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2004-06-25 Iraq-Jordan

U.S. Launches Fresh Strike in Fallujah on Zarqawi Safe House

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Posted by Frank G 2004-06-25 10:01:30 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I think al-Zarqawi's in Baghdad, not in Fallujah but he has some key goons there.

Posted by mhw 2004-06-25 10:17:51 AM|| 2004-06-25 10:17:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "In Baghdad, insurgents attacked four Iraqi police stations using mortars, hand grenades and assault rifles on Wednesday and Thursday.[b] Police fought back[/b], and defended the stations [b]with minimal assistance from coalition forces[/b], a U.S. statement said. "

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-25 10:22:54 AM|| 2004-06-25 10:22:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 so what do y'all make of this

The militia of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has declared a unilateral cease-fire with U.S. forces in the Baghdad district of Sadr City and has offered to help police ensure safety in the area, a statement said Friday.

The cease-fire went into effect Thursday and was "obligatory on all al-Mahdi army's heroes," according to the statement, issued by the central committee of al-Sadr's al-Mahdi Army and distributed in the Shiite district.

The declaration said the cease-fire was called to show al-Sadr's interest in preventing "terrorists and saboteurs" from "causing overwhelming chaos or security disorder."

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-06-25 11:23:52 AM|| 2004-06-25 11:23:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Whoa! LH good news indeedy. Perhaps Belmont Club is right about the US being the swing force.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-25 11:38:10 AM|| 2004-06-25 11:38:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Where is the F*****g Fallujah Brigade? Have they fallen off the earth? Abducted by aliens? Gone over to the other side? Dropped into the dustbin of discarded ideas? I haven't seen a word in print on these bozos and their moustachioed general in over a month. Will the new Iraqi government disband these useless fools or send the real army in to kill them?

Posted by RWV 2004-06-25 12:02:24 PM|| 2004-06-25 12:02:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I just saw on cnn.com that coalition officials claimed that the latest Fallujah strike just missed Zarqawi. I am cautiously optimistic about the likelihood of his death in the near term.

As for the Fallujah Brigade, who cares? All along I suspected that the USMC was going to have to finish the job.

Seeing pictures on cnn.com of "insurgents" in Fallujah, I had a question. Is there such a thing as a high-altitude sniper rifle? It seems to me that a helicopter could hover over an area where there is ground fighting, identify targets based on GPS coordinates provided from the ground using thermal imaging at night or hi res cameras during the day, and drop miniature bombs (in the form of .50 cal shells) on the bad guys. The chopper would have to be high enough to protect it from RPG and high-powered rifle fire, and would have to shoot and scoot to avoid SAMs, but it otherwise seems doable. The weapon wouldn't even have to be manually fired -- I suspect we could develop a stabilized platform like the Abrahms uses. Does this seem like something that could be done with off-the-shelf technology or am I just talking out of my @ss?

Posted by Tibor 2004-06-25 2:15:48 PM|| 2004-06-25 2:15:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The AF uses the GAU-8 for aerial sniping.

Posted by RWV 2004-06-25 2:40:53 PM|| 2004-06-25 2:40:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "We underestimated the nature of the insurgency that we might face during this period, and so the insurgency that we are looking at now ... has become a serious problem for us," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the British Broadcast Corp.

Thank you Powell for encouraging them. Would you like to be bitch-slapped by Rumsfeld now or after dinner?

Posted by Charles 2004-06-25 3:17:47 PM|| 2004-06-25 3:17:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 DING DONG....

AVON!?!?!

Posted by JackAssFestival 2004-06-25 3:39:11 PM|| 2004-06-25 3:39:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 The AF uses the GAU-8 for aerial sniping.

It's just so handy that way.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-25 4:15:28 PM|| 2004-06-25 4:15:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 At this point, no matter where Zarqawi is, with the continuing 20 to 1 ratio kill in effect, his leutenants will definitley be crapping bricks, crying out for some sort of 'truce' in the interim. See, they want to fight 'like a man', not die, burnt to a crisp in a corner basement while taking a piss, waiting for instructions!

Posted by smn 2004-06-25 11:49:06 PM|| 2004-06-25 11:49:06 PM|| Front Page Top

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