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U.S. helicopters strike high-rises in Baghdad
Scotsman ^ | Wed 24 Jan 2007 | Ross Colvin and Ahmed Rasheed - Reuters

Posted on 01/24/2007 9:21:59 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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1 posted on 01/24/2007 9:22:03 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Le Pay Back.


2 posted on 01/24/2007 9:22:49 AM PST by madison10 (The Democrat Party stands for open treason in a time of war)
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To: TexKat; Allegra; Marine_Uncle

fyi


3 posted on 01/24/2007 9:23:38 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Way to go Boys, Get Some!


4 posted on 01/24/2007 9:23:47 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Reduce Baghdad to rubble and burn what remains.


5 posted on 01/24/2007 9:24:41 AM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

"Thirty suspected insurgents were killed and 35 more detained during day-long gunbattles in the area, Defence Ministry spokesman Mohammed al-Askari said."

The Wrath of the US Army.


6 posted on 01/24/2007 9:24:42 AM PST by pissant
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Thanks for the info, good to see.


7 posted on 01/24/2007 9:24:46 AM PST by roses of sharon
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Okay...this is what is going to start happening.

In every story of how the Americans and Iraqi military are kicking insurgent butt....there will be twice as many lines talking about the women and children that get hurt or die.

It is inevitable in a city of 6 million people..PLUS the insurgents WANT as many women and children to die as possible..in order to get Biden and all of the other wimpy Congresscritters to scream to pull all of the troops NOW!!!


8 posted on 01/24/2007 9:24:53 AM PST by Txsleuth
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Peace Through Superior Firepower PING!


9 posted on 01/24/2007 9:27:20 AM PST by fleagle
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Those high rises are literally across the street from the Green Zone, and Haifa street is legendary for it's Sunni insurgent sympathies. We've found some very senior al-Qa'ida in Iraq leaders in some of those buildings, including Zarqawi's right hand man, Abu Azzam, the (formerly living) Emir of Baghdad. Amazing that they're so close to the Green Zone you could walk it in a few minutes.


10 posted on 01/24/2007 9:27:43 AM PST by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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Key comment:

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The U.S. military said Wednesday's mission was "not an operation designed solely to target Sunni insurgents, but rather aimed at rapidly isolating all active insurgents and gaining control of this key central Baghdad location".

Meanwhile back in the Washington Beltway:

Senators eye rejection of Bush war plan (Republican turncoat alert)

11 posted on 01/24/2007 9:28:16 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Txsleuth

Then set up (gasp) camps. Sort the women, children and men and start determining who the younger men are. Anyone outside the camps would not be protected.
Make it so uncomfortable that the good guys, will take care of the bad guys themselves.


12 posted on 01/24/2007 9:28:22 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Steel Wolf

Might need to level those high rises!


13 posted on 01/24/2007 9:29:23 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Good.  Take off the gloves and let them feel the wrath of American fire power.

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.


14 posted on 01/24/2007 9:30:06 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Give'em hell boys. No matter what the world opinion says,you guys are on the right side of history and civilization. God bless each and every one of you brave warriors.


15 posted on 01/24/2007 9:30:53 AM PST by MARKUSPRIME
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To: Txsleuth

Then set up (gasp) camps. Sort the women, children and men and start determining who the younger men are. Anyone outside the camps would not be protected.
Make it so uncomfortable that the good guys, will take care of the bad guys themselves.


16 posted on 01/24/2007 9:30:57 AM PST by CindyDawg
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To: Txsleuth

The administration is turning off the TV. the reporters and reporterettes can do their worst. The assault will intensify.


17 posted on 01/24/2007 9:31:32 AM PST by kinghorse
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Might as well add the Image:

A U.S. helicopter flies over Haifa Street in Baghdad, January 24, 2007. REUTERS/Ceewan Aziz

18 posted on 01/24/2007 9:31:48 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Get er done, boys!


19 posted on 01/24/2007 9:31:50 AM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

"A local journalist said he helped transport 37 wounded people to hospital, including women and children, in three ambulances that managed to get through the security cordon."

Here we go again, Reuters using Arab sources. Wonder if this is the same guy who reported 12 bodies were burned in a mosque -- the story that ended up being a lie? Or maybe the green helment guy left lebanon for Iraq.


20 posted on 01/24/2007 9:32:02 AM PST by girlangler (Fish Fear Me)
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