Send him over...I'm sure he'll whack 'em. Good. Just like the invertabrates they are.
Posted on 06/04/2004 6:19:18 AM PDT by I_killed_kenny
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four U.S. soldiers were killed and five wounded on Friday when an explosion hit their vehicle in eastern Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Reuters reporters had earlier seen soldiers dragging away the bodies of several troops from the smoking wreckage of a vehicle destroyed by an explosion on a main highway.
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May the Hammer now come down mightily
Because we don't want to offend people who hate us and want to kill us because they might hate us and want to kill us.
Is Sadr still alive because of PC. I am sick of hearing about our soldiers getting killed and people like Sadr not being taken care of permanently.
These mohammedans have a strange way of showing love...
Not quite
They might criticize and taunt us while they hate and kill us.
Because he is still hiding in a mosque and for some reason Bush has put them absolutley off limits as military targets.
Where is the Kerry-Spanky photo?
>>>"why is Sadr still alive?"
Because we must "give PC a chance."
</sarcasm off>
OK, let me take a swing at the correct answer:
Because the military was told not to kill him.
Perhaps only if Sadr himself was firing into one of our platoon of men would he be shot.
In looking back over the entire Iraq campaign I believe there was a strategy to prevent Iraqi casualties as well as our own. I was sort of hoping for a little more discipline than that being put on the mis-behaving Baa'thists.
Unless there's a sense of defeat among the Baa'thists their hatred will rise again to bite us in the butt.
Hoppy
They got a tip from Sadr to be there with cameras, but were a little late arriving. [sarc]
It won't. The media has made the administration scared to death of fighting. The administration is deathly afraid of doing anything that might be perceived as politically incorrect. After all, we don't want to hurt the self-esteem of the people who are trying to kill us.
I remember reading that he moves between towns giving "spechees". One bomb dropped "by mistake" in his convoy would do
If it can be proven it was Sadr's thugs, then let the lead start flying....but until you can prove it, you have to weigh the ramifications of bringing Sadr down to room temperature.
Hell, kill him and announce thay you killed him on purpose!
even they tried to set him up, what difference does it make? Kill Sadr now and if it was a setup kill the other mullah too.
Armed militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take positions in the streets Friday June 4, 2004 during clashes with U.S. soldiers in the Baghdad, Iraq neighborhood of Sadr City. al-Sadr criticized the new Iraqi government Friday and said he would accept 'nothing less' than an elected leadership, as his militia fighters battled American soldiers. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Smoke billows in the street near the Shiite Muslim dominated district of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq after an attack by unknown gunmen on a U.S. Army patrol Friday June 4, 2004. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
U.S. Army Humvee vehicles patrol near a Shi'ite Muslim religious billboard in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad's suburb of Al Sadr city June 4, 2004. The United Nations' top human rights official said that U.S.-led occupation forces have mistreated many ordinary Iraqis and called for appointment of an international ombudsman to monitor their behavior. Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharand also suggested in a new report that U.S. soldiers accused of gross abuses in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison could be guilty of war crimes. Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters
U.S. soldiers stand over an unidentified covered body lying on the ground after an attack by unknown gunmen on a U.S. Army patrol on Palestine street near the Shiite Muslim dominated district of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq Friday, June 4, 2004. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Armed militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take positions in the streets Friday June 4, 2004 during clashes with U.S. soldiers in the Baghdad, Iraq neighborhood of Sadr City. al-Sadr criticized the new Iraqi government Friday and said he would accept 'nothing less' than an elected leadership, as his militia fighters battled American soldiers. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Armed militants loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, pictured on placard next to them, take positions on a rooftop of the cleric's offices in the Baghdad, Iraq district of Sadr City Friday June 4, 2004 after clashes with U.S. soldiers. al-Sadr criticized the new Iraqi government Friday and said he would accept 'nothing less' than an elected leadership, as his militia fighters battled American soldiers. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
A sniper with rebel Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army watches over the crowd during Friday prayers in a Baghdad suburb, June 4, 2004. Four American troops appeared to have been wounded when a rocket attack destroyed their Humvee vehicle as it drove through eastern Baghdad on Friday, witnesses said. REUTERS/Ali Jasim
U.S. Army troops lie on the ground near a burning Humvee vehicle following an attack in Baghdad June 4, 2004. Four U.S. soldiers were wounded when their vehicle was attacked as it drove through Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said. Photo by Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters
U.S. Army troops pull one of four comrades away from a Humvee vehicle after an attack in Baghdad June 4, 2004. Four American troops appeared to have been wounded when a rocket attack destroyed their Humvee vehicle as it drove through eastern Baghdad on Friday, witnesses said. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)
Iraqi security cordon off an area inside the Imam Ali mosque in the holy city of Najaf. Shiite Muslim militia leader Moqtada Sadr offered mixed signals on whether he would end his two-month revolt as his forces battled US troops in the slums of Baghdad but also offered a truce initiative in Najaf.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
U.S. Army troops check two of four comrades after their Humvee vehicle was attacked in Baghdad, June 4, 2004. Four American troops appeared to have been wounded when a rocket attack destroyed their Humvee vehicle as it drove through eastern Baghdad on Friday, witnesses said. Witnesses said militants had fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the vehicle, employing one of the weapons of choice for insurgents fighting U.S. troops in Iraq. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
You should use that as your tag line.
Ping to post #18.
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