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2004-08-24 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi defense minister sez Sadr has hours to surrender

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-08-24 11:56:59 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The U.S. military denied damaging the shrine; it said an air crew saw militants in the compound fire a rocket that clipped one of the walls and exploded 10 yards outside.
Salam Pax has some pictures and narration of the struggle there in Najaf. One of the more interesting tidbits in there is how one thug shows him how to set off an RPG grenade without a launcher. Where the thing winds up going is a complete crap shoot, and it demonstrates not only how unprofessional this ragtag "army" is but also how little they care about damaging their oh-so-holy shrine.

Posted by Dar 2004-08-24 12:32:36 PM|| 2004-08-24 12:32:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for pointing out Salam's new blog. Hadn't noticed he had shifted digs.

Posted by Mitch H. 2004-08-24 1:00:36 PM|| [http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2004-08-24 1:00:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Er... how many times have we heard this "hours to surrender" stuff in the last few weeks.

Posted by Jim K 2004-08-24 3:04:35 PM|| 2004-08-24 3:04:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 That would be 7 times Jim K.

Posted by Shipman 2004-08-24 5:48:28 PM|| 2004-08-24 5:48:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow, if Truce 2 was subtitled "Electric Boogaloo" what in the heck would the 7th be called?

Posted by eLarson 2004-08-24 5:52:33 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-08-24 5:52:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 How about this headline:

Iraqi defense minister sez Sadr has minutes to surrender

It is just a unit issue. Oh, yeah, the implication is days are lots of time, hours are not much time, minutes are certain death in a short time. But there is a time warp anomoly going right through all these holy cities, like the space-time continuum around a black hole. Do you get what I'm saying? Everyone comfortable with the concept?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-24 5:58:02 PM|| 2004-08-24 5:58:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 It is like that movie Groundhog day. We should just get this over with.

Posted by Ol_Dirty_American 2004-08-24 6:07:55 PM|| 2004-08-24 6:07:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Did everyone notice that Sadr wanted to turn over the keys of the mosque without vacating it. Sistani's people refused beacuse they were also unable to inspect the mosque. I can think of several reasons for turning over the keys at that point:

1. Sistani would then be the one being attacked, technically speaking.
2. The treasures have been looted.
3. The mosque is rigged to blow and Sadr doesn't want to be responsible for the Shrine's condition when he explodes it.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-08-24 10:07:31 PM|| 2004-08-24 10:07:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Yeah, yeah, yeah......surrender or else....*yawn*

Posted by Halfass Pete 2004-08-24 11:32:23 PM|| 2004-08-24 11:32:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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