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U.S. Marine Jets Bomb Two Bridges in Iraq
yahoo news/AP ^ | Sept. 6, 2005

Posted on 09/06/2005 2:58:44 AM PDT by nuconvert

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To: socdelt9
The fighting occurred a day after U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Iraq had become an even greater terrorist center than the former Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

. . .

Kofi's right, as much as some people hate to admit it.

Actually, Kofi is confused, as usual. With Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the government gave aid and protection to terrorists. When Saddam Hussein was in power, he gave aid and protection to terrorists. The situation in Iraq now is completely different. Syria and Iran are currently giving aid and protection to terrorists, however the Iraqi government is not. Clearly Kofi longs for the days when Saddam Hussein was in control, and willfully turns a blind eye to the interference from Syria and Iran, but no intelligent person should...

21 posted on 09/06/2005 8:20:25 AM PDT by The Electrician ("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
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To: jveritas

Right, this is it exactly. No terrorist could ever think of striking anywhere but in Iraq, or possibly Afghanistan; they're too stupid for that. This is cutting-edge thinking! Keep it up!


22 posted on 09/06/2005 8:35:17 AM PDT by ukman
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To: kitkat
Kofi filter. LOVE it.

I'm working on a Jimmy (Carter) filter too, but it's a little harder to get right. My digestive system keeps interrupting.

23 posted on 09/06/2005 8:56:56 AM PDT by Tom Bombadil
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To: ukman

The cutting edge thinking is that there is no better place to kill and annihilate more terrorists than in Iraq or in Afghanistan. You need to get less emotional my British friend who is living in Germany.


24 posted on 09/06/2005 9:58:02 AM PDT by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: The Electrician; nuconvert
Kofi misses Saddam's Iraq. Boo Hoo! No more Oil-for-Food kickbacks, eh, Kofi??
25 posted on 09/06/2005 10:57:23 AM PDT by txrangerette
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To: nuconvert

anybody know what happened to Michael Yon? Did he leave Iraq?


26 posted on 09/06/2005 11:08:04 AM PDT by cookcounty (Army Vet, Army Dad.)
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To: nuconvert
By SAMEER N. YACOUB

Hey, wasn't he the evil scientist who invented white people?
27 posted on 09/06/2005 11:10:49 AM PDT by Antoninus (Dominus Iesus, miserere nobis.)
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To: TomasUSMC

Maybe we didn't destroy the bridges, because we might want to quickly repair and use them?


28 posted on 09/06/2005 11:11:12 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (never surrender, this is for the kids)
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To: nuconvert

sounds from the scene:....what is that over head....duck...KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!


29 posted on 09/06/2005 12:58:36 PM PDT by chrispycsuf (our troops need our support now more than ever)
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To: nuconvert

sounds from the scene:....what is that over head....duck...KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!


30 posted on 09/06/2005 12:58:36 PM PDT by chrispycsuf (our troops need our support now more than ever)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Don't forget the "pottery barn" rule ...
If we blow something up ... US taxpayers will pay to rebuild it.

If terrorists blow something up ... US taxpayers will pay to rebuild it.

As a US taxpayer, I *like* smart munitions!


31 posted on 09/06/2005 7:55:45 PM PDT by WOSG (http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/)
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To: jveritas

It may well be so that Iraq and Afghanistan are good places to kill terrorists. However, that's not to say they will ALL follow the USA's playbook. Surely it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that many of them are thinking up ways to hit America hard that doesn't involve going to Iraq or Afghanistan and engaging in largely futile and near-suicidal attacks on US troops. You shouldn't be underestimating your enemies like this.

>You need to get less emotional my British friend who is living in Germany.<

Me, emotional? I couldn't give a toss how it all turns out, though I admit an outcome with a stable, pro-US and non-Islamic government would be preferable. If not? Ah well, you lose some, you win some.


32 posted on 09/06/2005 11:16:41 PM PDT by ukman
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