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2005-08-05 Iraq-Jordan

U.S. offensive begins after attacks on Marines

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Posted by DEEK 2005-08-05 12:23|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Quick! Somebody clean the dust off the cloning equipment, we are in danger of running out of (Bearded Virgins).

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-05 13:45|| 2005-08-05 13:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Go get 'em guys!

Posted by mmurray821 2005-08-05 13:52|| 2005-08-05 13:52|| Front Page Top

#3 4th rail reports this operation was in planning well before the beared-queers of isalam executed the marines.

Flush the islamic-toilet. Guard the chokepoints at the river. And, execute any IR signature caught moving at night with a Hellfire.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2005-08-05 15:08|| 2005-08-05 15:08|| Front Page Top

#4 U.S. offensive begins after attacks on Marines

Maybe I'm becoming unduly sensitised to this sort of thing, but here is yet another case where the headline does not match the article.

From the head, it sounds like this is an attempt by the Marines to strike back at their tormenters, but by the 3rd para, we find that The offensive was not retaliatory but planned in advance of three insurgent attacks An impressive display of 'journalism', CNN!

Posted by SteveS 2005-08-05 16:48|| 2005-08-05 16:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe if we made it a policy to kill 1,000 arabs for every U.S. soldier that was killed they would get the idea.

Posted by Speash Elmineque1256 2005-08-05 16:55|| 2005-08-05 16:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Better yet, Speash Elmineque1256, I hope the Marines capture or kill all the "insurgents" (Al Qaeda, former Baathist, and common criminal), destroy all their weapons materials, discover all their connections, restore all their hostages, and make them look like the losers that they are.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-05 22:27|| 2005-08-05 22:27|| Front Page Top

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