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2007-08-19 Iraq

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Posted by Bobby 2007-08-19 07:43|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 June 30th was the battle. Right there on the front page, when I opened Mrs. Bobby's WaPo to get the comics.

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-19 09:17|| 2007-08-19 09:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Bummer for the terrs. "months of planning", pre-positioned munitions, snooper&poopers finding out where to attack.
Accidentally encounter a small American patrol and...all gone for zilch.
For all the munitions they had, the terrs were using homemade grenades, bottles with shot and explosive. Either they didn't have enough grenades, or the grenades they had weren't adequate. Weren't, in other words, as good as the homemade kind in pop bottles.

Posted by Richard Aubrey">Richard Aubrey 2007-08-19 10:09|| 2007-08-19 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 thanks Bobby, no need to register btw just x outthe ads...

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-08-19 10:38|| 2007-08-19 10:38|| Front Page Top

#4 The Clever, Adaptable and increasingly sophisticated enemy is again becoming more and more powerful able to inflict heavy casualties in the surging violence.

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-08-19 12:27|| 2007-08-19 12:27|| Front Page Top

#5 except for the dead and captured ones

/meme

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-08-19 12:33|| 2007-08-19 12:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Nice video at link. Title is "Renewed Threat in Ramadi", except that was six weeks ago.

Posted by Bobby 2007-08-19 13:55|| 2007-08-19 13:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Very impressive ! First, 3 inexperienced men against 70, then improved to 9 vs. 55 (allowing for enemy deaths).
Very impressive. Hollywood will start filming next week......not.

Posted by wxjames 2007-08-19 18:18|| 2007-08-19 18:18|| Front Page Top

#8 You catch the reference to "the Awakening"? I assume that refers to when the Sunni tribes got hit with the 44" cluebat and realized AQ was waxing their butts more than the infidel's.

Posted by Cloling and Tenille6210 2007-08-19 18:50|| 2007-08-19 18:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Cloling and Tenille6210; Spot on

Posted by tipper 2007-08-19 20:37|| 2007-08-19 20:37|| Front Page Top

#10 After that, the soldiers said, they decided to kill any wounded insurgents able to move.

One of the first sentences in the WaPo that I agree with, LOL!

Posted by BA 2007-08-19 22:36|| 2007-08-19 22:36|| Front Page Top

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