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2005-10-27 Iraq
Baghdad gun fight leaves 19 21 dead
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Posted by Steve 2005-10-27 08:40|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Police 17, Sadr 2.

Nice box score.

Posted by john">john  2005-10-27 08:59||   2005-10-27 08:59|| Front Page Top

#2 The police and Sadr's bullet magnets were on the same side. Wonder how many Sunnis "insurgents" bought the farm.
Posted by ed 2005-10-27 09:10||   2005-10-27 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I read this report as saying: IP and Sadr's militia fighting Ba'athists/AQ, and 19 on the Shi'ite side dead.
Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2005-10-27 09:12||   2005-10-27 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 This is like half a story.
Posted by wxjames 2005-10-27 09:46||   2005-10-27 09:46|| Front Page Top

#5  This is like half a story

waiting for the bartender to write the rest on a Palestine Hotel napkin, dontcha know?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-10-27 09:52||   2005-10-27 09:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Waiting for Achmed's brother to call him back on the cell with some details. Until then, gimme another Bloody Mary, will ya Achmed. And a coupla Excedrins.
War is hell, lemme tell ya...
Posted by Grizzled War Correspondent 2005-10-27 11:03||   2005-10-27 11:03|| Front Page Top

#7 boy, those Mehdi's aren't very good, are they, Tater?
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2005-10-27 11:22||   2005-10-27 11:22|| Front Page Top

#8 i find this story very interesting
Posted by liberalhawk 2005-10-27 11:52||   2005-10-27 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 cool, did we just let em duke it out on the sidewalk too? hope someone caught this 'shoot out' on film! popcorn time!
Posted by Shep UK 2005-10-27 13:55||   2005-10-27 13:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Sounds like the Shia malitia were acting on behalf of, or with the police and got their butt kicked by the Sunnis, bad business.
Posted by Shipman 2005-10-27 16:42||   2005-10-27 16:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Really doesn't sound right. Too one-sided. There has to be more to this.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2005-10-27 20:17||   2005-10-27 20:17|| Front Page Top

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