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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:43 AM
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Heavy Fighting in Najaf: 'Surrender or Be Crushed'
http://www.afp.com/english/home/
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0818-02.htm

Published on Wednesday, August 18, 2004 by Agence France Presse
Heavy Fighting in Najaf: 'Surrender or Be Crushed'


NAJAF, Iraq - US troops, backed by helicopter gunships, pounded militia bastions in Najaf's historic Old City before Iraq's defense minister offered rebels a last chance to surrender or be crushed in battle.

"The coming hours will be decisive and we will teach them a lesson they will never forget," Defense Minister Hazem al-Shaalan told reporters on a visit to Najaf, flanked by provincial governor Adnan al-Zorfi.

"In the coming hours they must surrender," Shaalan said, after telling Al-Arabiya television, "The Iraqi forces will be the ones in charge of the operation."

Earlier US helicopters had fired rockets close to Najaf's vast cemetery, while snipers planted on rooftops fired at targets around the city's holy Imam Ali shrine, the headquarters of the militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr.


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jayfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:44 AM
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1. I Thought Saddam Was In US Custody. -NT-
Jay
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:46 AM
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2. Faux News reporting that Sadr has cut a deal and will be walking out
a few hours from now. it's on the tee vee so it must be true.
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cspiguy Donating Member (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:48 AM
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3. Falluja - The Sequel.
probably off to Sadr City to plot the next round in this tawli match. (backgammon)

Sadr does not plan on losing. He is an iranian robot and executes his assigned program.
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thebigidea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 01:23 PM
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10. what bullshit. He's an Iraqi nationalist, his faction isn't big on Iran
but hey, you know better, right?

I suppose you have a single teeny tiny fact to back it up?
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:50 AM
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4. Sort of like watching ping-pong.
Or listening to Comical Ali.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:51 AM
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5. "The Iraqi forces will be the ones in charge of the operation."
Edited on Wed Aug-18-04 09:55 AM by rocknation
All together now:

"BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!"

:headbang:
rocknation
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 09:52 AM
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6. So, Iraqis are flying those gunships?
Edited on Wed Aug-18-04 09:53 AM by iconoclastic cat
Uh, yeah. Sure.


Bushco really does think we're all stupid.
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rangerfan Donating Member (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 10:07 AM
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8. I think the article calls them "U.S. helicopters." n/t
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tlcandie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 01:33 PM
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11. They will be the ones CHARGING... at the head so as to die first...
actually but not IN charge.
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readmylips Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 10:00 AM
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7. bush demoted himself...new commander in chief...
new chief Hazem al-Shaalan. Whatta mess!
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-04 10:09 AM
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9. "The coming hours will be decisive"
So that means it's all over by tomorrow, right? That's good, because I'm getting real tired of all these boring, repetitive stories about battles and insurgents and stuff.

But if it isn't all over, will the presstitutes believe these lying ass spokesmen again tomorrow? What a question.
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tlcandie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-04 01:35 PM
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12. Really! You would think some well known and dependable
journalists with integrity would get to the bottom of this chaotic mess, eh?

Demanding some answers so they can better help their viewers to understand! Pictures...documentation...interviews! HELP!!! Where is the unbiased media?!?!

Ahhh, waiting for crumbs as usual I see.
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