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| Thousands of Armed Volunteers March in North Iraq |
| 2003-02-04 |
| Thousands of armed volunteers paraded in northern Iraq Tuesday in defiance of U.S. threats to invade Iraq to oust President Saddam Hussein. Chanting "No Peace, No Surrender," waves of men and women in military fatigues and carrying assault rifles took part in a parade for government-sponsored Jerusalem Army militia in Mosul, 230 miles north of Baghdad. The marchers, who all completed several weeks of military training, carried pictures of Saddam and Iraqi flags. They filed past the Iraqi leader's number two, Izzat Ibrahim, vice chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Command Council, who attended the parade along with other senior officials. Iraq says the Jerusalem Army has seven million volunteers, for whom it sees a key role in urban areas in the event of a U.S. invasion. Sammy still thinks he's going to fight WW1 again. We aren't. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 Sounds a bit like Mussolini boasting the Italian army had eight million bayonets just before a war broke out in which aircraft and tanks were the dominant weapons. Besides, does anybody really think Saddam would issue ammo to his people? Whom do you suppose they would actually shoot at? |
| Posted by: Michael Lonie 2003-02-05 01:10:36 |
| #7 It's probably easier to surrender when you get some distance from Sammy and his thugs. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-04 12:32:41 |
| #6 It's a mistake Sammy's made before - and he's not the only one who does it. They confuse a man with a gun with a soldier, and shooting off guns with a military operation. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-02-04 12:09:56 |
| #5 He can give them all the rifles he wants, but he didn't give them bullets, I'll bet. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-02-04 11:15:14 |
| #4 Armed with thousands of Iraqi war surplus rifles that have never been fired and only been dropped once. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-02-04 11:00:01 |
| #3 The Mosul Soon-to-be-Martyrs Brigade. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-02-04 10:39:07 |
| #2 It's a mistake Sammy's made before - and he's not the only one who does it. They confuse a man with a gun with a soldier, and shooting off guns with a military operation. |
| Posted by: Fred 2/4/2003 12:09:56 PM |
| #1 Armed with thousands of Iraqi war surplus rifles that have never been fired and only been dropped once. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2/4/2003 11:00:01 AM |