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2007-06-23 Iraq

It's street to street, sewer to sewer as al-Qaeda hard-liners fight to the death

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 Wish this was San Francisco the Marines were successfully assaulting...

Posted by Anguling Turkeyneck9310 2007-06-23 00:59|| 2007-06-23 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Read somewhere today, that some American general was quoted as saying the top level of the b*^%ts had already left town before they got there.

He also vowed, they would be hunted down. But, intel was compromised and one has to wonder, the only route they had, was to Iran. Just how long ago did they leave? I also read somewhere today, that the Iraq/Iranian border is now secure....

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2007-06-23 01:05|| 2007-06-23 01:05|| Front Page Top

#3 sewer to sewer

Where else are you gonna find turds like these?

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-23 03:12|| 2007-06-23 03:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Killing cannon fodder isn't that big of a deal. There's plenty more where they came from. Madrassas churn out radicals by the thousands. The leaders are the ones with the connections to get things done.

Posted by gromky 2007-06-23 05:10|| 2007-06-23 05:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, look: Michael Yon was quoted in the Scotsman. Way to go, Mr. Yon!

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-23 12:31|| 2007-06-23 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Kill enough cannon fodder, and it will get very difficult to replace them. Nobody really wants to die at the hands of "infidels". The more we take out, at every level, the easier it will be to find the new guys. Pretty soon it begins to really pinch.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-06-23 13:43|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-06-23 13:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Concur OP - human resources are not infinite. Even to train a sub-par guerilla takes time, $$$, and a certain amount of logistics before the basic martial standards of diminishing returns rears its head.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-06-23 14:02|| 2007-06-23 14:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Look at what happened when the IDF targeted upper and middle management in the boomer trade against Israel. Booms went down, were botched, or work accidents went through the roof, so to speak. Same story here in Iraq. It takes time and resources to breed an Orc.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-06-23 22:21|| 2007-06-23 22:21|| Front Page Top

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