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| Iraqi cops foil Zark's planned terror campaign before the vote |
| 2005-10-14 |
| Iraqi police commandos have aborted a 'terror campaign' planned by Al-Qaeda in Iraq to disrupt the constitutional referendum in two days' time, a senior officer said. 'In all, 17 car bombs have been found, 17 members of the network killed and 65 others arrested,' Colonel Ali Abu al-Hassan of the controversial Wolf Brigade told media following an offensive on the southern outskirts of Baghdad. 'During the operation, which was launched following tips from intelligence sources and which ended this morning, terrorist hideouts were surrounded in the Sayafia and Arab Jubur neighborhoods,' the police officer added. 'The cell's aim was to strike Baghdad on referendum day,' when 15.5 million Iraqis are to vote on a proposed constitution for the post-Saddam Hussein era. Firefights between the troops and suspected rebels lasted 48 hours. Sixty-five blindfolded suspects were presented to reporters at the brigade's headquarters at the interior ministry. The Wolf Brigade has spearheaded Iraqi offensives against insurgents, but has also been accused of brutality and of airing suspects on television before they faced trial. Colonel Hassan displayed a portrait of one of the cell's suspected leaders, Abu Aws, and urged the population to look out for him and report any sightings to his unit. Iraqi authorities have begun a security clampdown ahead of the nationwide vote Saturday, setting up extra checkpoints and preparing to enforce a curfew and partially closed international and internal borders. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #15 Muchas gracias senora EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-10-14 13:05 |
| #14 Try this. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-10-14 13:03 |
| #13 Alan, The wolf brigade does have a show or two. They are the most popular shows in Iraq. I hear they let them watch it in detainment centers as well, like COPS in prisons here, and they love that shit. When the Wolf Brigade commandos aren't kicking the shit out of jihadis, they are parading them in front of the camera and forcing them to admit their terrorist actions against Islam and Iraq. I want to see this freakin show so badly, with English subtitles hopefully. Someone has to have a line on where we can get this. .com, moose, RC, Mrs. D, Fred, somebody knows where to find this show I hope. If so tell us all, and provide a link!! I want to see Jihadi Joe admitting his crack smoking and ass hopping gay jihadi love fests with that fear of God and the Wolf Brigade ass whipping he knows is still coming in his eyes. I would find immense entertainment value in such a show, better than reruns of ER even. They also have Iraq's most wanted themed shows in some large towns too, my friends in theatre said that they worked really well for them in Kirkuk.Anonymous hotlines and all. Anyway, its all going on, our consultants to the Iraqis know their shit. EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-10-14 12:55 |
| #12 mhw: Forbes calls the Wolf Brigade controversial. Hah! these boyos appear to following the method my GreatGreat Grandfather used when he was a sheriff in Waco, Texas (a story passed down from generation to generation). According to the story, when he retired (unusual, since Sheriffs tended to die in office...of "lead poisoning") he said: My method for rounding up bad guys was simple: SHOOT them...THEN arrest them! |
| Posted by: Justrand 2005-10-14 12:50 |
| #11 Sorry. But the press has convinced me they really don't care about the facts. They have "stringers" working with the terrorists to feed them the video they want; they can take a single attack and turn it into the Tet Offensive. They'll do anything they want, anytime, because they have the megaphone and we don't. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-10-14 12:40 |
| #10 Damnit RC do you have to inject reality into my optimism. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-10-14 11:22 |
| #9 I think this will be a major problem for all MSM that has been looking for bad news. The press will run with the story they want, regardless of the facts. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-10-14 10:40 |
| #8 I hope you are right Alan. Because if you are, I think this will be a major problem for all MSM that has been looking for bad news. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-10-14 10:14 |
| #7 AlanC, sounds all very good in theory, let's see what happens on voting day. |
| Posted by: Snagum Ulavigum4061 2005-10-14 10:13 |
| #6 Plainslow, I doubt that people are underestimating the size of the problem. I think you're setting up false expectations in a way that the left loves to do. (not saying you are) Expect perfection than bitch when it doesn't happen. I think that Iraqi TV should have shows like we do in the US where they publish the name and face of a criminal/terroris with "Have you seen this dude? Call this number....." Get the whole country involved. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2005-10-14 09:42 |
| #5 Forbes calls the Wolf Brigade controversial. I guess this is because terrorists hate them and non-terrorists like them. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-10-14 09:38 |
| #4 go Wolfie's!!!! makes me wish i could sponser a Wolf Brigade member |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2005-10-14 09:36 |
| #3 This is good news, unless. Unless they still have dozen's of carbombs and suicide bomers go off. Than that just means we slowed down a bigger problem than we thought we had. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2005-10-14 09:00 |
| #2 Abu Aws..lol! |
| Posted by: Abu AwShucks 2005-10-14 00:50 |
| #1 He's the hardass with the TV show. Right? heh heh.... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-10-14 00:32 |