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2004-08-04 Iraq-Jordan
Al-Sadr's Militia Kidnaps Iraqi Officers
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Posted by Fred 2004-08-04 11:20:09 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Drat.
Posted by Seafarious  2004-08-04 12:11:53 AM||   2004-08-04 12:11:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Shooed away by the dean? If true, I think these "cops" need a refresher course...
Posted by PBMcL 2004-08-04 12:15:35 AM||   2004-08-04 12:15:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 No more fooling around; time to take Sadr and his followers out. Not doing so only ensures more future Sadr-originated turmoil.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-04 12:19:43 AM||   2004-08-04 12:19:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ...or maybe the "dean" had 40 or 50 "assistant deans" armed with AK's to assist in the shooing.
Posted by PBMcL 2004-08-04 12:24:01 AM||   2004-08-04 12:24:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Mahdi Army militiamen have seized 18 police officers and two police cars in recent days
Call me cynical, but 18 men and 2 cars in a few days???? I suspect some of these Iraqi policemen were "willing victims."
Posted by rex 2004-08-04 12:24:32 AM||   2004-08-04 12:24:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 so he's degenerated from a "Shiite Uprising Leader™" to a common extortionist kidnapper. Kill. Him
Posted by Frank G  2004-08-04 12:38:32 AM||   2004-08-04 12:38:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess he has decided to participate in the political process afterall.
Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-04 1:35:43 AM||   2004-08-04 1:35:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Why is Sadr still walking around? Spray this rodent with a giant can of RAID!
Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-08-04 2:12:42 AM||   2004-08-04 2:12:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 OT, there is a new (actually from the 30th but I haven't checked in a while) e-mail at Greenside from Major David G. Bellon, USMC to his dad, concerning conditions in Fallujah.
Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-04 3:44:08 AM||   2004-08-04 3:44:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 ..from Major David G. Bellon, USMC to his dad, concerning conditions in Fallujah.

There's only one issue I have with the letter; him speaking of "reaching out" to the third group (of the three elements found in Fallujah). From a historical perspective, Fallujah isn't worth that kind of effort. Evacuate the people that don't want to be there or be involved with what's going on there, then go in and kill all the combatants and reduce everything to rubble.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-08-04 12:44:00 PM||   2004-08-04 12:44:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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