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2007-01-10 Iraq

50 Iraqi militants killed, several Arabs arrested in Baghdad

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 But, he ~~failed to~~ did not reveal where those Arab nationals are from.

Fix'd.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-01-10 06:10|| 2007-01-10 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Pls, fix my fix. Thx

Posted by twobyfour 2007-01-10 06:10|| 2007-01-10 06:10|| Front Page Top

#3 I've heard Syrian and Sudan rebels on other channels.

Posted by Spomort Greling4204 2007-01-10 07:18|| 2007-01-10 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Would someone be willing to keep some sort of running tally? I'm confused as to how many terrorist we've actually exterminated. Is this the same 50 we got the other day?

Posted by Captain Lewis 2007-01-10 09:03|| 2007-01-10 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Chuck Simmins' Terrorist Death Watch.

It appears to be a quagmire for the terrorists and I recommend they withdraw immediately. Either that or I call for a terrorist surge so lots more of them can be killed.

Thanks Chuck!

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-01-10 09:34|| 2007-01-10 09:34|| Front Page Top

#6 The Death Watch site will always be conservative in its numbers for just the reason that Capt Lewis raises. I'm relying mainly on US military releases. Unfortunately, what a spokesman says and what goes into print are often two different matters.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-01-10 11:01|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-01-10 11:01|| Front Page Top

#7 I'ma wonderin' if there's some way, Chuck, to calculate "foreigners" from "domestic" jihadis in Iraq? That way, we can see if it's a "real" insurgency. Of course, we all know the answer to that one (proof: these guys were Syrian and Sudanese).

Posted by BA 2007-01-10 11:33|| 2007-01-10 11:33|| Front Page Top

#8 That opens another can of worms. I don't think we could find an impartial referee to judge who is foreign versus who is domestic. It is in the interest of the Iraqi government and many factions to increase the number of foreign terrorists in country. Many of the upper level folks have dual citizenship, the top AQ guy in eastern Iraq is a Canadian Iraqi.

And, as a practical matter, with all the forged passports, can you safely assume that the dead guy with the Sudanese passport was really Sudanese?

Dead is dead and that's a good thing.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2007-01-10 12:05|| http://northshorejournal.org]">[http://northshorejournal.org] 2007-01-10 12:05|| Front Page Top

#9 Agreed, Chuck. Thanks for getting down to brass tacks!

Posted by BA 2007-01-10 13:13|| 2007-01-10 13:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Now, if we could just get a bunch of 'em caught out in the open, so we could use Spooky. Preferably within a mile or so of the border they just crossed.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-10 16:11|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-10 16:11|| Front Page Top

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