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BBC: Firefight breaks out in Nasiriya, apparently between rival Iraqi groups. More soon.
BBC TV news ^
| 4/9/03
| BBC
Posted on 04/07/2003 11:29:20 AM PDT by Smogger
Nothing on their website yet. This is on the bottom of the screen.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iraq; nasiriya; news; warlist
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I don't wanna see our boys getting shot up in some ethnic fighting. One of my biggest concerns. The country is starting to unravel now.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:29:20 AM PDT
by
Smogger
To: Smogger
This needs to be nipped in the bud.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:30:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Nah...I say we pull out and let 'em go at it. Few hundred less Islamokazis to worry about after...
Let 'em get it out of their system, then go in and subjegate those left standing.
To: dfwgator
Firefight breaks out in the centre of Nasiriya - it is believed the fighting is between Iraqi groups, possibly between Fedayeen members faithful to Saddam Hussein and people opposed to him. This is the people rising up against their oppressors. Yes, it can cause difficulties, but it's to be expected.
To: Smogger
One of the reasons we will need to stick around for a while is to keep Iraq from becoming Afganistan - a country of anarchy with tribal wars and warlords. That gave birth to the Taliban. Nobody wants to see Iraq fall to militant islam.
To: Smogger
bttt
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:34:36 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(Bu-bye Saddam! / Check out my Freeper site !: http://home.attbi.com/~freeper/wsb/index.html)
To: Numbers Guy
Must be the People's Front of Iraq fighting the Iraqi People's Front.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:35:06 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Here's the little nipper right now...
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:35:12 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(So..... This is Virginia..... where are all the virgins?)
To: dfwgator; Smogger
Au Contraire! (oops - used French....uggh) - This sounds like just what we want - uprising, offing-of-Fedayeen.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:35:34 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Bumperootus!)
To: dfwgator
Must be the People's Front of Iraq fighting the Iraqi People's Front.SPLINTER!!!!
To: Numbers Guy
No, that's the Popular Front.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:37:56 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Smogger
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< SARCASM ON>
... After determining that 600,000 Iraqi soldiers shooting at 100,000 Americans resulted in fewer than 100 kills, some Iraqis have now decided that shooting at each other is safer than waiting around for the Americans to destroy them.
< /SARCASM >
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:38:21 AM PDT
by
Southack
(Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: shadowman99
Err...um...I thought that the Karzai government was a success.
To: Captain Kirk
I think he was refering to Afghanistan prior to Enduring Freedom, although there's still ALOT of cleaning up to do over there.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:40:51 AM PDT
by
jae471
To: Smogger
I was watching some report last night, with an Arab speaking 101st Airborne member speaking with residents. He remarked how the local Iraqis were told that the American soliders would kill the men, rape the women, enslave the children, etc. He then went on to say that after the initial shock of seeing US Troops with M-16s wore off, and that we weren't like that, the locals stated that nearly everyone on that street had lost a family member or extended family member to violence from the Baath party. So, you can see where some of this in-fighting is coming from, and what motivations are behind it.
To: dfwgator
Must be the People's Front of Iraq fighting the Iraqi People's Front. Send in Private Brian.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:43:53 AM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(We are crushing our enemies, seeing him driven before us and hearing the lamentations of the liberal)
To: Smogger
problem is the elites have been hiding behind the women and children this whole time forcing civilians to fight for them..many of the thugs have probably survived and are now regrouping..we should just blast anybody who gets out of hand!
To: BurbankKarl
Right. The Baghdad Broadcasting Corporation sees Saddam's Gestapo and the Iraqi people rising up to attack them as just "two different factions". It would be funny if it weren't so repulsive.
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:46:08 AM PDT
by
Argus
To: Smogger
Considering its location, I imagine the population of Nasiriyah is predominantly Shiite. I suspect this is a rebellion of Shiites against the Ba'athists.
To: Smogger
1805: Firefight breaks out in the centre of Nasiriya - it is believed the fighting is between Iraqi groups, possibly between Fedayeen members faithful to Saddam Hussein and people opposed to him.
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