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| Same Attack - Different Results - 50 captured | |
| 2006-03-22 | |
| different story/results fom the one already posted below. EFL Insurgents attacked a police station Wednesday for a second day in a row, but U.S. and Iraqi forces captured 50 of them after a two-hour gunbattle. About 60 gunmen attacked the police station in Madain, south of Baghdad, with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic rifles, said police Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohammadawi. U.S. troops and a special Iraqi police unit responded, catching the insurgents in crossfire, he said.
Madain, 14 miles southeast of Baghdad, is at the northern tip of Iraq's Sunni-dominated “Triangle of Death,” a region rife with sectarian violence – retaliatory kidnappings and killings in the underground conflict between Sunnis and Shiites. | |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #16 Four police were killed, including the commander of the special unit... If they are being trained by the US, then he was at the front with his men. I wouldn't put it past friendly fire, but these guys are starting to think and act like western soldiers. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-03-22 21:27 |
| #15 Article: Four police were killed, including the commander of the special unit, and five were wounded, al-Mohammadawi said. Wonder if this was friendly fire. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-03-22 19:12 |
| #14 Also they might have kinfolk in the govt. and the death might inspire said kinfolk to aid the terrorists. You mean more than said kinfolk are already aiding their [formerly not dead] cousins on the outside? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-03-22 16:56 |
| #13 TU - I think you're right |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-22 16:25 |
| #12 Nothing there I find persuasive. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-22 15:22 |
| #11 If you kill them they lose value as intel assets. Also they lose value as bait. Also they might have kinfolk in the govt. and the death might inspire said kinfolk to aid the terrorists. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-03-22 15:17 |
| #10 mhw - what's the downside? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-03-22 14:07 |
| #9 this is good. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2006-03-22 13:57 |
| #8 One suspects that at least one report of yesterday's insurgent deaths may have been exaggerated. |
| Posted by: Perfessor 2006-03-22 13:51 |
| #7 "Next suspect, Mohoud." "Hokay. It's you were captured attacking a police station. Is this true?" "Well...I wuz just walking my dog and..." "Tell me where Zarq is and I will let you go." "Well...I wuz just walking my dog and..." POW!! POW!!! "Next suspect, Mohoud." |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-03-22 13:17 |
| #6 when Iraqi troops do this without us they may accidentally kill about half of the prisoners and two thirds of the attackers. |
| Posted by: mhw 2006-03-22 13:14 |
| #5 What alliterative acuity! |
| Posted by: Creater Crater3500 2006-03-22 13:06 |
| #4 I hope the Iraqis kick their criminal justice system into high gear and start trachea-tweaking these tiresome turdballs. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-03-22 13:00 |
| #3 Actually, Frank, I think it's 2 different attacks, one yesterday and one today. Looks like they were ready for them today. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-03-22 12:42 |
| #2 Note to insurgants. Please keep following the same battle plan. Over and over. Americans are stupid. We fall for it every time. Really. Honest. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-03-22 12:08 |
| #1 Wow - that's a completely different story. I guess the "reporter" couldn't wait and filed his hit piece as soon as his friends had killed off the policemen, who should be mourned. I'll bet that Wretchard and Malkin will both jump on this 180 deg turnaround. Will it get the same "play" as the first pathetic "reporting"? I doubt it. Thanks, FrankG! |
| Posted by: Creater Crater3500 2006-03-22 11:47 |