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2007-02-01 Iraq

Army Clears Safe Haven in Diyala Province

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Posted by Bobby 2007-02-01 06:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK. Now hold it. Kill any jihadi that tries to reestablish himself there, as well as the family that gives him cover, down to the last child.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-02-01 07:20|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-02-01 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 As I recall, you occasionally want to give guerilla forces a "safe" area. It encourages them to concentrate their resources in that area, making it valuable enough for them to stand and fight. Of course, once you know they're willing to fight for a "safe haven", you wipe it out.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-02-01 07:42|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-02-01 07:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Anyone else noticed how many major battles we have had in the past two weeks? Generally, we are fighting a few hundred terrorists and killing a hundred to two hundred, and capturing 50 or so besides. The pool of trained terrorists is not that deep and it is having an effect on them. Besides which, there are now Iraqi Army and Police units that can be counted on to stand their ground and fight hard.

With Saddam dead and the defections of Baathists in the past few weeks, the terrorists are running out of trained people in Iraq, especially in light of all of the intel driven battle of late. Of course, that does not mean that they cannot get some local gangbangers together, wearing masks and waving AKs for the media. What it does mean is that they are losing large areas for operations and training facilities in Iraq. With all of the border forts going up right now, it will become progressively more difficult to sneak men and material across the borders into the fight in Iraq.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-02-01 15:49|| 2007-02-01 15:49|| Front Page Top

#4 So do you think we've not only got inside their training cycle, but possibly inside their recruitment cycle as well, Shieldwolf?

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-01 17:15|| 2007-02-01 17:15|| Front Page Top

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