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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:08 PM
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U.S. bombings kill 100 guerrilla suspects in Fallujah, military says
Edited on Sun Sep-26-04 05:07 PM by leftchick
here we go with the "body counts" again to make us believe they are accomplishing more than slaughtering innocents!

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/270/world/U_S_bombings_kill_100_guerrill:.shtml


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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A month of U.S. airstrikes on rebel-held Fallujah has killed more than 100 suspected insurgents, taking a heavy toll on the terror network of Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, senior U.S. military officials said on Sunday.

The strikes have stopped attacks elsewhere in Iraq while setting off deadly feuds among insurgent groups holed up in the city west of Baghdad, said Air Force Brig. Gen. Erv Lessel, deputy operations director for U.S.-led forces here.

''We're confident that, through these airstrikes, we have been able to thwart many large-scale attacks and suicide bombings that were in the planning process,'' Lessel said in a briefing with reporters. ''We've gotten some of his associates and emerging leadership in his organization.''

The airstrikes have not, however, halted a record number of car bombings this month, mainly in Baghdad and nearby Sunni Muslim majority cities. With a twin car bombing outside an Iraqi national guard base that wounded U.S. and Iraqi troops Sunday, at least 34 suicide car bombings have been launched in September.



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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:13 PM
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1. They can tell this from the air?? since this is a 'no go' zone???
WOW...and they can prove a negative...all the bombings that 'did not take place'..and Sadaam could not...WE ARE BRILLIANT!!!!
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DenverDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:15 PM
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2. As in VietNam, in Iraq
any Iraqi man, woman, child, elederly person or pet is considered a guerrilla suspect.

Each day we are in Iraq our national soul sinks further into Hell.
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:27 PM
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3. Suspects
do not have a day in court?

180
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:40 PM
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4. Suspects get the death penalty now , no more embarrassing
Photos of Torture.
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:41 PM
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5. Wow...so how many "suspected insurgents" were women and children?....
...we're doing real well winning friends and influencing enemies, aren't we?
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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:44 PM
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6. Kill 100 suspects - what a way to build a democracy!!!
Edited on Sun Sep-26-04 04:44 PM by Jim__
And they don't even realize how idiotic their claims are.
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 04:54 PM
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7. Please do NOT post graphic images
without a warning in the subject line.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 05:09 PM
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8. okay....
So Sorry!
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Darranar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 05:13 PM
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9. "suspects"?
Why does it seem to me that they bomb first, then make up the excuse?
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Gyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 05:49 PM
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10. They're zeroing in on their cell-phone transmissions.
Who was it that said cell-phone use was bad for your health?

Gyre
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Nordic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 06:17 PM
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11. here are some of those terrorists
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 06:43 PM
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12. It might as well be a million...
suspects because soon most Iraqis will be "insurgents".
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-26-04 06:47 PM
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13. Well, there are 10 or 15 of those 100 right here. Oh and they're kids (nt)
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