US raids Palestinian mission in Baghdad

AP / The Jerusalem Post ^ | 29 May 2003 | The Associated Press

[aynrandfreak]

Only 4-5 soldiers had to die before they stopped the diplomatic niceties.

[mewzilla]

What, we only ransacked?! No pillaging? Bummer :(

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

"They even took all of our water bottles and food cans," said Mohamed Abdul Wahab, a mission official. "They behaved like common thieves."

Being a criminal terrorist scumbag just isn't any fun anymore, is it Mohamed?

The Pallies target civilians in shopping malls and pizza restaurants but Americans raiding their criminal enterprises is decried in the international press and gets all of the attention. Too bad, Mohamed, the party is over.

[theDentist]

"To attack a foreign embassy is a criminal act and a breach of diplomatic immunity," Wahab said.

So go call a cop.

[El Gato]

"To attack a foreign embassy is a criminal act and a breach of diplomatic immunity," Wahab said

I thought one had to have a country before one could have embassies? Since this was neither the Israeli embassy, nor the Jordanian embassy, what country is it supposed to be the embassy of?

[John Frum]

Booya! Semper FI! Love the USMC/USARMY/all other US armed forces!

[yonif]

"That happened in a part of Baghdad where we lost a soldier," he told reporters.

ISRAEL HAS LOST MANY SOLDIERS DUE TO THESE TERRORISTS. LOOK AT WHAT THE US DOES, AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY TELL ISRAEL TO DO. I AM EXTREMELY PISSED OF.

[livius]

I thought one had to have a country before one could have embassies?

Well, not if you're delirious enough, I guess...Maybe they all think they're Napoleon, too.

[Courier]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/919643/posts?page=5#5

[OREALLY]

The official photo of Yasser Baconfat was lying smashed on the floor.... oh my too bad it wasn't him !

[cake_crumb]

"The rifles and a handgun, which was also confiscated, were duly licensed by Iraq's former government, he said."

Iraq's former government is just that : a FORMER government. The Pali 'embassy' was recognised by SADDAM's government, which is GONE. They have no one to diplomat TO, so what were they doing there?? With a Syrian??

Everyone remember the PLF bomb factory (also sanctioned by Saddam's deceased regime) found in downtown Baghdad, complete with Pali terrorists? There's a awful lot under the surface of this story.

[BlueNgold]

... against a foreign diplomatic mission ...

Since when does a rogue territory without formal recognition become a 'foriegn diplomatic mission'? When are these reporters going to report the other side, explaining that as yet there is no recognized Palestinian government and that the terrorist coordinators in Baghdad do not constitute diplomatic staff. Additionally, look at the reports regarding gun ownership ... suddenly we are the bad guys for taking the guns they so desperately needed to protect themselves. And not a word in the first several paragraphs about why we were there, but instead a quote that we acted like common thieves.

The AP needs a cane to keep themselves from falling over they lean so far left...

[cjohnson7771]

LOL!! EXACTLY! WELL PUT!

[M Kehoe]

US troops raided the Palestinian Authority's mission in Baghdad

A 'mission'? To bad we didn't target the place during the war.

5.56mm

[Dan from Michigan]

Should have burned that SOB to the ground.

[Viking is a verb]

Why is Yessir Im Arat still breathing?

[MEG33]

Well said!

[Tench_Coxe]

"To attack a foreign embassy is a criminal act and a breach of diplomatic immunity," Wahab said.

And what country was that an embassy for, by chance?

[cookcounty]

"To attack a foreign embassy is a criminal act and a breach of diplomatic immunity," Wahab said."

They clearly stated their alliance with Saddam. They are enemies.