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We will send them home in body bags: Insurgents respond to the Bush 'surge'
The Times ^
| January 12, 2007
| Stephen Farrell
Posted on 01/11/2007 8:11:29 PM PST by jmc1969
Iraqi insurgents last night threatened to send President Bushs 22,000 new troops home in body bags as details emerged of the new Baghdad crackdown at the core of his surge strategy.
The Shia-led Government of Nouri al-Maliki reacted positively, but there is widespread scepticism as to whether it will confront Shia militias within its own hardline parties. On the streets there are near-universal predictions from Sunnis and Shias alike that the plan will join previous failed initiatives.
One al-Maliki aide told The Times that the Baghdad offensive would first concentrate on outlying Sunni insurgent strongholds that choke the capital such as Abu Ghraib, Latifiya and Salman Pak rather than taking on al-Mahdi Army.
He argues that the way to deal with the Mahdi Army is to bring down the level of terrorist attacks so ordinary Shia dont feel the need for the Mahdi. Right now they think the Mahdi is bad, but without them they would be killed by al-Qaeda and the others.
After four to eight weeks once ordinary Shias see a reduction in insurgent killings the Government would be in a stronger position to persuade the militia to disband.
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:11:37 PM PST
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Somebody on the DU just quoted this with approval. One of his little DU buddies agreed with him.
To: popdonnelly
You have to remember members of Ansar al-Sunna and al-Qaeda are posters for DU.
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:15:35 PM PST
by
jmc1969
To: jmc1969
Is there an Insurgent Union that the media can contact to find out what they are thinking?
4
posted on
01/11/2007 8:16:44 PM PST
by
woofie
To: woofie
I was thinking the same thing...do the insurgents have spokespeople now? This is just out and out made up.
5
posted on
01/11/2007 8:17:46 PM PST
by
Hildy
(Words are mere bubbles of water...but deeds are drops of gold.)
To: jmc1969
1 week and these goat-humpers will be crying uncle.
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:19:47 PM PST
by
Spruce
To: jmc1969
Probably on AOL, as well.
To: jmc1969
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:20:11 PM PST
by
GVnana
(Former Alias: GVgirl)
To: jmc1969
Iraqi insurgents last night threatened to send President Bushs 22,000 new troops home in body bags as details emerged of the new Baghdad crackdown at the core of his surge strategy.ROFL
To: jmc1969
How are they going to send us home in body bags when they are going to be running faster then they ever thought they could?
10
posted on
01/11/2007 8:25:52 PM PST
by
do the dhue
(How come the Demorats have not fixed Iraq yet? They're inept!! Vote 'em out!!)
Comment #11 Removed by Moderator
To: woofie
Is there an Insurgent Union that the media can contact to find out what they are thinking? The media is the insurgent union. The union griever is the DNC...
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:30:43 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: woofie
Is there an Insurgent Union that the media can contact to find out what they are thinking?
Try 1 800 DemoraticParty
They are in with ALL the unions (especially the Soviet Union). LOL MAN!!! I just bust me up!!! LOL
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:31:28 PM PST
by
do the dhue
(How come the Demorats have not fixed Iraq yet? They're inept!! Vote 'em out!!)
To: jmc1969
I hope our guys and gals send these animals home in ziploc bags.
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:33:08 PM PST
by
LibSnubber
(Liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
To: LibSnubber
I hope our guys and gals send these animals home in ziploc bags. Tiny pieces of DNA would work too. Won't need plastic bags then.
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:36:13 PM PST
by
do the dhue
(How come the Demorats have not fixed Iraq yet? They're inept!! Vote 'em out!!)
To: jmc1969
blah, blah, blah... yeah, we've heard it before....
oh yeah... I know, I know... you're "outraged"........ again....
these were the last muzzie asshats that were gonna conquer us and send us home in bags....
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:42:46 PM PST
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: jmc1969
Just like the bloodbath that was supposed to happen when the whole war in Iraq started? You know, all that resistance them met rolling into Baghdad?
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:44:06 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: jmc1969
"Iraqi insurgents last night threatened to send President Bushs 22,000 new troops home in body bags..."
BRING
IT
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:44:56 PM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: do the dhue
"they are going to be running faster then they ever thought they could"
Ah, that reminds me of a post I once read from a former Israeli military man. He said the Arabs ran so fast, they didn't bother to put on their shoes.
To: All
The only way sending more troops will do any good is if they are given carte blanche to do what they do best , kill people and blow up things. If they still have their hands tied in a PC war with the media all over them then its a waste of time.
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posted on
01/11/2007 8:46:22 PM PST
by
sonic109
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