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Iraq
Iraqi Army Captures Death Squad Commander, Kidnapping Suspects
2006-10-26
Special Iraqi army forces, aided by coalition advisors, captured a death squad leader and three people believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier in separate raids in the Iraqi capitalÂ’s Sadr City neighborhood, military officials reported.

Officials said Iraqi and coalition forces had credible intelligence on the location of an insurgent leader personally involved in and directing widespread death squad activity for numerous murder cells in eastern Baghdad. The ground assault force also planned to act on credible intelligence indicating that criminals involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier were located in a Sadr City mosque.

Iraqi forces quickly secured the insurgentÂ’s home in Sadr City and detained 10 suspected death squad members. The assault force suppressed enemy small-arms fire, and a supporting coalition aircraft neutralized enemy rocket-propelled grenade fire. Ten enemy fighters were killed and two were wounded, officials said.

The ground assault force left the site of the first raid and moved through Sadr City to the mosque where the kidnapping suspects were believed to be located. Iraqi forces secured the mosque, entered it, and detained three suspects for further questioning.

No Iraqi or coalition forces were reported injured. Hostile conditions prevented an assessment of civilian casualties, officials said.

And the Iraqi PM does not want us to go into Sadr City without his knowledge - whatsup!

Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#30  Beethovan's 5th? Lots of fun to play, though.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-10-26 23:02  

#29  Beethoven's 5th tops it.

Ludwig drained it ages ago.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-26 22:33  

#28  "Stairway" is ok... for the first gajillion listens. Then it gets a mite bit old.

I have a mental list of decent music I never want to hear again. Beethoven's 5th tops it.
Posted by: markawarka   2006-10-26 22:10  

#27  ;-)
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-26 22:05  

#26  Hmmmm ... struck a nerve on that one, huh.

Sorry bout that. I can't stand it myself but I do realize it has its fans.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-26 21:53  

#25  Stairway...and no.
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-26 21:50  

#24  "We Built This City"

Oh, yes. Gotta include it. Let's see, something by Grace Slick, maybe "White Rabbits". And something gorpy from the 50s, maybe

"Johnny Angel"

AND .... how about

"Staircase to Heaven" ???
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-26 21:39  

#23  I must know 3,245,000 people who attended Woodstock
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-26 20:58  

#22  I was another on the 'Small World' at the World's Fair - it would appear Rantburg has a population with a statistical excess of people who were in Flushing Meadows in 1964. On would not have thought that exposure would have led to an unusually high level of intelligence and rational thought, but such does seem to be the case.
Posted by: Glenmore   2006-10-26 20:28  

#21  How about the total participation video, "Walk like an Electrician?"
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-10-26 17:54  

#20  inre #8
"We Built This City"
Posted by: eLarson   2006-10-26 16:54  

#19  My GOD you are a bunch of sick bastards!!!!!

I, too, was first subjected to Small World at the World's Fair and then again in '89 with the youngest age 3. Luckily their favorite ride was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
Posted by: AlanC   2006-10-26 14:39  

#18  I forgot about pizza, I been refining my fate worse than a fate worse than death since 9-11. There is a pizza joint run by french-canadians down by Champions Gate. Really the worst pizza I've had in my life.
Posted by: bruce   2006-10-26 13:37  

#17  My god, #16 lh - you're as old as I am! ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-10-26 13:35  

#16  I first rode on "Its a Small World" back when it first opened, as the Pepsi-Cola pavillion at the New York World' Fair. Showing my age.

"oh there's just one moon, and one golden sun...."
Posted by: liberalhawk   2006-10-26 13:20  

#15   If you really want to get tuff it's a small world boat ride at disney for the day

We want to break them, not turn their brains into mush we have to scoop up.
Posted by: Charles   2006-10-26 13:10  

#14  Oh, that's cruel. Very, very cruel.

I remember the first Disneyland trip with 4 yo offspring. Travelling on a 1st lt. salary plus what I was making as a programmer. 60s motel done in aqua, orange and that funny blue that you see in over-chlorinated public pools. Whole place full of families in single rooms, double bed for the parents and pull-outs for the kids. Squealing and yelling around the pool when they were done w/ the rides.

Add in cheap pizza deliveries and I think you have a plan, bruce.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-26 12:56  

#13  it's a small world boat ride at disney for the day.

Lol! Ride actually broke down when I was inside it once. I've never been the same since.
Posted by: anon   2006-10-26 12:51  

#12  My vote is for Rupert Holmes' HIM! If you really want to get tuff it's a small world boat ride at disney for the day. At night he will be housed in an economy motel on US192 with the adjoining rooms filled with small children on their first trip to Disney. He'll be singing like a magic tiki bird by weeks end.
Posted by: bruce   2006-10-26 12:49  

#11  Lindy, break open the pack of the really sexy panties.
Posted by: ed   2006-10-26 12:40  

#10  Your #8 is an outrage! How are we to get to the bazaar? To prayers?

/Egyptian
Posted by: .com   2006-10-26 12:40  

#9  "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
"Billy Jean is Not My Lover"

I'm sure some others will come to mind.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-26 12:37  

#8  I could donate some of my daughter's old cassettes from the 80s.

If we can keep out the human rights types, we could put "Walk Like An Egyptian", "Material Girl" and some other such tripe playing on a continuous loop. Leave food & water and come back in a couple days.

3 to 1 he begs for the waterboard.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-26 12:35  

#7  Looks like this guy might have something on where our missing soldier is. I'd hate to think of the music they force him to listen too. One minute of Brittney Spears makes me want to puke.
Posted by: Charles   2006-10-26 12:32  

#6  cain't recall Maliki ever complain much about Sunni land ops or wack 'em gud Sunni strikes.
Posted by: the Twelfth Imami   2006-10-26 12:14  

#5  Just like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the rest of "freindly" Arab nations leaders. They behind closed doors help US and support US but don't admit such to their people becuase the street hates US so.
Posted by: C-Low   2006-10-26 11:21  

#4  It is sad but I am starting to think Maliki is playing a double game Arab style. In public Maliki is screaming about US rounding up Sadr's boys yet really taking no action to stop it. This raid even had IA forces making the lead strikes. One command from Maliki could stop thier use.

Posted by: C-Low   2006-10-26 11:18  

#3  Finally getting serious by knocking off the armories(mosks). Once the hideouts are no longer safety zones, some progress can be made. Each one of the should be burned down as a lesson.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2006-10-26 11:16  

#2  I'd say bleed them for information. Very slowly, and very painfully.
Posted by: anymouse   2006-10-26 11:02  

#1  Now cut their heads off with a rusty spoon.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-10-26 10:50  

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