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2005-06-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Spavirt Pheng6042 2005-06-15 05:09|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 First news I read this morning. It made my day.

Posted by SwissTex 2005-06-15 07:18|| 2005-06-15 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Well done, gentlemen.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-06-15 09:00|| 2005-06-15 09:00|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope they got some of the bastards alive and they sing like birds

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-06-15 09:23|| 2005-06-15 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Excellent work! Best news I've read all week!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-06-15 09:28|| 2005-06-15 09:28|| Front Page Top

#5 see Jacques? When you have a capable, willing, and DEPLOYED military, you don't have to pay the bastards

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-15 09:36|| 2005-06-15 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 A while back, on the main so-called *mainstream* muslim french internet forum, some pious online islam-is-peace-posterboy opened a thread joking about the "hairccut" of the hostage, with pics before and after his head was shaven (I recon this is the one). Everybody had a good laugh, remarking he "would probably get a closer shave later"...

Oh well, Mr. Wood hasn't been beheaded, and the Lions of Islam got busted. The internet french mainstream muslims must be very disappointed...

Posted by anonymous5089 2005-06-15 09:41|| 2005-06-15 09:41|| Front Page Top

#7 excellent news. I look forward to hearing details of the op (to the extent they can be made public) would love to see the look on the kidnappers faces when the Iraqi forces broke in. And to hear what Wood felt when that happened. And good on Oz, for standing firm.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-15 09:44|| 2005-06-15 09:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Hadn't heard about this until now, but congratulations! AP's long reported the happy news, WITHOUT a mention of "the sheik" al-Hilali.

And I'm glad to know that the Iraqi Army performed its task flawlessly; by Mr. Howard's words, I assume they led the rescue.

(The New York Times reported on the Iraqi Army yesterday, but their good improvement - complete with a shoot-house photo of Iraqi special forces with obscured faces, and a mention that they have vigorous training in imitation of the US Army - shined through the NYT bias.)

Posted by Edward Yee">Edward Yee 2005-06-15 09:55|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-06-15 09:55|| Front Page Top

#9 When you have a capable, willing, and DEPLOYED military, you don't have to pay the bastards

Ah, you unsopheesteecated yanquis! how else to funnel le cash to zee zeecret allies to fight zee Americaines???

Posted by cynical 2005-06-15 10:08|| 2005-06-15 10:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Mr Yee: the sheikh al-Hilaly has already come out claiming he "negotiated the release" of Douglas Wood despite that he was RESCUED BY THE MILITARY

Go see "hostage freed but Islamist claims victory"

Posted by anon1 2005-06-15 10:46|| 2005-06-15 10:46|| Front Page Top

#11 If any of Mr. Wood's captors were caught, they should be made to die a slow death.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-06-15 10:51|| 2005-06-15 10:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Thankyou AMERICA.

Let credit lie where credit is due, it was US forces who trained Iraqi soldiers.

It was a joint US-Iraqi military operation that freed him.

This Aussie says thankyou to the USA.

Posted by anon1 2005-06-15 10:55|| 2005-06-15 10:55|| Front Page Top

#13 I saw, anon1. :(

And you're welcome. :)

Posted by Edward Yee">Edward Yee 2005-06-15 11:14|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-06-15 11:14|| Front Page Top

#14 Best wishes to Mr. Wood and our friends in Oz. I hope he recovers well from his captivity.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-06-15 11:17|| 2005-06-15 11:17|| Front Page Top

#15 Mr Wood:

"I'm extremely happy and relieved to be free again and deeply grateful to all those who worked to bring about my release," Wood said in a statement read by Nick Warner, head of the Australian emergency response team set up to secure his release.

"Some of these people I've already been able to thank personally but I know there are many others I may never get a chance to thank. I'm also very grateful towards my family," he said Wednesday.

"I'm looking forward to catching up with loved ones as soon as possible. It's a positive sign for the future of Iraq that Iraqi soldiers played a key role in my release."

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-15 11:26|| 2005-06-15 11:26|| Front Page Top

#16 I guess the liberators would have preferred to rescue the girl in the photo.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-06-15 11:33|| 2005-06-15 11:33|| Front Page Top

#17 I would have preferred to rescue the girl in the photo.

Posted by Bobby 2005-06-15 15:02|| 2005-06-15 15:02|| Front Page Top

#18 photo? For you youngsters who've grown up in the photoshop age, that is NOT a photo.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-15 16:44|| 2005-06-15 16:44|| Front Page Top

#19 LH is correct. That is illustration by an on the spot illustrator. They used to ride the ambulances and police cars of the big city before the Graffix press camera was perfect. It was a short but glorious age of high-speed chalk work, tough questions and tougher beef.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-15 17:26|| 2005-06-15 17:26|| Front Page Top

#20 And apparently, VERY long legs...

Posted by Elmoth Grusing9794 2005-06-15 17:31|| 2005-06-15 17:31|| Front Page Top

#21 Why yes of course EG, wymn were taller then, it was a long time ago.

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-15 19:26|| 2005-06-15 19:26|| Front Page Top

#22 I believe it was called the Vargas period...

Posted by .com 2005-06-15 19:29|| 2005-06-15 19:29|| Front Page Top

#23 they wore interesting outfits then as well.... my mom's J.C. Penny catalog never carried those...heh heh - I checked

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-15 19:40|| 2005-06-15 19:40|| Front Page Top

#24 You too? Er, I mean you did?

Ducky sez... ;-)

Posted by .com 2005-06-15 19:51|| 2005-06-15 19:51|| Front Page Top

#25 lol!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-06-15 20:25|| 2005-06-15 20:25|| Front Page Top

#26 You have to meet a certain threshold of, um, uh, ~~perviness~~ experience to receive a Ducky, y'know.

Heh.

Posted by .com 2005-06-15 20:37|| 2005-06-15 20:37|| Front Page Top

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