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| Drudge: Bush makes call--No Falluja attack. |
| 2004-04-26 |
| No link. No story. Just the headline with the siren and "developing." Does Matt have the scoop from his "Deep Throat?" Stay tuned. |
| Posted by:Jen |
| #17 "The fact that should not be forgotten is that Iraq today is under occupation," Barzani said. "Iraq does not have sovereignty or independence today." It also is seeing its bloodiest month since the U.S. invasion. At least 114 American soldiers and up to 1,200 Iraqis have died in April as U.S. soldiers confronted Shiite militiamen centered in the Shiite holy city of Najaf and Sunni militiamen in the city of Fallujah. U.S. soldiers still surround both cities, unable to force militants to disarm and fearful that assaulting the city would lead to many casualties on both sides. If the U.S. takes military action, Barzani said, the United States must make a "clear distinction between civilians and terrorist elements." But Barzani also cautioned that "at the same time, no impression can be given to the terrorists that they will be negotiated with or they are seeing any chance that they will win at the end of the day." For decades, Barzani's KDP fielded tens of thousands of men opposed to Saddam. When asked what he would do to resolve the sieges of Fallujah and Najaf, Barzani became animated, gesturing rapidly as he spoke and raising his soft voice. "If it were me, I wouldn't have allowed it to come to this by making earlier mistakes," he said. "What was a mistake is, they were liberators," Barzani said. But the U.S. Army turned into "an army of occupation," he added. |
| Posted by: Langs 2004-04-26 11:00:37 PM |
| #16 These people understand one thing - the guy with the biggest hammer on the block is king. Douglas De Bono [http://www.douglasdebono.com] 2004-04-26 3:56:14 PM Sounds alot like Saddam Hussein. Yes it does. Once liberators - Today it's an occupation. I understand you can't negotiate with people with a death wish. Our soldiers fight and hope to come home they are willing to die but would rather not. These Arabs thirst to die in this type of situation. . They beleive Death is a beginning (Paradise). Patriotism is an ideology created by man and exploited by this regime. It's almost funny how most of you cheer on our killing in the name of the law. We should have been out of here 6 months ago but we did not have a plan. We still don't. |
| Posted by: Langs 2004-04-26 10:59:00 PM |
| #15 Thank goodness the President let the Media in on the decision. No offensive. Nope none. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-04-26 4:26:33 PM |
| #14 It's going to happen. When? Never. I'm willing to put serious money on it. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-04-26 4:00:41 PM |
| #13 I saw the headline yesterday. If true, I think such a decision sends the wrong signal. These people understand one thing - the guy with the biggest hammer on the block is king. As an aside, the ragheads were using a Mosque today to fire on the Marines, and our guys promptly returned fire, so it looks like Mosques are not completely off limits. |
| Posted by: Douglas De Bono 2004-04-26 3:56:14 PM |
| #12 People are going soft...... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-04-26 3:27:18 PM |
| #11 I searched Drudge for "Fallujah" and found this: BUSH MAKES THE CALL: NO FULL-SCALE FALLUJAH OFFENSIVE... ^ From the April 26, 2004 04:08:04 GMT edition of the Drudge Report. Then a link to the WaPo: http://tinyurl.com/yuqhr |
| Posted by: growler 2004-04-26 2:12:30 PM |
| #10 In some ways this bothers me and sounds like micromanaging the war. (Similar to Hitler and Westmoreland) Note: I'm too young to have been around in those times, so I probably have no idea what I'm talking about. :) OTOH, wasn't there an Rantburg article that had the insurgents complaining about the ceasefire? "We (jihadis) had them right where we wanted them." type comments? Maybe the siege is having a good and grating psy-op affect on the insurgents. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4021 2004-04-26 2:05:13 PM |
| #9 It's Psycho warfare they can advance so slowly and struggling that when something happened: Oh it was radicals that attacked. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4568 2004-04-26 1:47:27 PM |
| #8 "I 'spect they's gonna be a whole lot of homicidin' goin' on." -- an old 'South-ren' police saying |
| Posted by: Anonymous4156 2004-04-26 1:03:01 PM |
| #7 The gauntlet has been thrown down, turn in the weapons or else. I can't see any reason the jihadies will be allowed to remain an effective fighting force. It's going to happen. When? |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-04-26 12:49:10 PM |
| #6 There was a post elsewhere on RB about the ceasefire dividing the insurgents. If the Marine commanders on the ground see that, they might just want to let things fester a while. Besides, every report we hear of skirmishes during the ceasefire are US KIA 0; enemy KIA 30. I just hope that when the Marines do take Fallujah, that ratio holds (and I hope the same is true for the Army assault on Najaf, if it ever happens). |
| Posted by: Tibor 2004-04-26 12:48:31 PM |
| #5 Check out Belmont Club...he's got a good post comparing the current decision to Black Jack Pershings assault on Moro Island. Also, I might positthat the longer we wait, the lower on supplies the "insurgents" get. We have not allowed any re-supplies into the area, I don't believe. |
| Posted by: mjh 2004-04-26 12:34:54 PM |
| #4 Something brewing.The extension of the "cease fire" means that.Must wait and see. |
| Posted by: rich woods 2004-04-26 12:14:19 PM |
| #3 I looked all over and haven't seen any indication Bush said anything of the sort. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-04-26 12:03:55 PM |
| #2 I don't see it on Druge now (0925MST) - maybe he pulled the link. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-04-26 11:24:25 AM |
| #1 This is ridiculous. We should've gone in a couple weeks ago. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-04-26 11:22:04 AM |