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Iraq Insurgents Request Government Arms
UPI ^ | July 5 2006

Posted on 07/05/2006 9:27:21 AM PDT by jmc1969

Leaders from 11 insurgent groups have asked the Iraqi government for weapons to counterattack foreign al-Qaida fighters, USA Today reported Wednesday.

"They want to take part in the war against terrorists," said Haider al-Ibadi, a Shiite lawmaker and member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa Party "They claim they could wipe out the terrorists and work with the government."


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1 posted on 07/05/2006 9:27:22 AM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

I like it. Deliver crates of "weapons" (read: explosives) to the jerks, then detonate them when cameras are loaded and ready.


2 posted on 07/05/2006 9:29:35 AM PDT by Coop (No, there are no @!%$&#*! polls on Irey vs. Murtha!)
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To: jmc1969

I'm sure they'd like to get government weapons and probably some government money too.


3 posted on 07/05/2006 9:30:15 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (The MSM is "the propaganda arm of our enemies." - Jack Kelly)
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To: jmc1969

you've got to be kidding.


4 posted on 07/05/2006 9:30:16 AM PDT by Terriergal (Erik Palladino for Ding Chavez in R6!)
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To: jmc1969

The tide is turning quickly.


5 posted on 07/05/2006 9:30:18 AM PDT by MattinNJ (The paleocon's paleocon.)
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To: blackie; Cyrano; TommyDale; shaggy eel

Sound like a good move? Not!


6 posted on 07/05/2006 9:30:49 AM PDT by Terriergal (Erik Palladino for Ding Chavez in R6!)
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To: jmc1969

Trust me? Count the ways to say NO!


7 posted on 07/05/2006 9:30:49 AM PDT by golfisnr1 (look at a map)
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To: jmc1969

Better that they point out the foreigners to the Iraqi Army and let them handle it, IMO.


8 posted on 07/05/2006 9:30:59 AM PDT by Pox (If it's a Coward you are searching for, you need look no further than the Democrats.)
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To: jmc1969

yah, that'll work. (SEE PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE)


9 posted on 07/05/2006 9:31:15 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: jmc1969
Is this some bizarro muslim negotiating technique that they think will fool somebody?

"Give me your camel, your gun and your wives and I will give you maybe your camel back. We'll see. Is good bargain for you!"

10 posted on 07/05/2006 9:31:45 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Coop

That or put tracking devices in/on them somewhere, follow them, and take them out. Better yet wait until they're engaged with these supposed foreign Al-Q fighters, and take them *all* out.


11 posted on 07/05/2006 9:32:02 AM PDT by Terriergal (Erik Palladino for Ding Chavez in R6!)
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To: dead

Is good bargain for you!, My Frriend"


12 posted on 07/05/2006 9:32:20 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: jmc1969
I think they should get all of the weapons they want...tell them to wait outside their safe houses for an orange package with a parachute...

MOAB

13 posted on 07/05/2006 9:33:32 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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I say they prove themselves first, by providing actionable intelligence, with tangible results in getting rid of the Jihadists...


14 posted on 07/05/2006 9:33:53 AM PDT by oolatec
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To: Terriergal

What is the Iraqi government saying about this?


15 posted on 07/05/2006 9:36:13 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: oolatec
by providing actionable intelligence, with tangible results

What makes you think they have not already done so?

Look how many we have captured and/or killed in the past few weeks.

16 posted on 07/05/2006 9:36:18 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (At least drunken sailors spend their own money, Congress doesn't.)
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To: jmc1969

Iraq is awash in weapons. They do not need any more, and if they ask, their request is to be turned down. Let them demonstrate their bona fides first.


17 posted on 07/05/2006 9:36:41 AM PDT by GSlob
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To: jmc1969

I hear they have a bridge for sale in Fallujah.


18 posted on 07/05/2006 9:37:40 AM PDT by lesser_satan (EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
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To: MattinNJ
The tide is turning quickly.

Time to hit them even harder!

19 posted on 07/05/2006 9:39:26 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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To: jmc1969

DUH !!!!!!!


20 posted on 07/05/2006 9:41:54 AM PDT by IrishMike (Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
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