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Iraq Report: Taji tribes turn on Mahdi Army and al Qaeda
Weekly Standard ^
| 7/23/07
| Bill Roggio
Posted on 07/23/2007 3:50:28 PM PDT by bnelson44
Operation Phantom Thunder and the Baghdad Security Plan continue to place pressure on al Qaeda in Iraq, allied Sunni insurgent groups, the Mahdi Army and the Iranian-backed Special Group. In Baghdad, junior al Qaeda in Iraq operatives are reportedly cooperating with Coalition forces and a series of car bombs hit a Shia area of the capital. In the Belts, U.S. and Iraqi forces maintain aggressive operations against al Qaeda and insurgent cells as both Sunni and Shia tribal leaders in and around Taji have banded together to fight the Mahdi Army and al Qaeda. Meanwhile, the U.S. captured two more members of the Special Group and have indicated that Iran is now smuggling Chinese made weapons into Iraq.
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TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: alqaedainiraq; iraq; phantomthunder; progress; roggio
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posted on
07/23/2007 3:50:29 PM PDT
by
bnelson44
To: bnelson44
And I’m sure the lms will be pleased to report this news—NOT!
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posted on
07/23/2007 3:53:25 PM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: bnelson44
Forget it. Just ask the face of the Dhimmocratic Party: Harry "All-is-Lost" Reid.
/end sarc.
GO U.S. MILITARY!
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posted on
07/23/2007 3:54:37 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: bnelson44
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posted on
07/23/2007 3:57:09 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: bnelson44
It'll be a MIRACLE if the DBM report any of it.
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:02:14 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
To: bnelson44
Steady progress. Excellent
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:06:02 PM PDT
by
pissant
(Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
To: bnelson44
You always seem to be an hour ahead of me with regard to Roggio. Good work!
I am cautiously optimistic for the first time in awhile that this may be the beginning of a clear victory in Iraq. Much more work needs to be done, especially political work to get the all the parties to agree.
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:09:05 PM PDT
by
Tennessean4Bush
(An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)
To: kromike
More encouraging signs...
However....
The “Democrat Tribe” has turned on the US Army and is desperately trying to enact a unilateral surrender.
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:10:59 PM PDT
by
Mad_as_heck
(The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
To: bnelson44
Gosh, the Iranians are sneaking arms into Iraq! I’m shocked!
Gosh, the Saudis are sneaking money and volunteers and arms into Iraq! I’m shocked!
(/sarcasm)
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:11:31 PM PDT
by
TWohlford
To: bnelson44; elhombrelibre
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:25:41 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(God bless our brave troops and President Bush.)
To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:40:29 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Who will Liberals shift the blame to if their retreat from Iraq turns into a disaster?)
To: jveritas
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:58:06 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Who will Liberals shift the blame to if their retreat from Iraq turns into a disaster?)
To: elhombrelibre
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posted on
07/23/2007 4:59:58 PM PDT
by
jveritas
(God bless our brave troops and President Bush.)
To: Tennessean4Bush
I am cautiously optimistic...Success breeds success. The Military is on a roll, God bless them all.
To: elhombrelibre
Thanks for the ping. Things will continue to shape up in our favor.
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posted on
07/23/2007 10:13:22 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Hunter in 2008)
To: elhombrelibre; jveritas
Yes, the tribes - the former Saddam loyalists among them - are finally starting to fight
with us as apposed to against us.
It has dawned on them that we are actually here to help them and al Qaeda and the Mahdi Army do not have Iraq's best interests at heart.
This is actually a much bigger development than is being portrayed in the media. (Imagine that!)
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posted on
07/23/2007 11:28:01 PM PDT
by
Allegra
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