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2004-11-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2004-11-15 9:21:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 thanks for the post - the MSM has been bizarrely silent about the NUMBER of insurgents on the loose in Mosul. 500 would seem to be manageable. Seems like the only forces there were the IP, no ING or US troops - is this so? ANd all non-Kurdish IP have fled the Sunni areas, more or less. Though there are reports that police stations have been recaptured but by whom? Kurdish IP or ING? Kurdish party militias? Americans?

Soon this should be an opportunity to cordon off the Sunni sections, kill the 500 insurgents, and destroy more arms caches.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-15 9:50:03 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:50:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 update : BBC now reports 20 rebels killed in Baquba, and 30 killed in Mosul (versus 7 iraqi govt forces killed in Mosul).

This really does look like a desperation move by the insurgents, to disrupt elections, even at the cost of expending all their assets.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-11-15 10:02:18 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:02:18 AM|| Front Page Top

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