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U.S. Aircraft Destroys Fallujah Restaurant
AP ^
| 10/11/04
Posted on 10/11/2004 7:26:15 PM PDT by nypokerface
FALLUJAH, Iraq - A U.S. warplane early Tuesday destroyed a popular restaurant which the U.S. command said was a meeting place for members of Iraq's most feared terrorist organization.
The 12:01 a.m. blast demolished the Haj Hussein restaurant as well as nearby shops, residents said. There was no report of casualties and the restaurant was closed at the time, but two night guards were missing, residents said.
Ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene.
The U.S. military command in Baghdad made no mention of the restaurant but said the target was "a center" for the Tawhid and Jihad terror network, led by Jordanian-born extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
"Following the engagement, secondary explosions were reported, indicating the strong likelihood of weapons caches and explosive devices," the statement said. "Terrorists frequently planned operations from this location. Plans included targeting Iraqi governmental leadership, Iraqi security forces, coalition forces and innocent Iraqi citizens."
Al-Zarqawi's network has claimed responsibility for numerous car bombings, kidnappings and beheadings of foreign hostages, including American businessman Nicholas Berg, South Korean translator Kim Sung-il, British civil engineer Kenneth Bigley and U.S. engineers Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; iraq; marines; restinpieces
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That's what you get when you don't serve bread with the meal.
To: nypokerface
NO SOUP FOR YOU !
TWO WEEKS !
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:27:17 PM PDT
by
DefCon
To: nypokerface
"Following the engagement, secondary explosions were reported, indicating the strong likelihood of weapons caches and explosive devices"
Worth Repeating
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:27:56 PM PDT
by
DocRock
('X' marks the spot... where Charley, Frances and Jeanne crossed paths and where I live!)
To: nypokerface
Restaurant = Terrorist Base
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:29:16 PM PDT
by
tomahawk
To: nypokerface
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:29:42 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: nypokerface
What? There wasn't a wedding party going on in there? We must be slipping.
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:29:52 PM PDT
by
scab4faa
(There are 3 types of people in this world, those that can count and those that can't...)
To: DocRock; hchutch
"Following the engagement, secondary explosions were reported, indicating the strong likelihood of weapons caches and explosive devices"Either that, or it was some really rank falafel that should been thrown out weeks ago... (c8
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:30:04 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(SKYBIRD SKYBIRD DO NOT ANSWER...SKYBIRD SKYBIRD DO NOT ANSWER)
To: DocRock
"Following the engagement, secondary explosions were reported, indicating the strong likelihood of weapons caches and explosive devices"
Not unlike the so called "metal working trade schools" in Gaza ...!
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:30:24 PM PDT
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: nypokerface
FALLUJAH, Iraq - A U.S. warplane early Tuesday destroyed a popular restaurant which the U.S. command said was a meeting place for members of Iraq's most feared terrorist organization.
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:30:27 PM PDT
by
Agitate
(littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog -Jihadwatch.org -Protestwarrior.com -Congress.org -ACLJ.org)
To: nypokerface
"would you like a JDAM with that cous-cous?"
To: nypokerface
Wouldn't it have been cheaper to just call Orkin?
11
posted on
10/11/2004 7:31:04 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(If it talks like a liberal, votes like a liberal and spends like a liberal, it's a liberal.)
To: nypokerface
Want some fries with that?
12
posted on
10/11/2004 7:31:22 PM PDT
by
hipaatwo
To: SandyInSeattle
Was the food that bad?Pilot was a customer, they served him stale pita bread, and he got ORNERY 'bout it (c8
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:31:23 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(SKYBIRD SKYBIRD DO NOT ANSWER...SKYBIRD SKYBIRD DO NOT ANSWER)
To: nypokerface
U.S. Aircraft Destroys Fallujah Restaurant The terrorists cooked the meal, but the US served the just desserts.
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:32:12 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: elfman2; section9
I guess the "truce" in Fallujah hasn't quite started yet. For some reason I don't imagine there are a lot of casual diners in Fallujah right now anyway. "Waiter, there's a 10 pound piece of shrapnal in my soup!"
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:32:53 PM PDT
by
Rokke
To: Poohbah
Scratch that one off my itinerary.
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:33:01 PM PDT
by
JusPasenThru
(Look at the hysterical pack of weirdos, thugs and prevaricators that the Democratic Party has become)
To: Poohbah
I hate stale pita bread. Yuk.
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:33:06 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Pajama Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: All
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:33:22 PM PDT
by
Gibtx
(Pajamahadien call to arms.....)
To: SandyInSeattle
shame they couldn't hit the restaurant when the terrorists were having a meeting.
To: nypokerface
What restaurant has two guards when closed?
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posted on
10/11/2004 7:34:33 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
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