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2004-11-09 Iraq-Jordan

Allawi demands Fallujah hard boyz surrender

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-11-09 3:21:02 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Prime Minister Iyad Allawi appealed to militants in Fallujah to lay down their weapons and allow Iraqi forces to enter the rebel enclave peacefully, as the army vowed to press ahead with the fight.

Why is this guy doing this? Didn't Allawi himself say that he was convinced that the rebels couldn't be expected to be reasonable and lay down their weapons? Well the battle is on, so just carry it out to its logical conclusion. If rebels don't surrender on their own without having to be prompted, then they'll be ground down into a fine powder. Future "insurgents" might give a little more thought to their career paths, and it won't be necessary to expend precious dinars clothing or feeding the current crop - they'll be dead, requiring only a one-time burial expense.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-09 3:53:53 PM|| 2004-11-09 3:53:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I hear ya BAR 36 hours till talker time. It's the Arab way of war, never win, never lose.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-09 4:42:56 PM|| 2004-11-09 4:42:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 They can't surrender if they're all dead.

Posted by RWV 2004-11-09 5:22:09 PM|| 2004-11-09 5:22:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 personally i like Iyad Allawi 's style . He plays the arab market aswell as western , its whats needed in this hot bed .. Basically , reading between the lines , he's saying 'u all in Fallujah are fooked , so deal with it , cos I am , fuckwits ' and thats what arabs know best ....

Posted by MacNails 2004-11-09 6:41:06 PM|| 2004-11-09 6:41:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If the terrorists surrender after
swearing to fight to the death, they'll
lose even more face.

If we all think that they'll fight to the death,
then it just becomes a good show for the media.

Posted by Brutus 2004-11-09 8:17:52 PM|| 2004-11-09 8:17:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Allawi spends so much time appealing, begging and pleading, I can't see how he has any time for anything productive.

Posted by smn 2004-11-09 10:06:27 PM|| 2004-11-09 10:06:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Allawi spends so much time appealing, begging and pleading,...

I would disagree. Suggesting the jihadis surrender while killing them like rats at the dump shows both magnanimity and strength. Allawi has a tough job; a combination of coalition building, ass-kicking and jawing. I took the rumor that he was executing captured foreign terrs with his own hand, sadly untrue, to be a good sign.

Posted by SteveS 2004-11-09 11:57:47 PM|| 2004-11-09 11:57:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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