Posted on 03/29/2008 8:15:33 AM PDT by harwood
..."sources said the gunmen have started to regress considerably and the security forces [have] control over vast areas of the province [of] Basra except for some pockets, which are now being besieged from all directions."
(Excerpt) Read more at 209.85.135.104 ...
Whoops..Title should read “Disguised Baath gangs...”
The mission, as always is to ‘close with and destroy the enemy’.
The translation won’t open for me, but this story doesn’t surprise me. The Iraqi army is trained by the best, and irregulars won’t last very long against it in a stand-up fight.
When thugs and gangs come up against a professionally trained military...
hell comes to breakfast.
Hope it comes to pass quickly and that the Mookie and Badr thugs are thoroughly humiliated and destroyed.
Not to mention CNN which only yesterday said this was not going to fare well any time soon. Of course, no named sources.
What's Larry Craig and George Michael got to do with this? :o)
The blog BLACKFIVE has some interesting views on this - but then, they talk with the folks actualy doing some of the shooting.
You should check ‘em out.
Haven’t been to Blackfive in a while. I will check it out now. Thanks.
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