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US Promises Overwhelming Response to Iraq Killings
Reuters ^ | 4/01/04 | Luke Baker and Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Posted on 04/01/2004 9:29:48 AM PST by kattracks

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To: RightWhale
"Decent people" might have tried to help instead of hiding. Everyone in that area has guns--if it was truly a "small mob" as some are claiming, think what a large group of armed people might have accomplished. Maybe at heart, they're French.
41 posted on 04/01/2004 10:07:58 AM PST by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: linn37
Oh, sh!#. I have a feeling some Syrian "Fallujans" are about to pay for this, and Mogadishu.
42 posted on 04/01/2004 10:08:20 AM PST by Dead Dog
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To: breakem
You don't think we're watching all roads out of Fallujah? I'd like to think we are.....
43 posted on 04/01/2004 10:10:05 AM PST by txhurl (Fallujah is gonna get it.)
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To: txflake
I hope we were doing so before yesterday. If I did this, I'd have caught the first camel north.
44 posted on 04/01/2004 10:12:14 AM PST by breakem
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To: MrB
I think the quote is something like the following:

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings,
they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

45 posted on 04/01/2004 10:13:29 AM PST by Dubh_Ghlase ("Every man dies, but not every man truly lives...." Braveheart)
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To: Spandau
Just let the Shia's take control of the town. They will be more than happy to do the dirty work and will teach the Sunni's in Fallujah that this type of behavior will only result in allowing more Shias to run the place. That will scare the hell out of them. Trust me.
46 posted on 04/01/2004 10:13:59 AM PST by ChinaThreat (E)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
If were not going to be politically correct about this, what are we waiting for?

Observe Decide Orient Act. Be patient, and enjoy the show.

47 posted on 04/01/2004 10:14:07 AM PST by Dead Dog
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To: GraniteStateConservative
No, you file everyone out of the city, carefully ID'ing them, and then you level the whole city. Make a statement. They understand statements like that.

C'mon, let's get some perspective.

Fallujah is a city of 500,000 people. The Marines have taken seven KIAs in ten days there. This is GROUND ZERO of the last remnant of the Baathists. That's why our terminating guys were moved in.

If 500,000 folks wanted to kill our 25,000, they could have. They don't. They have a terrorist thug element, protected by their "religious" leaders, making life miserable for all involved.

We'll get 'em.

This ISN'T Somalia. We're gonna find, and kill, the bad guys. We've got them in a box here. This is the last violent skirmish. Fallujah is their Alamo. That's why the Marines are there.

But 499,500 Fallujans just want to survive. As we've learned in Tikrit, Mosul and Baghdad ... that last 1% is a Mofo.

48 posted on 04/01/2004 10:14:47 AM PST by Barlowmaker
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To: RonHolzwarth
Closest I got to Arabia was Turkey. That's where I learned to be generous to foreign tourists who are obviously lost. I don't know why these young rebels are tolerated in Greece, in Albania, in Palestine, in Iraq, in Pakistan, or anyplace else. They need a Don Corleone to show up and clean house.
50 posted on 04/01/2004 10:15:10 AM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: kattracks
Let's Roll.
51 posted on 04/01/2004 10:15:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: kattracks
This is a job for the Phoenix Program.....
52 posted on 04/01/2004 10:17:19 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: blobibob2
I don't get the link with the religion.

There is no link. They are total heathens and the religion is just a disguise. Too bad Islam takes words over deeds.

53 posted on 04/01/2004 10:17:28 AM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Dubh_Ghlase
I was referring to this:
civis romanus sum

"Non-Romans who murdered Romans were subject to crucifixion. There is a story that Julius Caesar opposed this torture, and ordered his soldiers to kill the malefactors humanely. He nonetheless hung the bodies on crosses, with placards describing their offenses, for all to see. Had the French language existed, Caesar might have said, "Pour encourager les autres," or, "To encourage (as an example for) the others." Would-be killers who saw the bodies quickly understood that it was unhealthy to murder Roman citizens. "

54 posted on 04/01/2004 10:21:20 AM PST by MrB
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To: kattracks
No more food convoys. We don't want them to soil themselves when the MOAB comes.
55 posted on 04/01/2004 10:22:38 AM PST by NaughtiusMaximus (I could never vote for a guy with a chin like that.)
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To: Ciexyz
The DNC is keeping Kerry out of circulation until they can figure out a way to re-invent the guy as a real person with some kind of substance. Unfortunately, for everyone I think they have concluded that is an impossible task. I wish he hadn't imploded so early.

Can they still replace him at the convention?
56 posted on 04/01/2004 10:23:37 AM PST by Eva
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To: kattracks
THE IS A FOXNEWS ALERT

US Governor of Iraq Paul Bremer announced today that not only is the coalition committed to a peaceful and democratic Iraq, but it is also committed to preserving the environment. Iraq will now designate the area formally known as Fallujah a national park and naming it "Glass Lake National Park". The park will be ready for the public in the year 3500 when the radiation levels are expected to be below lethal levels.

THIS HAS BEEN A FOXNEWS ALERT

57 posted on 04/01/2004 10:28:26 AM PST by rudypoot
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To: kattracks
012/04 April 1, 2004

- CAIR Condemns Mutilation, Not Terror Murders

CAIR Condemns Mutilation, Not Terror Murders

On 31 March, 2004, the Council on American Islamic Relations, (CAIR) issued a press release regarding the terror-murder of Americans in Iraq.

In the first paragraph, CAIR writes:

“The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned the mutilation of those killed in Iraq on Wednesday. Four American civilian contractors were ambushed in their SUV's, burned, mutilated, dragged through the streets and then hung from a bridge spanning the Euphrates River”

Nowhere in their press release does CAIR condemn the terror-murders of these four Americans.

In the second paragraph, CAIR continues:

“CAIR said the mutilations violated both Islamic and international norms of conduct during times of war and called on all parties to the conflict to respect the sanctity of the dead and the sensitivities of their families.”

When will we listen to the warnings that CAIR is broadcasting to the peoples of North America? CAIR has declared that the militant Islamist terror murdering of Americans is acceptable under Islam as long as the bodies are not mutilated.

How many times must CAIR tell us that they support those who will, and do, kill us before we wake up and demand action of our civil authorities?

CAIR is so blinded by their hatred for non-Militant Islamist Americans that they can’t bring themselves to condemn the actual murders. Why didn’t CAIR issue a press release condemning the terrorist murders of these Americans?

Why isn’t the so-called “mainstream media” in America calling CAIR to account for this? Where are our elected “leaders” on this issue? For how long must Americans be insulted by these Ameriphobic Islamist terrorism supporters? Where is the outrage? How many more Americans must die in militant Islamist attacks before Americans wake up the reality of what CAIR supports?

Let’s not forget the statement of Nihad Awad, CAIR Executive director:

“I am in support of the Hamas movement”- Nihad Awad

Once again, CAIR has warned us. Will we ignore these words as well?

58 posted on 04/01/2004 10:32:37 AM PST by joesnuffy (Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
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To: Barlowmaker
As I added, if we want to give them 12 hours to hand everyone over, I'd be open to sparing the city.
59 posted on 04/01/2004 10:33:55 AM PST by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: kattracks
Being discussed on Dayside now.
60 posted on 04/01/2004 10:34:38 AM PST by mathluv (Protect my grandchildren's future. Vote for Bush/Cheney '04.)
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