U.S. Tries to Crush Insurgents in Iraq

AP ^ | 6/29/03 | BORZOU DARAGAHI

[mrb1960]

IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME!!!!!!!!!!

[niteowl77]

Some of the soldiers' personal items were found during a house-to-house search in the area on Friday, and 12 Iraqis have been taken into custody, the U.S. military said from Baghdad.

Traditionally, being found/captured with some late soldier's personal items got those items either unpleasantly inserted in you or attached to you for people to see. In either event, the trophy-taker had no further use for them.

I would hope that in this case, the term "custody" is as mild a euphemism as (for example) "pro-choice."

[Libertina]

You keep at it seamole, thanks for your diligent FReeper work on the excerpt problem.

[squidly]

"Has anyone brought up the idea that Saddam Hussein himself may be directing these recent attacks against the US and British troops? Perhaps he's in power again, albeit not in Baghdad. Perhaps he's directing a small group of loyalists."

Seems obvious from where I sit. I'd bet serious dinero that he's alive and running this show.

[epluribus_2]

his ugly mug would be on a video somewhere. Call it the Osama explanation. If he lives - he would brag about it - NYAANYAA NANA NYANYAAA - in arabic!