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1 posted on 04/30/2008 1:56:24 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush

To: Allegra; ari-freedom; arthurus; Bahbah; Ben Hecks; Blood of Tyrants; BOBTHENAILER; Boundless; ...

2 posted on 04/30/2008 1:57:04 PM PDT by Tennessean4Bush (An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.)

To: Tennessean4Bush

Nice, very nice.

Good job by the Iraqi forces.

Goes without saying for our guys ;)

4 posted on 04/30/2008 2:25:56 PM PDT by Bahbah (Typical white person)

To: Tennessean4Bush

Good for Maliki for continuing the fight. Thanks for the ping.

5 posted on 04/30/2008 2:30:31 PM PDT by jazusamo (DefendOurMarines.org | DefendOurTroops.org)

To: Tennessean4Bush

"The casualties have not deterred Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. In an interview with Al Iraqia satellite television, Maliki said he would pursue the offensive against "militias" but the door remains open to those who would assist the government."

I'm beginning to really admire Maliki.

It seems he's not going to give up, and will finish the job!

Thank you for the post and ping!

9 posted on 04/30/2008 5:58:56 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (Operation Chaos is now on an operational pause...awaiting marching orders.)

To: Tennessean4Bush; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ..

Thanks T4B. G'night all.

Fighting in Sadr City has been heavy over the past four days. The largest engagements occurred on April 29 when a large force of Mahdi Army fighters ambushed a U.S. patrol on the border area where the wall is being built. U.S. forces responded and killed 28 Mahdi Army fighters while suffering six wounded. On April 27, 22 Mahdi Army fighters were killed as they massed to strike at a checkpoint in Sadr City. Sixteen more were killed in separate engagements that same day... 435 Mahdi Army fighters have been killed in and around Sadr City since the fighting broke out on March 25. These numbers do not include Mahdi Army fighters who may have died after receiving wounds during the fighting. US and Iraqi troops killed 173 Mahdi fighters from the period between March 25 and March 30 -- when the Basra offensive began up until Muqtada al Sadr issued a unilateral ceasefire. Seventy-one Mahdi Army fighters were killed during a relative lull in the fighting from March 31 to April 19. One hundred and ninety-one Mahdi fighters were killed between April 20 and April 30... Maliki also denounced the Mahdi Army's use of "human shields" and deplored the militia's use of mosques as weapons storage facilities. Sadr has refused Maliki's past conditions for ending the fighting, and threatened to conduct a third uprising against the government if the attacks on his militia did not cease.

11 posted on 04/30/2008 11:25:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)

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