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U.S. Troops Raid Remote Iraqi Village
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| 8/11/03
| By D'ARCY DORAN
Posted on 08/11/2003 1:16:57 PM PDT by Pro-Bush
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Saddam hunt...
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posted on
08/11/2003 1:16:58 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
To: Pro-Bush
"When the people get what they want they are peaceful, but if they don't, the British will see something else," said Nors Mhibs, a 60-year-old driver, who had been waiting for hours at a gas station in central Basra. "I have six sons, I have six guns and I have an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade). I can make trouble any time."
Yeah, any time you develop a sudden urge of "assisted suicide," you ignorant sand-nazi. ;)
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posted on
08/11/2003 1:21:36 PM PDT
by
adam_az
To: Pro-Bush
" . . . said Nors Mhibs, a 60-year-old driver, who had been waiting for hours at a gas station in central Basra. "I have six sons, I have six guns and I have an RPG (rocket-propelled grenade). I can make trouble any time." We should roll over old Nors' house some night with a column of tanks: You attack Americans, you die with extreme prejudice . . . You threaten Americans, you die accidentally.
To: LibWhacker; adam_az
Nors Mhibs is pretty close to getting his 72 virgins.
4
posted on
08/11/2003 1:26:50 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Circumstances rule destiny)
To: Pro-Bush
"If I was Saddam Hussein, I would be sleeping with one eye open and probably be a nervous wreck by now," he said. "He's got to hear footsteps behind him." If I were Saddam, I wouldn't close either eye........
5
posted on
08/11/2003 1:30:22 PM PDT
by
ohioWfan
(Have you prayed for your President today?)
To: Pro-Bush
Can someone tell me where in Iraq is Ain Lalin??
6
posted on
08/11/2003 1:45:45 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: ohioWfan
BLACK HAWK UP !!!!
7
posted on
08/11/2003 1:46:47 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Still think the Administration's BIG failure was not to dispense with N.Korea before Iraq!)
To: Dog
This is the
best map I have, and I can't find it.
8
posted on
08/11/2003 1:57:10 PM PDT
by
bert
(Don't Panic!)
To: AmericanInTokyo; ohioWfan; MEG33; cmsgop
There was someone VERY BIG in this village..
U.S. raids village near Iranian border but fails to capture main target
By D'Arcy Doran, Associated Press, 8/11/2003 12:21 AIN LALIN, Iraq (AP) U.S. forces raided a village near the Iranian border Monday in search of an Iraqi official who allegedly planned attacks on American troops, but failed to find him.
The former regime member is on the U.S. list 55 of most-wanted Iraqis and who has gained a growing importance as the coalition thins the ranks of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, said Lt. Col. Mark Young. Young would not name the target.
''Even if we didn't get the guy it shows there is no where that the coalition can't go and for these guys can find sanctuary,'' Young said as soldiers searched homes and vehicles. His 67th Armored Regiment's 3rd Battalion sealed off the village during the raid.
''If I was Saddam Hussein, I would be sleeping with one eye open and probably be a nervous wreck by now,'' Young said. ''He's got to hear footsteps behind him.''
Soldiers detained about 70 men and were questioning many of them late Monday, 4th Infantry spokeswoman Maj. Josslyn Aberle said. Soldiers also found five arms caches, including mortars, tank rounds and artillery rounds, she said.
The raid, which the Army dubbed Operation Cliffhanger, began when the silhouettes of 14 Black Hawks crept in low behind a ridge just east of the village and dropped off soldiers who cut off escape routes the south and east.
Tanks rumbled in from the west. Apache helicopter gunships swooped down on the village as U.S. Air Force A-10 tankbuster planes and F-15 fighters flew overhead.
There was no resistance and soldiers from the 8th Infantry Regiment's 2nd Brigade searched door to door and entered each of the village's 40 houses.
The village, 30 miles from the border with Iran, is in a rural area where U.S. forces had not yet established a presence, Young said.
''To maintain the element of surprise, we intentionally had not gone close to this area,'' Young said.
The Army had been warned that its target had men on lookout and may have had anti-aircraft guns set up in the village, Young said.
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posted on
08/11/2003 1:59:46 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: bert
Thanks....see post 9 for further details..
10
posted on
08/11/2003 2:00:39 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: Dog
Is this where we start the inevitable yet obligatory and wagering FR thread: "Saddam Hussein's Head on a Pike/Ass Hanging From a Water Tower: Predictions?"
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posted on
08/11/2003 2:04:51 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Still think the Administration's BIG failure was not to dispense with N.Korea before Iraq!)
To: Dog
Wow..a village we had not been in.This was a big operation.
12
posted on
08/11/2003 2:05:12 PM PDT
by
MEG33
To: AmericanInTokyo; BOBTHENAILER; hchutch; Shermy; Coop
Someone had anti-aircraft set up in that village....this wasn't some Saddam flunky we were hunting.
13
posted on
08/11/2003 2:08:50 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: Dog; Poohbah
The big enchilada himself?
14
posted on
08/11/2003 2:14:49 PM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: hchutch
I have this feeling Saddam is hiding amongst the Kurds or near the Iranian border.
15
posted on
08/11/2003 2:26:53 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: Dog
Saddam gassed the Kurds.I can't see them harboring Saddam.
16
posted on
08/11/2003 2:28:21 PM PDT
by
MEG33
To: Dog
100km northeast of Baghdad & about 45km from the border with Iran. Couldn't find it on a map.
17
posted on
08/11/2003 2:33:34 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Circumstances rule destiny)
To: Dog
all of these "tips" regarding Saddam appear to be disinformation, I hate to say it, but after all this "days away from capture" stuff, we have to accept it.
To: Pro-Bush
Fox just showed a clip from the raid......seems the houses were mud huts in the village. This was out in the sticks.
19
posted on
08/11/2003 2:36:40 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
To: MEG33
I didn't say they are haboring him....he is crazy enough to hide near them to throw us off the trail.
Look where Udai and Quasi were found....near the Kurds in Mosul.
So Saddam hiding near the Iranian border is not far fetched.
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posted on
08/11/2003 2:39:00 PM PDT
by
Dog
(: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
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