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Iraq
Clashes erupt near mosque in western Baghdad
2007-04-22
US helicopters pounded an area near a Shi'ite mosque with heavy machine-gun fire, killing two militants just ahead of the start of weekly prayer services and outraging preachers loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

The US military said American soldiers called for support and cordoned off the area after they were attacked by small-arms fire. After killing two militants, the soldiers searched nearby buildings, found chemicals believed to be bomb-making materials and detained an Iraqi civilian, the military said.
Posted by:Fred

#7  I think going mideival just ONCE would be a huge wake-up for all the mme.

Which is what we should have done within hours of 9-11. On that fateful day, my immediate response was to suggest that Khandahar be blanket bombed as a demonstration of our displeasure. We might even have caught mullah Omar in the shitstorm. Regardless, Omar's birthplace and home turf would have ceased to exist.

We are dealing with people who respond only to violence. Therefore, Islam must be made to feel our pain. To do so will require that a large number of Muslims die. Not suffer, but perish outright. Once enough Muslims have died as a direct result of terrorist activities, they will begin to police themselves or continue to die in vast numbers. My bets are on jihadist imams getting their throats slit after just a few such demonstrations. Until we begin connecting the dots for those who refuse to comprehend Cause & Effect, it will only be more of the same shit.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-22 16:37  

#6  Yeah Boss, I know, I know, too simple, and it'd work, so shaddup already, Right!
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-04-22 16:21  

#5  I'm beginning to think the only solution to the "sadr" problem is to pull all US personnel out of Baghdad and carpet-bomb sadr-city. First, put up a few dozen minefields along all routes leading OUT of sadr-city. Let al-sadr feel the FULL wrath of the US. So far, we've fought this war totally on the pc level. I think going mideival just ONCE would be a huge wake-up for all the mme.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-04-22 15:18  

#4  "Nyaaaah, shaddap!"
Posted by: mojo   2007-04-22 12:22  

#3  outraging preachers loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Good, Very Good, take names, make lists, pass out lists to assassins, pay them on results, problem solved. World intelligence rises several percent.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-04-22 10:02  

#2  The "outraging" needs to become "killing". Starting with Sadr hisself.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-04-22 00:34  

#1  US helicopters pounded an area near a Shi'ite mosque with heavy machine-gun fire, killing two militants just ahead of the start of weekly prayer services and outraging preachers loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Who's yer Daddy Mookie-Clerics?

you what...!

LOL, oh well Mookie's clerics don't like us again.
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Shiite's with "chemicals" and bomb making materials.. hummm.
Posted by: RD   2007-04-22 00:29  

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