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Iraq-Jordan

U.S. Troops Lay Seige to Iraqi City

2004-09-10

Despite criticism from Turkey and Shiite leaders, U.S. commanders insisted they will the maintain their blockade of Tal Afar for as long as it takes to subdue what they said were foreign fighters holed up there. The campaign was part of a recently launched American effort to restore government authority to lawless areas of the country — either through negotiation or by force. "We are going to apply the necessary pressure to make sure that we are able to root out the enemy," said Lt. Col. Paul Hastings, spokesman for the Army's Task Force Olympia. "How long it takes is really dependent on them."

But the siege of Tal Afar, which the Americans describe as a hub for militants smuggling fighters and arms from Syria, was criticized from within and outside Iraq. A leading Shiite Muslim cleric, Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, said the Americans' use of heavy force in the city caused "catastrophes" that could have been avoided if Iraqis were in charge of security. "Since the first day after (Saddam Hussein's) regime collapsed, Tal Afar had terrorist groups, and this is not new," al-Hakim told The Associated Press on Friday. "The new thing is that the military operations are huge." Al-Hakim leads the biggest Shiite political party in Iraq and is close to Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Turkey also said the United States should end its military operations in Tal Afar quickly, saying the attacks have caused casualties among the mostly ethnic Turks living there. Turkey has asked U.S. officials "not to harm the civilian population and avoid using excessive and non-selective force," Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said, according to the semiofficial Anatolia news agency.

Posted by:Fred

#10 OK 'Mossad', now that you mention headquarters, please translate from Hebrew in message below the part where the Mossad is mentioned.

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Re: Your new racist, anti-Semitic website
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Congratulations, Boris!

You have been noticed and have now been added to our "Watch and Monitor" list. Please tell us more about yourself. We are very interested. Have a nice life....

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ki yad al kes Kah, MILCHAMA HASHEM b'AMALEK, m'dor dor ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim Mossad

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Posted by: UFO 2004-09-10 9:46:15 PM

#9 OK 'Mossad', now that you mention headquarters, please translate from Hebrew in message below the part where the Mossad is mentioned.

Posted by: UFO 2004-09-10 9:46:15 PM

#8 Mossad [GreatestJeneration], using foul language here or on the phone as you did today only gives away your frustration -- you'd be more effective if you learned to control your temper.

Posted by: UFO 2004-09-10 9:19:36 PM

#7 On foreign soil the invader is under siege.

Posted by: UFO 2004-09-10 8:02:06 PM

#6 Presumably the advice from Turkey "not to harm the civilian population and avoid using excessive and non-selective force" is based on the Turks' long and sensitive experience in dealing with their own Armenian and Kurdish populations, right Murat?

Posted by: Kirk 2004-09-10 11:36:56 PM

#5 I don't have a temper, UFOOL. They removed it surgically when I was in training. All part of the program. Or "pogrom". That's an inside joke over there at headquarters...they're funny guys.
Sleep tight.

Posted by: The Mossad 2004-09-10 9:28:56 PM

#4 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by: UFO TROLL 2004-09-10 9:19:36 PM

#3 Tell me the truth, UFOOL. You look under here, don't you?

Posted by: The Mossad 2004-09-10 8:54:27 PM

#2 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]

Posted by: UFO TROLL 2004-09-10 8:02:06 PM

#1 Have we run out of fingers with the Turks yet? They should have thought about this when they refused access. It's time for Kurdistan.

Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-10 7:37:13 PM

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