted on 07/26/2005 4:21:52 PM PDT by combat_boots (Dug in and not budging an inch. NOT to be schiavoed, greered, or felosed as a patient)
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To: A CA Guy

Hooah.


49 posted on 07/26/2005 4:22:14 PM PDT by combat_boots (Dug in and not budging an inch. NOT to be schiavoed, greered, or felosed as a patient)
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To: combat_boots

Amen to that my friend


50 posted on 07/26/2005 4:23:24 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: in hoc signo vinces

SWAG

The rest I know, what's the "S" stand for?


51 posted on 07/26/2005 4:29:18 PM PDT by Sally Golightly
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To: Sally Golightly

"Silly"


52 posted on 07/26/2005 4:32:31 PM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Soylent Green is People!")
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To: Asphalt

I almost had heart failure when I saw this was an article by the WaPo - then my sceptical self clicked on the link -and it's actually Washington Times. Wishful thinking.


53 posted on 07/26/2005 4:35:05 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: in hoc signo vinces

Thank you.


54 posted on 07/26/2005 4:35:13 PM PDT by Sally Golightly
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To: Echo Talon

What version of photoshop you using there ET?


55 posted on 07/26/2005 5:04:18 PM PDT by JDoutrider (As long as the very last mosque stands, the cutting edge of a knife is still pressed on our throats.)
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To: fhayek
"Heaven's going to have to order more virgins."

Nah ... it's the same 72 virgins. The Koran actually says that they are perpetual virgins, meaning the ultimate in recycling.

I'll ... uh ... stop there.

56 posted on 07/26/2005 5:08:51 PM PDT by tom h
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To: JDoutrider

Photoshop CS2


57 posted on 07/26/2005 5:28:46 PM PDT by Echo Talon (http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
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