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2005-02-05 Iraq-Jordan

Iraq group killed 29 in Thursday police ambush - Web

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Posted by Fred 2005-02-05 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Damn! Ice all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turds!

OTOH, This reminds me jihad-spun stories Mikey posts with a such a glee.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-02-05 3:07:20 AM|| 2005-02-05 3:07:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Do the iraqi national guard have weapons or they just riding around with sticks and bulhorns?

Posted by Thraing Hupoluper1864 2005-02-05 8:36:01 AM|| 2005-02-05 8:36:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 TH1864: Do the iraqi national guard have weapons or they just riding around with sticks and bulhorns?

This kind of thing happens to the Russians all the time. The reason they have fewer casualties is because there are fewer Chechen holy warriors. This is why the low level of American casualties is such a wonder to the jihadis. They thought our boys would be easy meat. Turns out it's easy, much easier, to target the locals. Our boys are just so good that it's less trouble to target them with mines.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-05 11:03:16 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-05 11:03:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Good point ZF.

TH, it's gonna take time but it will happen. Prolly more a result of good intel on the part of the jihadis then lack of firepower on the part of the iraqi ng's. However, as I was not there, who knows exactly how it came down.

Posted by Jeamp Ebbereting9472 aka Jarhead 2005-02-05 12:02:53 PM|| 2005-02-05 12:02:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Jarhead: Prolly more a result of good intel on the part of the jihadis then lack of firepower on the part of the iraqi ng's.

I would expect it's the result of better training and experience on the part of our boys. GI's get ambushed, too - but they shoot straighter than the opposition. Our guys also have the advantage of supporting fire from aerial and ground artillery, meaning that the opposition really can't stick around to exploit their successes against our guys. I don't think the Iraqis have that benefit - we just don't trust them enough to fire at their request.

Also many Muslim armies have a kind of fatalistic Insha'allah (God willing - i.e. it is in the hands of God) kind of perspective, meaning that they don't train as hard as they should. Still, in time, they should get better, as they get more experience.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-02-05 5:24:53 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-02-05 5:24:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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