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2004-08-11 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Ol_Dirty_American 2004-08-11 12:37:41 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In a close-up, the footage showed a masked militant holding a large knife to the man's throat, the militant chopped repeatedly at the neck, severing the head. A masked militant was then shown holding the head aloft.

They are so out of touch with western thought that they actually think this will scare us. They just canât comprehend that we are holding back, because the concepts of mercy and goodness are not key to their culture. What a pity for all of the Islam innocents who will be victims when we finally are forced to unleash our might at their expense.

They just donât get it that the only resolve that they are loosening, is our resolve for restraint..

Posted by B 2004-08-11 15:43|| 2004-08-11 15:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq's interim vice president, called on the U.S. troops to withdraw from Najaf.

"Only Iraqi forces should stay in Najaf, these forces should be responsible for security and should save Najaf from this phenomenon of killing," al-Jaafari told Arab TV network Al-Jazeera from London on Wednesday.

Coalition forces said they were operating in the city at the request of the government.

The top health official in Najaf, Falah al-Mahani, said the deteriorating security situation was causing "a real catastrophe" for the health services.

"Ambulances are prevented from reaching the injured people by the clashing parties. Our staff are not able to reach their hospitals. We are paralyzed," he said, adding that the fighting injured 18 members of his staff.

Once again, Iraqi politicians, Kerry-like, jostle for politicial advantage. I guess everyone wants to be the good cop, by saying later on that the mission needed to be accomplished, but that US troops went about it the wrong way. Actually, I shouldn't say these guys are talking like Kerry - it's that Kerry is talking like a Muslim.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2004-08-11 15:43|| 2004-08-11 15:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Good. I hope that the Iraqiâs do move in and do it themselves. If the Americanâs raid the mosque, it will be endless grist for the propaganda mill. If the Iraqiâs do it, that news will be lucky make page A41.

Posted by B 2004-08-11 15:47|| 2004-08-11 15:47|| Front Page Top

#4 hell it must be nerve racking for everyone on the battlefield in and around Najaf,hope theres a good reason for the delay - like maybe some AC-130's coming into the area for the night,how big is this gonna be , i'm reackoning about 2500marines plus alot of hardware ,flame tanks would be nice and sturmtigers lol,no but seriously how much armour will be cruisin in and what other suprises might the marines have for the Jihadis? i wanna see a thermobaric warhead blow up in that big mosque.could this be the the end of Al-Sadr, could Najaf be levelled,how bads it gonna be for those scummy Jihadis, only time stands in the way of us knowing.Sorry went off on one,MOAB?

Posted by Shep UK 2004-08-11 16:03|| 2004-08-11 16:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if temps near 130F have anything to do with it?

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-08-11 16:07|| 2004-08-11 16:07|| Front Page Top

#6 YS...how, um, tactical of you. Thanks for bringing the obvious into the discussion. Makes me want to slap my forehead. I like Shep's theory too. Could be a combination of the two.

Posted by remote man 2004-08-11 16:11|| 2004-08-11 16:11|| Front Page Top

#7 is there a source of fresh water inside the shrine?

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-08-11 16:28|| 2004-08-11 16:28|| Front Page Top

#8 YS: I wonder if temps near 130F have anything to do with it?

Actually, it's around 82 degrees right now at about 11:30 p.m.

Posted by Zhang Fei">Zhang Fei 2004-08-11 16:30|| 2004-08-11 16:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Good grief ... end this charade already.

Posted by doc 2004-08-11 17:12|| 2004-08-11 17:12|| Front Page Top

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