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2005-03-22 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi coppers snuff 17 hard boyz in Mosul

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Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-22 10:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Late Monday, attackers in Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, ambushed a convoy carrying security forces officials, including top police chief Brig. Gen. Abu Al-Waled, sparking a gunbattle in front of a main mosque. Police killed 17 militants and captured 14, said Col. Wathiq Ali, deputy police commander.

Ali said no security forces were injured in the clash, which saw guerillas carrying mortar launchers, rocket-propelled grenades and Kalashnikov rifles. "

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-22 10:32:52 AM|| 2005-03-22 10:32:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 B-team needs work, Z-man

Bwahahahhaaaa

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-22 10:51:07 AM|| 2005-03-22 10:51:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 These guys really aren't that hot with pattern recognition, huh? Losing almost a company of men in two days with nothing to show for it is not what I would call effective tactics.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-22 10:56:21 AM|| 2005-03-22 10:56:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "tactics? tactics? We don't need no steenking tactics! Allah will protect us!"

perhaps a couple tic-tacs though.....

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-22 11:14:32 AM|| 2005-03-22 11:14:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I maintain that this is evidence the insurgents are running out of resources for IEDs (meaning either they lack the ammo or they lack the knowledge).

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-03-22 1:00:41 PM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2005-03-22 1:00:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Interesteing observation Kalle, hopefully a correct one

Posted by domingo 2005-03-22 1:17:29 PM|| 2005-03-22 1:17:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The missing resource may be leadership. If these reports are even just mostly true, the insurgents are incredibly stupid. Darwin trumps the insurgency.

Posted by Tom 2005-03-22 1:28:29 PM|| 2005-03-22 1:28:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 first the hard boys are slaughtered by the Kentucky National Guard (whos the Colonel, I wonder?) Then by a bunch of Iraqi Police. And THEN by some well armed Iraqi shopkeepers - I'll leave it to one of you gun nut types to post THAT:)

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-22 2:37:16 PM|| 2005-03-22 2:37:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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