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| Karbala follies: Turban day at the park | ||
| 2004-05-06 | ||
| From the NYT, so it must be true. The American military has begun its first major assault against Shiite insurgents, striking at their enclaves in Karbala and in Diwaniya in an effort to regain control in southern Iraq. The operation began at 11 p.m. on Tuesday and took place in two waves. The first assault began late Tuesday here and in Diwaniya, and ended at dawn on Wednesday. The second unfolded just after midnight Thursday in this city, when more than 450 soldiers in armored vehicles rumbled into a neighborhood amusement park where Mr. Sadr’s militiamen, known as the Mahdi Army, were storing heavy weapons near a ferris wheel and bumper car ride. At 12:30 a.m., soldiers were drawn into an intense firefight, killing an Iraqi who had been lobbing grenades from the area of the pirate ship ride.
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| Posted by:RWV |
| #9 Welcome home Macgulf. Thanks for all your hard work. And thanks for confirming one of the trippier accounts. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-04 3:55:14 PM |
| #8 It's true...I was there...looked like something out of Tampa Bay...(ship) and the grenade chunking security guard was a bad guy...pulling security for the other bad guys... 18 hours after I pulled my M1A1 tank into position...we blew the crap out of tons...TONS of weapons, bombs, etc. They love to hide stuff near the kids. Mac |
| Posted by: Macgulf 1-37 2004-10-04 3:43:20 PM |
| #7 Did we really 'lose control' of southern Iraq? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-05-06 7:34:13 PM |
| #6 No Carl. It's not an agent you need. Drop by and visit sometime. |
| Posted by: Stanley Freedman 2004-05-06 7:23:26 PM |
| #5 This has all the components for a great screwball comedy. There could be a scene where a Humvee chases a bunch of jihadis stuffed into a bumper car like the Keystone Kops. And a scene where an Apache hovers near the Ferris wheel, taking potshots at some jihadis as they go round and round on the wheel. Should I get an agent ? |
| Posted by: Carl in N.H 2004-05-06 12:11:24 PM |
| #4 If you cap three ragheads can you claim a prize? Goldfish in a bag for me, please. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-05-06 8:01:57 AM |
| #3 FoxNews later reported the Iraqi threw 5 grenades and, after being shot dead, documents on his person showed he was a paid employee of the CPA. I don't think they specified what his "occupation" was, but implied he was employed as a policeman or other security-related job. Nice, huh? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-06 6:13:25 AM |
| #2 Operation Iron Saber Let's hope we can bunch them up in the shooting gallery. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-05-06 4:30:54 AM |
| #1 Hey, there is something very strange about this article. I read most of what was being said already this morning from a totally different news source. NYT, I would not trust as far as I could spit on a lefty... I can not remember the news source tho. Anybody else? |
| Posted by: Long Hair Republican 2004-05-06 1:24:19 AM |