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2003-12-01 Iraq

Central Command Reports Ambushes Repelled

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-12-01 8:30:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Of course the Iraqis now say all the dead were innocent civilians.....working in a "baby-milk-factory" no doubt

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-1 8:33:15 AM|| 2003-12-1 8:33:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 well of course they're already claiming that:

http://www.rantburg.com/default.asp?D=12/1/03#22012

Posted by joe 2003-12-1 9:16:39 AM|| 2003-12-1 9:16:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 An ambush on US troops in Iraq's city of Samarra was an attempt to seize new Iraqi banknotes, the US military say. "It was a co-ordinated attack... on a convoy... delivering a significant amount of Iraqi currency," US Colonel Fredrick Rudesheim told reporters. The number of Iraqis killed by US forces in Sunday's fighting had risen to 54 from 46, the US military says. Residents of the central Iraqi city disputed those figures, saying at most eight or nine people died. US spokesman Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald said that US forces had fought back with tank fire when they were attacked three times by militants wearing uniforms of the pro-Saddam Fedayeen fighters.
American forces destroyed three buildings being used by insurgents, he said. "We're sending a clear message that anyone who attempts to attack our convoys will pay the price," the spokesman said. Samarra is within the so-called "Sunni triangle" north of Baghdad - the heartland of Saddam Hussein loyalists.

Posted by Steve 2003-12-1 9:19:47 AM|| 2003-12-1 9:19:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Does anyone else think this might have been a setup, QBoat type activity?

It seems like we had a huge amount of firepower immediately available. Almost like we expected the attack.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-12-1 10:49:52 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-12-1 10:49:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 ? It seems like we had a huge amount of firepower immediately available. Almost like we expected the attack.

Told you that embedding Al-Jizz reporters in our units would pay off.

Posted by Steve White 2003-12-1 11:18:22 AM|| 2003-12-1 11:18:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd be willing to bet that the fedhayeen are riddled with double agents . . . and that many of the EPWs have turned stool pigeon . . . and that those al Jazeera reporters are are selling them down the river to the CIA.

Or not . . . or two out of three . . . or the cell phones are tapped . . . or something.

Or maybe that's all a disinformation campaign.

Have a good night's sleep, jihadis.

Posted by Mike 2003-12-1 11:24:49 AM|| 2003-12-1 11:24:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Just got the Nightline email update, and they're going to focus on this incident tonight. Unfortunately, they appear to have activated the "Questions have been raised..." macro in their scripting software.

Posted by snellenr 2003-12-1 1:29:49 PM|| 2003-12-1 1:29:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Announcing the number of dead enemy combatants is a fairly new turn, isn't it? For the longest time it wasn't talked about. Does anyone recall when that changed?

Posted by eLarson 2003-12-1 1:58:10 PM|| 2003-12-1 1:58:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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