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2007-08-25 Iraq

Iraq: Al-Qaida suspects assault police checkpoints, killing three

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Posted by Fred 2007-08-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 Strange. An unusually large and complex attack but few casualties. How could they manage to kill only one of their (presumed) targets? Or, if civilians were the target, only two? And manage to get 14 of themselves arrested (20% of attack force)? It doesn't add up to me; something is incorrect about the story as written.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-08-25 12:16|| 2007-08-25 12:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like a group of leaderless foreigners looking for a safe place to rest and regroup.

Posted by wxjames 2007-08-25 12:51|| 2007-08-25 12:51|| Front Page Top

#3 To me it sounds more like the Iraqi police screwed up somehow and made up a story about a big attack to explain it. That may not be the case, but I have serious doubts about the story as written.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-08-25 13:58|| 2007-08-25 13:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Nope, not 60, it was 600! Wild ones they were too! Of a fierce demeanor with shod with quality Nikes!

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-08-25 19:19|| 2007-08-25 19:19|| Front Page Top

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