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2005-11-04 Iraq

Al-Qaeda claims to have shot down US chopper

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-11-04 13:11|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lynch also predicted an increase in insurgent attacks in an attempt to derail the Dec. 15 elections, when Iraqis will choose a new parliament.

When the duely elected government takes its seat in December I think you'll see the gloves finally taken off. The politics will be over and the collective world community will have no say in what transpires when a sovereign Iraq begins to defend itself (with a little help from its freinds) from foreign insurgents.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2005-11-04 13:20|| 2005-11-04 13:20|| Front Page Top

#2 BR,

I sure hope you're right, but since 9/11 it's been a steady drum beat of "now the gloves come off" and all I've seen is an intensity better suited for an attorney preparing a case against the neighbor who built his shed too close to the property line.

Given that lack of aggressiveness on the part of higher ups, it speaks volumes as to the ability of our military that they have accomplished so much in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Posted by Dreadnought 2005-11-04 13:32|| 2005-11-04 13:32|| Front Page Top

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