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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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To: jmc1969

pinging this joke


41 posted on 07/05/2006 10:45:16 AM PDT by sure_fine (*not one to over kill the thought process*)
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To: jmc1969

The obvious question is why dont they just join the iraqi army?


42 posted on 07/05/2006 11:00:36 AM PDT by hoosierboy (I am not a gun nut, I am a firearm enthusiast)
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To: jmc1969

Wow, interesting, hoepful, crazy, mind-bobbling. Why is it that this war has the flavor of "Lawrence of Arabia?" The *audacity*! Still, the very public nature of the split and the PR implications are awesome. Iraqis want to be the ones to say "see, WE kicked the terrorists out!"

Forget the arms ... give 'em cell phones and tell 'em to call in the *professionals*, ie the Iraqi Army.

Any plan to let insurgents stay armed, no matter what, is a recipe for solving one problem (foreign terrorists) while keeping another problem going (militias).


43 posted on 07/05/2006 11:17:58 AM PDT by WOSG (-)
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Make them scouts for the Iraqi army, but don't arm them.


44 posted on 07/05/2006 1:15:54 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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5th element, little red button on the ZF1... lol

Watch the wharehouse seen in "The 5th Element"... you'll know what I'm talking about!


45 posted on 07/05/2006 3:46:45 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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