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2008-01-09 Iraq

US military launches operation "Phantom Phoenix" against al-Qaeda

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Posted by Fred 2008-01-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 OTOH REDDIT [paraph] > AMERICA PAYS 70,000 INSURGENTS US$10.0 A DAY NOT TO BE VIOLENT???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-09 00:36|| 2008-01-09 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 This is odd. Both the use of the word "Phoenix", which has some interesting connotations, and that it is being carried out in an unspecified area, imply that this might be used to take down either infiltrators in the Iraqi government or mobile terrorist teams who avoid conflict.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-01-09 08:42|| 2008-01-09 08:42|| Front Page Top

#3 al-Qaeda and other extremists wherever they attempt to take sanctuary

Good catch, Anonymoose. I read that as going after Shiite terrorists, and those are tied directly to various corners of the government.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-01-09 12:15|| 2008-01-09 12:15|| Front Page Top

#4 US military launches operation "Phantom Phoenix" against al-Qaeda

Let me guess, they throw darts at a magazine on the wall, wherever the darts stick, that's the "Operation" Name.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-09 13:58|| 2008-01-09 13:58|| Front Page Top

#5 "Phantom Phoenix" = phony "Awakening". Pretty transparent when you think about it.

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