IRAQ: Biggest U.S. military assault since war targets Saddam loyalists

MSNBC news ^ | June 12, 2003 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

U.S. troops from the 173th Airborne division out of Italy stand outside a home used as a temporary base in Duluiyah, about 45 miles (70 kilometers) north of Baghdad.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

DULUIYAH, Iraq, June 12 — U.S. fighter jets bombed a suspected terrorist camp and troops stormed door-to-door through Sunni Muslim towns Thursday, seeking Saddam Hussein loyalists in one of the biggest American military assaults since the war.

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   Coalition forces did not give a total of Iraqi casualties in the operation, but said about 400 Iraqis have been arrested and many were being interrogated. No Americans have been killed but four U.S. soldiers suffered gunshot wounds Thursday, said Sgt. Forest Geary, of the 37th Calvary, a unit of the 3rd Infantry Division.
       ''It's one of the largest operations since the war,'' U.S. Central Command spokesman Lt. Ryan Fitzgerald said of the sweep.
       As part of the effort, the American civilian administrator of Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, on Thursday banned gatherings, pronouncements or publications that incite disorder or violence against the U.S.-led occupation forces, or the return of the Baath Party.

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[Trueblackman]

Praying for the US Soldiers who were killed today for our freedom and safety.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

We are finally getting serious!

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[Man_of_Reason]

Is this turning into another Viet Nam?

[Texas dog]

Biggest U.S. military assault since war targets Saddam loyalists

CNN or the NY Times?

[Steve Van Doorn]

it says no US Solders died.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

You hoping?

[denydenydeny]

Man has only been Reasonable since 5-27-03, I notice.

[cookcounty]

"Is this turning into another Viet Nam?"

The press pups are all wagging their tails and yipping about----- "....someone smelled a quagmire!"

[Trueblackman]

Hear on the radio some American lifes where lost.

[Man_of_Reason]

General Shinseki said 100,000 men to police Iraq. Was he wrong?

[Grampa Dave]

You don't know much about history if you make that statement!

Are you making it, or is that what your crib sheet said to post today?

[BOBTHENAILER]

Another resident, Ammar Salim, said 31 members of his family, males aged 13 to 70, were detained. ''There was no reason for them to be arrested. They did nothing,'' he said. ''They (U.S. forces) destroyed all our furniture, all our belongings.''

Maybe if they let us know who the perps are, they wouldn't have to worry about this action again. Until that happens, all I hear is the world's smallest violin playing.

[BOBTHENAILER]

or is that what your crib sheet said to post today?

You mean RAT talking points? They can't seem to think without orders on what REALTHOUGHT is.

[Man_of_Reason]

I was asking a question, not making a statement.

You don't know much about the constructs of the English language if you make that statement!

Or does your knee jerk reaction make anyone who asks a question automatically suspect or does it force you to put words in other peoples mouths?

What is YOUR agenda?

[af_vet_rr]

What do they mean "since war". Our young men and women are still dying over there, as far as I'm concerned it is still a war.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I agree, I wouldn't have titled that way!

[McGavin999]

General Shinseki said 100,000 men to police Iraq. Was he wrong?

No, General Shinseki said 200,000 Americans for several years. And yes, he was wrong. It may take 6 mos to a year to sweep up all the sh*t Saddam left behind but within a year the Iraqis will be doing this themselves.

[Man_of_Reason]

It's the world's smallest violin now. But if that attitude you have expressed is carried through to enough people in Iraq, the general population will turn against the American "liberators". Then where are we?