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20 Dead in Fallujah Police Station Attack
Fox News ^
| Saturday, February 14, 2004
Posted on 02/14/2004 1:05:38 AM PST by yonif
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:38:59 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; igc; iraq; jailbreak; policestation; sciribadrbrigades; waronterrorism
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To: MEG33
I always make sure to pay attention to what I say!..Why say it?!That's not fair...I'm in a mode! I'm throwing it out there without the benefit of thought...I'm on a roll!
Of all people I thought you'd get that! lol I'm going to hit the cave!
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posted on
02/14/2004 2:55:51 AM PST
by
Fledermaus
(Be careful who you are posting to...It could be a Moby tweaking you with lies!)
To: Fledermaus
I had taken that post as sarcasm. I didn't see it as offensive. But thinking back on it, I guess I could see where some might if they didn't take it as legitimate sarcasm.
To: Fledermaus
LOL!...I wish I could type well enough to get on a roll!..then again..maybe not!I do have to think about what I'm typing.
Skipped words ,missing letters and fat fingers are rampant if I really get riled!
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posted on
02/14/2004 3:05:10 AM PST
by
MEG33
(BUSH/CHENEY '04...for the sake of our nation)
To: yonif
These guys are thugs in long dresses. It's eerily like Chicago during Prohibition, with Capone and others of his ilk terrorizing everyone they didn't shoot dead. I keep telling myself the Iraquis aren't used to thinking for themselves, give them time. But time seems to be one thing they don't have.
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posted on
02/14/2004 3:22:31 AM PST
by
hershey
To: Prodigal Son
Al Qaeda has trained on these sort of tactics in the past. So have US Special Forces, but I don't think that proves USSF were responsible for the attack.
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posted on
02/14/2004 3:31:35 AM PST
by
Grut
To: Grut
Obviously. SWAT teams, SEAL teams, SAS. I wasn't saying this proved al Qaeda was behind it. It's something to think about though. It wasn't Samoans, I'm pretty sure of that.
To: Grut
One thing that intrigues me is- Gen. Abizaid visited this same compound yesterday did he not? His convoy was attacked as they entered the compound. I'm curious what the purpose of his visit was? That's why I find it curious that this later attack might've been aimed at freeing prisoners.
Of course, it could've been done as retaliation for Abizaid's visit as well.
To: Prodigal Son
Yeah, I was just agitatin' you a little. You do raise some good points in your replies.
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posted on
02/14/2004 4:02:51 AM PST
by
Grut
To: Prodigal Son
Try the former, not the latter.
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posted on
02/14/2004 4:10:04 AM PST
by
Eagle Eye
( Saddam-Who's your Bagh-Daddy now?)
To: Grut
Remember during the Vietnam days when the nightly news would have daily total amount of men killed and wounded, somehow this Iraq occupation is sounding eerily the same...
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posted on
02/14/2004 4:10:28 AM PST
by
dakine
To: Eagle Eye; Grut
I had been wondering if Abizaid hadn't been going to 'visit' some of these prisoners himself. He speaks Arabic. He doesn't need a translator. It had me wondering if they didn't have someone important in that police station and the insurgents were keeping overwatch on it and fired up his convoy when it came to disrupt any interrogation.
Then they decided to move in after finding out who had been in the convoy. If it was someone important being held there and they found out the General had been trying to see him, they might have decided it was better to go for a break out than allow it to happen again.
All speculation of course. It just seems very odd that the same compound would be hit twice in this way and that the second time a large number of prisoners were released.
To: Prodigal Son
To: yonif; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; ...
FALLUJAH, Iraq Dozens of attackers ambushed a Fallujah security compound and a government building on Saturday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 30 while freeing scores of prisoners, officials said.
The attack was at the same compound hit two days earlier during a visit by U.S. Gen. John Abizaid.
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Dr. Hamid Kifa'i ~ spokesman for the Iraqi Governing Council, Feb. 11, 2004:
"The terrorists have resorted once again to targeting ordinary Iraqis trying to get on with their lives. Yesterday, they murdered 55 gallant Iraqis at Iskandariyah. Today they spread havoc in Baghdad, killing tens of Iraqis queuing to process applications to join the new democratic Iraq institutions."
"Their aim is clear; destabilize Iraq and impede the transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. They want to keep Iraq occupied and kill our hopes of establishing a democratic system in the country. We say this to them: Let there be no doubt that we are going ahead with our plans to regain sovereignty and establish democracy. Our determination to proceed with our plan is undiminished. Our people are united behind us. The U.N. and all peace-loving people are also with us. And these acts of cowardice will not succeed. "
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
God be with those who hunger for freedom from tyranny.I hate these thugs and murderers.
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posted on
02/14/2004 5:59:21 AM PST
by
MEG33
(BUSH/CHENEY '04...for the sake of our nation)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Several factors here. First, the US is in the process of a changeover of units. Second, they are in another, larger changeover to Iraqi forces. Third, AQ planning documents clearly state they will try to stir up a civil war.
My guess. The Iraqi police were not locals, because locals can't be counted on to police their kin. Probably from elsewhere in Iraq. The attackers had clear intelligence superiority on the cops and probably had intel support from the community, although the trigger pullers are probably from elsewhere. Just guesses now.
To: Prodigal Son
Where is Sadaam being held? Has he been turned over to the Iraqis yet? Was there high level Iraqi POWs there since the general visited the prison?
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posted on
02/14/2004 6:25:41 AM PST
by
SCR1
To: yonif
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posted on
02/14/2004 6:26:15 AM PST
by
XHogPilot
(9-11, Never forget)
To: BlackVeil
Amen. I have a friend serving in the Fallujah area. He said he has seen some pretty bad stuff. I don't get to hear from him for weeks at a time sometimes. Worries me.
To: yonif
Fallujah..
Evacuate, relocate, decimate and celebrate.
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posted on
02/14/2004 6:34:17 AM PST
by
evad
("You cannot divorce yourself from your record.")
To: yonif
Last week's "Frontline" on PBS chronicled a reporter's trip through Iraq two months ago. Of all the areas he visited, Fallujah and Tikrit were the scariest. Everywhere he went he saw anti-American graffiti and met people willing to give their lives to fight the Americans. My heart goes out to the brave troops stationed there, but increasingly I believe we ought to pull out of there and carpet bomb the place.
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posted on
02/14/2004 6:47:16 AM PST
by
g35x
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