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2007-09-21 Iraq

Iraqi Special Operations Forces, U.S. Special Forces engage extremists, kill three; detain 14 others

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Posted by Fred 2007-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Insurgency

#1 I know, I know..."detained" is the PC phrase our military uses these days when bagging the bad guys.

Still, each & every time they use the phrase I picture a guy in a suicide vest with an AK-47 slung over his shoulder, looking at this watch and muttering: "How much longer am I gonna be detained? I've got tickets for the ballet!"

Posted by Justrand 2007-09-21 10:12|| 2007-09-21 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh, Justrand, what a wonderful image. The ballet??

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-21 10:40|| 2007-09-21 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure. You know the one, it has those scenes with coordinated AK waving and group seething. Quite popular, a sellout on the streets.

Posted by lotp 2007-09-21 12:13|| 2007-09-21 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah. One of those North Korean spectacles. Just the thing between deadly mud slides.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-21 12:29|| 2007-09-21 12:29|| Front Page Top

#5 Justrand - I get a totally different picture: jihadis stacked five or six deep in the back of an unarmored deuce and a half, their hands and feet secured, a bag over their heads, and two burly privates pointing M-16s at them. In a "real" war, the M-16s would be replaced with AR-15s with bayonets.

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