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2004-04-02 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Jen 2004-04-02 5:06:54 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 [Troll droppings deleted]

Posted by Man Bites Dog TROLL 2004-04-02 8:25:05 AM|| 2004-04-02 8:25:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Mike, I put it in there, I swear!
Thanks anyway.

Posted by Jen 2004-04-02 8:30:27 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-02 8:30:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The Cat has clearly covered it pretty well - and read between the lines to come up with his scenario... I hope he's absolutely right because he has generally described the cordon, section, sweep, cleanse approach. His description of the "situation" in Fallujah (tribal mafia, etc.) I'm sure is correct - that is part & parcel of Arab "society" and politics.

The surprise (for me) is that he believes they will be taking all forms and levels of this "social leadership" into custody as they force Fallujans through the sieve. If true, that will actually be a more powerful message than shooting bad guys.

Everyone there knows these cretins, most either work for them (in effect) or pay some sort of tribute / protection money... so if the CA Mil is a bigger dog than the biggest dog they've ever known, this cements the fact that the capture of Saddam is definitely "real" (of course there are Iraqis who don't believe this -- they watch Al Jizz & Co) and that his minions (their overlords) are also subject to CA authorities - including arrest / detention, it will be a powerful object lesson - at least in their eyes. To us this is obvious - to them it's all just talk until it happens right in front of them. So, if Wretchard's scenario is right, yes, indeed, make it so.

The fallout and repercussions from a one-front war continue. Since muRat's back, I'll greet him appropriately with that fact in mind: Fuck Turkey.

Posted by .com 2004-04-02 9:00:32 AM|| 2004-04-02 9:00:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "They will put snipers in dominant overwatch..."

Now's the time to drop some leaflets saying, "Citizens of Fallujah! Do not run! You will only die tired!"

Posted by Matt 2004-04-02 9:26:44 AM|| 2004-04-02 9:26:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Quotes from This article:

"We are not going to do a pell-mell rush into the city. It will be deliberate, it will be precise and it will be overwhelming. ... We will plan our way through this and we will re-establish control of that city. ... It will be at the time and place of our choosing," he said.

Fallujah residents said Thursday they were ready to take on the Americans if they try to enter the city.

"We wish that they would try to enter Fallujah so we'd let hell break loose," Ahmed al-Dulaimi said. "We will not let any foreigner enter Fallujah," said Sameer Sami. "Yesterday's attack is proof of how much we hate the Americans."

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-04-02 10:17:42 AM|| 2004-04-02 10:17:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 matt - I love it!

An unfortunate life lesson is that the first impulse is usually correct. Burn fallujah to the ground.

Posted by flash91 2004-04-02 10:22:22 AM|| 2004-04-02 10:22:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 If this whole show in Iraq still has any chance of working the Falluja resistance, be it leftover Baathists, local Sunni extemists, ex-pat Jihadists, or smugglers, has to be cleaned up. This may be an "at all cost" situation.

Do hope we have a crafty plan...

Posted by Hiryu 2004-04-02 10:33:37 AM|| 2004-04-02 10:33:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 No need to get fancy. I like the Monty Python approach.

"Bomb their homes, then machine gun the survivors as they run screaming from the ruins."

Posted by mojo 2004-04-02 1:19:00 PM|| 2004-04-02 1:19:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Target the brains, their family and cronies. I think most Americans are good with a heavey handed response.

It is a mafia. The whole islamic thing is a glue. The kiss of death and the honor thy father thing.

saddam was mafia. Bleed the the place dry. Prepare the ground and get to the end game.

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-02 2:08:35 PM|| 2004-04-02 2:08:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Salt the ground those swine were born on after we level it.

Posted by anymouse 2004-04-02 2:53:31 PM|| 2004-04-02 2:53:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 who are these assholes too "demand" anything

Posted by smokeysinse 2004-04-02 4:27:19 PM|| 2004-04-02 4:27:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 You forgot the link.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-04-02 8:25:05 AM|| 2004-04-02 8:25:05 AM|| Front Page Top

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