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| Iraqi Tribes Vow to Avenge Massacre of National Guardsmen | |
| 2004-10-28 | |
| From Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraq's southern tribes have vowed to avenge the 23 October killing of some 49 national guardsmen who were taken from buses and killed execution-style by militants, the Shi'ite news agency (http://www.ebaa.net) reported on 26 October. Sources told the website that members of the Al-Nasiriyah, Al-Amarah, and Al-Basrah tribes have launched a search to hunt down the perpetrators. Sources also said that the killing of the guardsmen has led to increased cooperation between citizens and Iraqi security forces towards eliminating terrorism. Diyala Province Deputy Governor Aqil al-Adili said that he suspects that persons working at the National Guard Training Center fed information to militants about the route that the guardsmen were to take.
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| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #11 The American administration is stupid. You go into someone else's home, steal, plunder, rape, murder, and then get all tensed up when the owner of the house wants to fight back. You end up telling the whole world: this guy's going to attack! Bring in reinforcements! I think it has got something to do with Aryan-Viking balls. Think with the groin fruit, not the head. |
| Posted by: Grumpy Uncle Sam 2004-10-29 3:48:38 AM |
| #10 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Grumpy Uncle Sam TROLL 2004-10-29 3:48:38 AM |
| #9 according to healing Iraq, the southern (shiite) tribes have stated that they are capable of raising an army and taking Falujah on their own, and that theres nothing the interim govt or the Americans can do to stop them. Clearly this risks civil war and disorder - i think the main reason for this statement is to put added pressure on the govt to deal with Fallujah. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-10-28 3:39:57 PM |
| #8 Old Grouch: Heck, I'd be satisfied if they simply killed all the Saddamites and foreign islamofascists and said "let Allah sort them out." |
| Posted by: jackal 2004-10-28 3:03:49 PM |
| #7 I like this news--as Old Grouch points out, its unlikely that those seeking revenge will be deterred by "committee meetings" or "paperwork-waiting-to-be-signed-off-on", and its much more likely that they'll simply get to whacking. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2004-10-28 2:57:36 PM |
| #6 ...or at least "good enough" intelligence to justify nailing somebody. I don't think the tribes will wait on "beyond reasonable doubt" niceties. |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2004-10-28 1:36:41 PM |
| #5 The massacre-ers have stepped in doo-doo. The Iraqi tribes most likely have decent intelligence. Just might happen. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2004-10-28 11:49:47 AM |
| #4 One piece of fallout from the abortive attempt to establish the Iraqi Falluga Brigade was the knowledge that, from the top down, many of those trained "sunni's" went immediately over to the insurgency. They not only took their weapons, they took intelligence with them. Intelligence as to who was being trained, where they were being assigned and who would be the leaders. Remember, almost immediately upon assuming command of regional Iraqi security forces, key officers, or members of their families were held captive by the terrorists, murdered out of hand, or assassinated themselves. It's tough to build from the ground up where there's been generations of corruption. You're either part of the problem, are related to the problem, or know someone who is. I salute those Iraqi's who are trying to do what's best for all Iraqi's. Who did the dirty deed on the NGuardmen? I'd say it was members of Saddam's RevGrds who'd been previously deployed to the Shiite region and responsible for beating down the post-Desert Storm uprising. |
| Posted by: RN 2004-10-28 10:35:34 AM |
| #3 Whoops! I think the massacre-ers have just realized they made a terrible error. The American soldiers take a much more civilized approach to killing and being killed ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-28 10:23:08 AM |
| #2 Iran's border was miles away - who do YOU suspect? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-28 10:13:32 AM |
| #1 Could this mean that the "Shiite's" about to hit the proverbial fan! Sure hope so. |
| Posted by: RN 2004-10-28 9:50:39 AM |