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Many US casualties in Nassiriya battle; Footage of POWs, including woman, shown on Iraqi TV
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| 23-03-2003, 16:47
Posted on 03/23/2003 9:10:39 AM PST by Lessismore
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To: Lessismore
Iraqi Information Minister Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf told a news conference in Baghdad that foreign invaders headed to Nassiriya had been "taught a lesson they will never forget." "We have placed them in a quagmire from which they can never emerge except dead," he said. You loon.
There's 299,989 more guys out there. Come get some...
To: DAnconia55
Hey, if you got an Islamic edumacation, you'd believe him, too.
To: Lessismore; All
Attend a pro-America rally TODAY.
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Maybe even start one yourselves at a busy intersection near your house. . .
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:14:41 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Death to the BA'ATHists.)
To: DAnconia55
E-bomb time, No more free TV in Iraq. Fast runners or carrier pigeons are the only means of communication from now on. Enough is enough.
To: Lessismore
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:16:22 AM PST
by
TheDon
(It takes two to make peace, but only one to make war.)
To: Lessismore
"We have placed them in a quagmire from which they can never emerge except dead," he said.
We're up against the Republic Guard from here on out. Now things are going to get interesting. There are bound to be more casualities, forward advancement will take longer and longer, and more than likely we're going to encounter some surprises. Hang on to your seats and pray for our boys.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:20:14 AM PST
by
bdeaner
To: Lessismore
These brave men and women have paid the price for defending their country and aswering the call....
Each freeper should set aside some time today to pray for the living and the dead....
Stating the obvious, this is war and we should expect to take casualties....
The difference between the Iraqi Thugs and us is our humanity and respect for life...This will persevere regardless of the atrocities they commit.
We will however prevail, and when we do, these "thugs" and "butchers" will be hunted down, tried for their crimes and those who are guilty, executed.
God Bless America!
NeverGore
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:21:05 AM PST
by
nevergore
(Stupid is as stupid does....)
To: Lessismore
A total of 11 U.S. soldiers were captured after taking a wrong turn, and 50 military personnel have been wounded in the massive firefight in Nassiriya, ABCNEWS reported Sunday.Thank god for the skill of our medical personel; the casualties are mostly just wounded.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:30:15 AM PST
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
To: Uncle George
"E-bomb time, No more free TV in Iraq...Enough is enough."Agreed...
Not only that, we should hijack both the signal and content.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:33:29 AM PST
by
F16Fighter
(Democrats -- The Party of Stalin and Chiraq)
To: Lessismore
He noted that under the Geneva Conventions governing prisoners of war, "It's illegal to do things to POWs that are humiliating to those prisoners." Assuming this "Operation Iraqi Liberation" is but one operation in the continuing "War on Terror" which has precipitated all manner of New Procedures (including summary execution by assassination squads or upon closed military tribunal) and whose combatants we DO NOT recognize as "prisoners of war" ... where do we get off demanding Geneva Convention protocols for our troops?
And what is a chick doing in combat? Is she a red herring that this is propaganda or do we have women on the vanguard over there?
It's illegal to do things to POWs that are humiliating to those prisoners
Why? Because inflictions of Shock and Awe once confined is somehow immoral? What is the difference if the intent of "Shock and Awe" is to have certain residual effects on the folks long after the skirmish -- or war -- itself is over?
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:38:35 AM PST
by
Askel5
To: Askel5
where do we get off demanding Geneva Convention protocols for our troops? Bite the left side of my buttocks you loon.
I surely hope you know of no one who knows any single one of these soldiers who are being held or have been summarily executed.
ESADB
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:41:42 AM PST
by
Neets
(Mess with me and you'll be introduced to my big ole can of MOAB.)
To: nevergore
I've seen the film of captured US POW's on Al-Jazeera. They have it on what is seemingly a constant loop- which itself is a little disturbing.
Iraqi tv is using this for propaganda purposes- why the hell we haven't taken out their TV studio's is beyond me. Perhaps we could drop a bomb through Al-Jazeera studio's too.
As for the film itself it was very, very disturbing. One, a woman, was absolutely petrified. Her eyes were darting all about the place. They were asking her (them) about why they were killing Iraqi people and so on. One POW was seriously injured- an Iraqi shoved a microphone in his face asked him a question and then forcably rasied the POW's head to answer the question- forgetting the fact the POW was in huge pain.............we should pray for all of them.
Perhaps I'm getting a little too emotional about all of this- but we seem to be adopting a military policy of trying to minimise Iraqi troop/civilian deaths at the cost of putting our own troops at extra risk.
God bless the coalition troops.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:43:45 AM PST
by
devo
To: Lessismore
The Geneva Convention question is an especially serious one.
Given our own precedent of ignoring same as well as our proceeding with this war AGAINST the wishes of many of the major signatories of that Convention, I really do wonder how it is we have the nerve to claim all due rights and privileges under that convention.
Must we be logical or expect some parity from the World Community where we expressly deny its control over us where the prosecution of war for our own self-interest is concerned?
I think we are headed down a dark alley ... alone ... in this regard. I think we are squandering our moral capital somehow.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:44:01 AM PST
by
Askel5
To: Askel5
Who gives a flying Fart what YOU think askel???
YOU are clearly beyond the pale here, and I'd venture to guess in the minority here.
Go take a walk.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:46:02 AM PST
by
Neets
(Mess with me and you'll be introduced to my big ole can of MOAB.)
To: Lessismore
To be honest, I'm shocked that Drudge has a picture off the video on his front page.
I'm weeping -- and angry...
To: Askel5
I think we are squandering our moral capital somehow. Best to speak for yourself in this matter.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:48:23 AM PST
by
Interesting Times
(Eagles Up! Join the Rally for America...)
To: Askel5
This, from the woman who thinks the Taliban got a bad rap.
To: Askel5
Askel5 signed up 1998-04-15.
This account has been banned.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:50:54 AM PST
by
error99
("I believe stupidity should hurt."...used by permission from null and void all copyrights apply...)
To: Lessismore
Ok, we all want to be good humanitarians, but now is the time to take off the gloves. Our first responsibility is to the American people and our troops, not the Iraqi people. And besides the Iraqi armed forces are not civilians and should not be treated as such.
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posted on
03/23/2003 9:51:05 AM PST
by
God is good
(God Bless America)
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