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Heavy Fighting in AR Ramadi Iraq~~~ Sadr's fighters have attacked US Forces.
Fox News

Posted on 04/06/2004 11:53:54 AM PDT by Dog

Just broke on Fox


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: almadhi; alsadr; iraq; mahdiarmy; ramadi; religionofpieces; sadr
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To: Adam36
Dont you think its time Bush start arming the Kurds. The Kurds all support us. The Shiites and Sunnis are anti America.

100% AGREE! Arm the Kurds and let them have Iraq! We give them a homeleand and they'll love us forever!

141 posted on 04/06/2004 12:24:03 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: johnb838
It seems to be a commercial center astride several roads. Bigger than the village it once was, and bustling, but sparse on city utilities.
142 posted on 04/06/2004 12:24:21 PM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Dog
this is to draw our troops away from the main thrust in Fallujah.

Well, we could attack in both directions and then turn Iraq over to the Kurds. They seem to be the only bunch that isn't out to screw with us.

143 posted on 04/06/2004 12:24:41 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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The coalition gave these die-hard Baathists a chance to conform after the fall of Baghdad and join the new Iraq. Some did -- many didn't.

They should have never been given a chance. Fallujah should have been razed after the fall of Baghdad. Now, almost a year later, these Baathists have no intention to conform. It's endgame for the insurgency.

144 posted on 04/06/2004 12:24:46 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: johnb838
Bush needs to learn from this guy how to fight wars.

http://glock.nmsu.edu/Funnies/Taliban/George%20Patton.jpg
145 posted on 04/06/2004 12:24:50 PM PDT by Adam36
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To: Dog
Unleash HELL on these Islamists. Give them everything we've got. That is our advantage; lets use it. Islam is nothing but a Religion of hate and revenge. Kill them all.

And may the ALMIGHTY be with our brave soldiers.
146 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:02 PM PDT by LaGrone
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To: r9etb
With all due respect, please STFU.

real mature

147 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:23 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: netmilsmom
We sit on our hands when every other month is a "holy" month for the Islamics. Where is the outrage?

I believe we launched the initial attack on the Taliban during Ramadan. It was the media who suggested that we should be sensitive to them and hold off.

148 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:24 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Husker24
Allright, started a new job, thats about it. How are you.

What 'ya think of Callahan? Good? Bad?

All the best on the job!

149 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:34 PM PDT by Fury
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
And WHY are we taking prisoners?

Intelligence.

We should be killing them all!

Unlawful combatants can later be executed under the Laws of War.

150 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:35 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Dog
Someone is making a move.

Can it be Abu al-Zarqawi?

If we are able to deal them blow after painful blow so that they engage in a battle, we will be able to reshuffle the cards so there will remain no value or influence for the ruling council, or even for the Americans who will enter into a second battle with the Shi'a. This is what we want. Then, the Sunni will have no choice but to support us in many of the Sunni regions. When the Mujahidin would have secured a land they can use as a base to hit the Shi'a inside their own lands, with a directed media and a strategic action, there will be a continuation between the Mujahidin inside and outside of Iraq. We are racing against time, in order to create squads of Mujahidin who seek refuge in secure places, spy on neighborhoods, and work on hunting down the enemies. The enemies are the Americans, police, and army. We have been training these people and augmenting their numbers.

As far as the Shi'a, we will undertake suicide operations and use car bombs to harm them. We have been working on monitoring the area and choosing the right people, looking for those who are on the straight path, so we can cooperate with them. We hope that we have made progress, and perhaps we will soon decide to go public--even if gradually--to display ourselves in full view. We have been hiding for a long time, and now we are seriously working on preparing a media outlet to reveal the truth, enflame zeal, and become an outlet for jihad in which the sword and the pen can turn into one. Along with this, we strive to illuminate the hindering errors of Islamic law and the clarifications of Islamic legal precepts by way of tapes, lessons, and courses which people will come to understand.

The suggested time for execution: we are hoping that we will soon start working on creating squads and brigades of individuals who have experience and expertise. We have to get to the zero-hour in order to openly begin controlling the land by night and after that by day, god willing. The zero-hour needs to be at least four months before the new government gets in place. As we see we are racing time, and if we succeed, which we are hoping, we will turn the tables on them and thwart their plan. If, god forbid, the government is successful and takes control of the country, we just have to pack up and go somewhere else again, where we can raise the flag again or die, if god chooses us.


151 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:36 PM PDT by LisaFab
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To: IamHD
All media should be banned so our men can do their job.

Prayers to our brave men!
152 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:38 PM PDT by IamHD
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To: Dog
"Heavy US casualties possible in Ar Ramadi."


Source???
153 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:41 PM PDT by Getsmart64 (LANTIRN - Designed to kill, maim, and destroy ....America's enemies...)
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To: johnb838
Fallujah is no village. 300,000 souls.

I realise that our Marines are some bad-ass mothers, but how are 1200 marines supposed to take a city of 300,000?

154 posted on 04/06/2004 12:25:46 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: DoughtyOne
If there are, then I suggest we take the friggen gloves off and start kicking some major butt!

Stop yammering for a moment and think.

What's easier -- to hunt through a lot of great big towns in hopes of maybe getting intel that might allow you to catch a few salamikazes,

OR...

Wait until they come out with big bulls-eyes painted on their shirts, like they are now?

There will be a lot of butt-kicking. And it appears that patience has made it a lot easier to find the butts.

155 posted on 04/06/2004 12:26:03 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans
If there's a chance for a scum to be arrested, take it.

Information is also very valuable.

157 posted on 04/06/2004 12:26:40 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: dansangel
FYI this started on the eve of Passover... a Jewish holiday, not a Christian one.
158 posted on 04/06/2004 12:26:45 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Voting Bush because there is no reasonable alternative)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Forgive my ignorance, but with all the assets we have available [warthogs, tanks, spectres and attack choppers], how in the hell can we suffer "heavy" casualties from what is nothing more than a bunch of gangsters....UNLESS of course we weren't using ALL of those assets for P C REASONS!!!
159 posted on 04/06/2004 12:26:46 PM PDT by Indie (We don't need no steenkin' experts!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Dog
This doesn't have to be coordination. What better time for Sadr to attack than when he knows the U.S.'s attention is concentrated in Fallujah?
160 posted on 04/06/2004 12:27:23 PM PDT by RonF
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