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| US says 20 fighters killed in Baghdad clashes |
| 2008-04-21 |
| Twenty militia fighters were killed in clashes with US forces overnight during the "hottest night" in weeks, after cleric Moqtada Al Sadr threatened to declare open war, a US military spokesman said. Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Stover described a series of gunbattles and air strikes in the Sadr City slum, stronghold of the cleric's Mahdi Army fighters, in which a total of 20 fighters died. "I would say it's been the hottest night in a couple of weeks," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 well lets see the numbers. he has a few 1000 fighters no tanks no aircraft against just the US he is gonna get his ass handed too him. AND by the way why not semd in a special sniper team and pay one of his top agents alot of money too find out where he whether it be iran or iraq and pop his ass? i know assasinations are illegal but he is not a head of state |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-04-21 15:07 |
| #5 And if he doesn't, Condi is going to call him a sissy, girly boy. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-04-21 13:21 |
| #4 Steve, that is, unless he responds to Condi's calling him out as a coward and comes back to lead the Mahdi army to "glory". |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-04-21 13:13 |
| #3 Easy for Mookie to threaten all-out war, he's not going to be the one on the street fighting the IA, IP and US Army. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-04-21 12:40 |
| #2 It's more an Arab-politics-of-the-souk move. It slaps a fig-leaf of legitimacy over Sadr's followers (like it or not, Sadr does have a large following in Sadr City - think of him as an Iraqi Marion Berry or a Detroit/Newark/New Orleans mayor)while allowing the government to enforce its authority. Essentially sez 'we know you're a bunch of murdering bastards and we can't kill you all without the Shiite community rising up en masse. But if you don't oppose us, we'll let you be'. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-04-21 12:38 |
| #1 Apparently the reporter hasn't received word yet that these guys are just criminals. On a more serious note, I wonder if this new approach is geared to making the Iraqi Police take more ownership of the problem. Looks like Allan got caught with his pants down again. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-04-21 00:29 |