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2006-08-25 Iraq

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Posted by tu3031 2006-08-25 12:42|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like what happened at Clark Air Base and Subic Bay in the Philippines when we pulled out of there. By the time the last americans left by the front gate, the place was stripped clean.

Posted by Steve 2006-08-25 13:07|| 2006-08-25 13:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I call this the "Greenhouse Effect".

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-25 13:17|| 2006-08-25 13:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Old habits are hard to break.

Posted by Penguin 2006-08-25 13:26|| 2006-08-25 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Primitive heathens, all of them.

Posted by Manolo 2006-08-25 13:30|| 2006-08-25 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Traditions of thieves and liers. Gaza, Amarah, whatever.

Posted by Phineter Thraviger1073 2006-08-25 13:33|| 2006-08-25 13:33|| Front Page Top

#6 It is typical of most 3rd world countries. Nothing left after the 1st world forces are done with it.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-08-25 13:42|| 2006-08-25 13:42|| Front Page Top

#7 "...taking everything from doors and window frames to corrugated roofing and metal pipes, authorities said."

Sounds like an Iraqi version of a Home Depot firesale.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-25 13:59|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-08-25 13:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Several Iraqi soldiers, apparently unarmed, did not seem to make any effort to stop the looting.

Yawn.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-25 14:10|| 2006-08-25 14:10|| Front Page Top

#9 It's global warming.

Posted by newc">newc 2006-08-25 14:17|| 2006-08-25 14:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Iraqi authorities had complained that the British withdrawal had caught them by surprise. "British forces evacuated the military headquarters without coordination with the Iraqi forces," Jabbar said. The British military rejected the assertion."The handover of the Camp Abu Naji was coordinated with the Amarah authorities 24 hours in advance."

24 hours isn't anywhere near adequate notice for the Iraqi military authority to arrange coverage. What a clusterfsck. It would have been better to recognize the loss and have no Iraqi troops in the area at all, rather than have this loss of face.

Posted by KBK 2006-08-25 14:27|| 2006-08-25 14:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Democracy! Whiskey! Booty!

Sheesh...

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-08-25 14:28|| 2006-08-25 14:28|| Front Page Top

#12 It would have been better to recognize the loss and have no Iraqi troops in the area at all, rather than have this loss of face.

While I'm inclined to agree with you, KBK, perhaps if the Iraqi Army had gotten prior notice we might have been treated to the spectacle of them looting the British base instead.

Posted by Zenster 2006-08-25 15:00|| 2006-08-25 15:00|| Front Page Top

#13 Should have known this, and booby-trapped the entire area. Could have fed the critters fro two weeks with the scattered leftovers.

Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-25 15:23|| 2006-08-25 15:23|| Front Page Top

#14 Arabs once prospered by loots and conquests....along time ago. #3 is correct.

Posted by Duh! 2006-08-25 16:02|| 2006-08-25 16:02|| Front Page Top

#15 The Iraqi army fired warning shots.
Warnung about what ?
Next time we'll kiss ya ?

These people are born weasels.

Posted by wxjames 2006-08-25 16:14|| 2006-08-25 16:14|| Front Page Top

#16 Several Iraqi soldiers, apparently unarmed, did not seem to make any effort to stop the looting.

Something they learned from the NOPD. However, it appears they forget the part about joining the looters.

Posted by Snish Whoque7727 2006-08-25 17:03|| 2006-08-25 17:03|| Front Page Top

#17 First thing to come to mind was the scene from "Patton" where the Arabs were looting Allied troop bodies after the Battle of Kasserine Pass.
As Penguin said, "Old habits are hard to break."

Posted by GK 2006-08-25 18:52|| 2006-08-25 18:52|| Front Page Top

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