Posted on 09/09/2005 2:29:06 PM PDT by jmc1969
BAGHDAD Iraqi and U.S. forces have stepped up their offensive against rebels in the northern town of Tal Afar, while tightening security on the nearby Syrian border, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Friday.
Jaafari also said that the government would increase security controls along the border with Syria, saying that it had already tightened security on the border between Nineveh Province in the north of Iraq and Syria.
Tal Afar, an insurgent stronghold, is believed to provide a shortcut for foreign fighters infiltrating Iraq to join the Iraqi insurgency.
The U.S. military announced Thursday that U.S.-led forces were preparing to launch a military offensive to root out insurgents from Tal Afar, where entire neighborhoods are in the hands of rebel groups.
About 215 people described by American forces as terrorists have been killed or captured in Tal Afar in the last eight days, the U.S. military said.
Meanwhile, the printing of the draft constitution has been delayed, reportedly with new amendments to accommodate demands of disenchanted Sunni Arabs to ensure the Arab identity of Iraq.
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very quietly, while the media is focused on new orleans, we have stepped up the action there.
Thanks for post. Yea. Tal Afar is going to be a little Fallujah. Lots of heavy blasts are going to scare the shit out of the A RABS on this one.
Translation: terrorists
200+ dead terrorists that will never reach our shores to kill innocent Americans in the name of Allah.
Flypaper theory works for me, by God.
Light 'em up!
FLATTEN THE CITY and all these border towns!
I say it's high time we spill over the border to give Syria a little scare.
I don't know how many grains of salt to take with this report. For one thing, does the military always make announcements that they are going to launch offensives?
Boy wouldn't this be a good time to bust some Syrian a$$? They could call it the Katrina maneuver.
If we really want to clean uo the mess--maybe we should conveniently forget just exdactly where that border boundary falls and realize where we are about say--Beirut.
Excellent strategy. Godspeed US and Iraqi forces, and may you have good hunting.
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"Translation: terrorists"
NORMAL Reuters/AP/AFP/BBC/UPI/ABC/CBS/NBC/MSNBC/FOX/CNN translation: "insurgents".
All anyone has to do is look at a map to see the degree of ass-kicking our military is giving the terrorists.
No! just spray it for islamosandnazis, then reset the roach motel for more!
Q. Whadda ya call the Haj?
A. A target rich enviroment!
Kill A Commie For Mommie
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"Every IED attack every mortar attack should cause Iran and Syria to wake up in the morning and find a bridge or airport or barracks missing."
Sean Connery in the Untouchables, "You wanna get Capone? Here's how you get him--he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue--THAT'S THE CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you get Capone."
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