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2005-09-12 Iraq-Jordan

Tal Afar captured, 150 hard boyz killed - Zark threatens chemical strike

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-12 03:15|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi is losing. When complaints and threats like this are made it's a sign of sure defeat to follow.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-09-12 06:11|| 2005-09-12 06:11|| Front Page Top

#2 "We are warning those who have given shelter to terrorists that they must stop, kick them out or else we will cut off their hands, heads and tongues as we did in Tal Afar," al-Dulaimi added, seemingly using figurative language.

I wouldn't bet on it.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-09-12 07:16|| 2005-09-12 07:16|| Front Page Top

#3 As troops continued house-to-house searches in Tal Afar, a group claiming to be an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq said it would strike U.S. positions and the Iraqi government in Baghdad with "chemical and unconventional weapons... unless the military operations in Tal Afar stop within 24 hours."

I thought there weren't any chemical and unconventional weapons in Iraq.

Posted by gromgoru 2005-09-12 07:18|| 2005-09-12 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Nah! No unconventional weapons, but a lotta hot air!

Posted by Bobby 2005-09-12 07:29|| 2005-09-12 07:29|| Front Page Top

#5 "...Insurgents staged a classic guerrilla retreat from Tal Afar yesterday, melting into the countryside through a network of tunnels to escape an Iraqi-U.S. force that reported killing about 150 rebels while storming the militant bastion...."

The reporter was obviously delighted that terrorists escaped here. The terrorists, having won the hearts and minds of the liberal press, are breaking the hearts of their fanclub.

Posted by mhw 2005-09-12 07:44|| 2005-09-12 07:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Chem strike, huh? So Zark - you wanna see the gloves come off, do ya?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-09-12 10:41|| 2005-09-12 10:41|| Front Page Top

#7 "... and hurtful poison gas together with their stooges, ..."

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-09-12 11:31|| 2005-09-12 11:31|| Front Page Top

#8 It's a Klassik guerrilla retreat, not a git.

Posted by Gen Milroy 2005-09-12 13:08|| 2005-09-12 13:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Brave Sir Zarquawi again...

Posted by Huposing Phaitle9864 2005-09-12 16:45|| 2005-09-12 16:45|| Front Page Top

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