Posted on 03/22/2006 2:31:36 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
It might also tell you that the captured jihadis are talking.
Jeez, why didn't my local morning news didn't breathlessly report this story? The other morning they were downright cheering the "bold prison break."
gonna have to put the word out-Any more attempts at a jail break and all prisoners will be moved out of country.Better yet,wire all jails with claymores,any jail break attempts and all prisoners are blown up.
Insurgents found guilty of possession of illegal weapons,joining armed terrorist organizations
Seems like they are getting their Justice system cranked up!
Hang `em high:
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iraq10mar10,1,4751074.story?coll=la-news-a_section
From the Los Angeles Times
13 Convicted Insurgents Are Executed in Iraq
By Louise Roug
Times Staff Writer
March 10, 2006
BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities Thursday hanged 13 prisoners, including a woman, convicted of being insurgents, said an official who was present.
The executions, which were authorized by the Iraqi government, were the first to involve insurgents. It was the second time since Saddam Hussein's ouster in 2003 that the death penalty was carried out...
Making progress!
This is great news .. it tells us that the Iraqis are learning from their mistakes .. and the terrorists don't get a second chance to hit them.
Plus .. why are they raiding the jails anyway ..?? Maybe they're running out of terrorists ..??
But .. but .. but .. I THOUGHT WE WERE LOSING !!!!!
"it took a lot of guts to make that splatter" said the bug as it hit the windshield
"Bet you don't have the guts to do it again " said the driver.
Thanks for link, I linked to this on my blog http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com/
... and made special mention of this metric that was posted as comment to Roggio's article ...
JAF:
Early March, for operations company level or higher:
34% were planned and executed by ISF alone.
43% were joint ISF/Coalition operations.
23% were Coalition operations alone.
In early December05 the numbers were:
21% were planned and executed by ISF alone.
29% were joint ISF/Coalition operations.
50% were Coalition operations alone.
... Terrorists are weakening but the Iraqi army is growing stronger.
"Although Wednesday's raid failed, the insurgents' ability to put together such large and well-armed bands of fighters underlined concerns about the ability of Iraqi police and military to take over the fight from U.S. troops."
This sentence is nothing but pure AP BS propaganda."
Agreed. Indeed, if you parse it, it is thoroughly illogical.
Army Z, Zarqawi's army and their capabilities are described as "insurgents' ability to put together such large and well-armed bands of fighters", and that tells us nothing of the capabilities of Army I, the Iraqi Army, which could range from incompetent to extraordinarily superior. What Z can do tels us nothing ofwhat I can do. It doesn't 'underlines concerns', it tells us nothing,
and 'concerns' is a way to say absolutely nothing in the sentence. Such 'concerns' exist anyway, whatever the level of terrorist threat.
Does this attack demonstrate some fact relevent to the question of whether Iraqi army can fight on its own?
Well, since a joint US-Iraqi response *defeated* the terrorist attack, the one lesson is this: The Iraqi Army is at least capable of defeating even organized terrorist attacks, with the help of US forces.
That is the only logical and useful conclusion, and a positive one. Curiously, this obvious answer is missed by the defeatist media.
Anyone know why we're taking prisoners?? Is it because we believe they can be rehabilitated and lead useful productive lives like our domestic child molesters we keep recycling?
Too many prisoners.
Does this attack demonstrate some fact relevant to the question of whether Iraqi army can fight on its own? Well, since a joint US-Iraqi response *defeated* the terrorist attack, the one lesson is this: The Iraqi Army is at least capable of defeating even organized terrorist attacks, with the help of US forces. That is the only logical and useful conclusion, and a positive one. Curiously, this obvious answer is missed by the defeatist media.
You nailed it WOSG
May the AP rot in Hades.
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