US says 100 fighters a month enter Iraq from Syria

Reuters ^ | 20 Nov 2006 | Ross Colvin

[TexKat]

[darkwing104]

Arm the tribal Iraqi Kurds and put a bounty on the head of anyone crossing the Syrian Boarder. Problem Solved.

[hosepipe]

[ US says 100 fighters a month enter Iraq from Syria ]

Groovey.. set up snipers and kill them as they come accross..
Same with the Iran border.. evidentally the insurgency will be effected.. and the practice will produce very good (even better) snipers.. Oh! and leave them where they fall..

[Yo-Yo]

How many enter the U.S. from Mexico each month?

[johnny7]

You have to wonder how bad morale is shaken when our military reads that certain elements at home wish to deal with the Syrians on Iraq.

[technomage]

Up to 100 foreign fighters cross into Iraq from Syria every month

That is 1200 max a year entering from Syria.

Sounds a bit low to me.

[George W. Bush]

Wow. Only a hundred? Maybe we could import some border guards from there.

[ASA Vet]

How will their morale be when they've been redeployed to Guam in a few months?

[Blogger]

But Rick Warren said they were peaceful

[Thrownatbirth]

Groovey.. set up snipers and kill them as they come accross..

Apparently, it's an on-going show called the Anbar Turkey-Shoot. Guys re-up for it.

[SolidWood]

Chase the bastards 'til Damascus and kill the chief-Bozo Bashar al Ass-hat.

[WatchingInAmazement]

Maybe we could import some border guards from there.

Actually we've been sending our border guards to Iraq.

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol

The Border Patrol has a variety of tactical teams, which are trained in special tactics, to respond to unusual occurrences of a high risk nature. BORTAC (Border Patrol Tactical Team) is the official tactical unit of the Border Patrol for high risk enforcement similar to a SWAT team, some BORTAC members have even been sent to Iraq to be advisors to Iraqi Security Forces near the border.

[Argus]

Will somebody remind me why in three years we haven't reduced Damascus and Tehran to ashes? Sure the "international community" would squeal but nobody would stop us.

Aw never mind I know why.

[Third Order]

this is the only reason I actually think more troops are needed. Double the number of troops and put about 100k on the borders. Some can do the normal border crossing thing, but give most of them ROE that allow them to actually fight those coming across. The insurgency will eventually starve, though the supply line cut is only one part of what needs to be done (hence the other 100k not at the borders). But this is all conjecture.

[CBart95]

Only a hundred? Thank goodness!

And here we were thinking that the dreaded "Axis of Evil" was behind all this messy "civil war" business in Iraq.

This must be a sign that our job is done over there and our boys and girls can pack up and come home. Let 'em fight among themselves, those murderous Iraqis.
(Gave 'em a democratically run new government and an election and all...our job is done.)

See? President Pelosi takes charge and everything's all right now.

(Where'd we get the idea that the US is the "Cop a' the World"?)

[TexKat]

Iran Urges Summit With Iraq and Syria

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1741590/posts

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If we sit down and talk to them, maybe have Israel give back the Golan Heights, this will slow, I'm sure.

[Red_Devil 232]

Wow. Only a hundred? My thoughts exactly!

[sageb1]

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

[TexKat]

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