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"More Suicide Attacks" ("Just the beginning" says Iraq's vice president)
Sky News ^ | March 29, 2003

Posted on 03/29/2003 11:30:48 AM PST by Asher

'MORE SUICIDE ATTACKS'

The suicide bombing which killed four American troops is "just the beginning" Iraq's vice president has said.

The attack, described by Iraqi TV as the "Blessed beginning on the road of martyrdom" against the US, was the first instance of a suicide bombing since the war began

But Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan has threatened more will follow.

He said: "This is just the beginning. You'll hear more pleasant news later.

"It will be routine military policy. We will use any means to kill our enemy in our land and we will follow the enemy into its land.

"The United States will turn the whole world to martyrs against it. What do they expect? The Arabs and Muslims are not allowed to develp missiles and bombs as powerful as theirs."

The bombing happened on Saturday at a road checkpoint north of Najaf.

US military Captain Andrew Wallace said the four victims were part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Divison.

Sky News reporter Collin Brazier said the driver of a taxi had pulled up at the checkpoint.

"Two soldiers went to the front of the car, two to the rear. The driver beckoned to them and there was an explosion. All the soldiers were killed," said Brazier.

"This marks a significant change of tactics."

The suicide bomber, named as non-commissioned army officer Ali Jaafar al-Noamani, has been awarded two posthumous medals by Saddam Hussein.

Last Updated: 18:54 UK, Saturday March 29, 2003


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdaddefense; homocidebombings; iraq; iraqifreedom; war
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To: dixiechick2000
legitimate military targets.
61 posted on 03/29/2003 3:03:41 PM PST by dennis1x
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To: ChadGore
It didn't work for the Kamakazi

It worked very well. Their best weapon, and it nearly stopped the invasion of Japanese-held territory. Too bad they weren't flying taxicabs.

62 posted on 03/29/2003 3:48:47 PM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts: Proofs establish links)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Where's Saddam and all his bluster about the Iraqi army winning this war and humiliating the US?

Why does he have to send one of his p!$$ boys now? Hmmm?

Don't expect to see Peter Jennings ask this question on the evening news. He'll only ask it of the American President (as in, "Where is the President at this time of crisis? His people want to see him and be reassured, some presidents do this sort of thing well while others...< roll eyes > do not." (loosely paraphrased from his 9/11 tirade).

As a Canadian citizen, Petah is just as much in his place asking this of Saddam as he is in asking it of the American President.

63 posted on 03/29/2003 6:44:50 PM PST by weegee (McCarthy was right, Fight the Red Menace)
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To: MississippiMan
Yep, count me in among those who believe that anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism are two faces of the same beast.
64 posted on 03/29/2003 7:28:56 PM PST by thoughtomator (Al-Jazeera is an enemy combatant)
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To: thoughtomator
Two faces of the same beast

What an excellent way to describe it.

65 posted on 03/29/2003 8:15:40 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: thoughtomator
Yep, count me in among those who believe that anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism are two faces of the same beast.

Absolutely. It's all a part of that cosmic good vs. evil thing going on. For even though this nation has slipped a long way from its Christian roots, in the eyes of the world it's them vs. anything they perceive as being representative of the Judeo-Christian system. IOW, Israel and the U.S. In a way, all this is not surprising—in another way, it's stunning just how quickly this vitriolic hatred is growing and revealing itself more by the day.

MM

66 posted on 03/29/2003 8:54:57 PM PST by MississippiMan
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To: The Great Satan
Perhaps because if he did, the penny would drop, light bulbs would go off over peoples' heads, folks would be slapping their foreheads saying "D'oh," and so on and so forth.

The argument for ambiguity is getting weaker and weaker. It used to be that one could say that if everything were fully acknowledged, the public would force the U.S. into a dangerously premature war with Iraq. Now, however, the war is on.

So, what would happen at this stage if the ambiguities were resolved? I don't think it would drive public opinion to take a stance on specific military questions, such as an invasion of Baghdad. At this point, is it only about protecting the stock market? (I wouldn't minimize the importance of the stock market, but still....)

67 posted on 03/29/2003 9:01:14 PM PST by Mitchell
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To: Asher
"...What do they expect? The Arabs and Muslims are not allowed to develp missiles and bombs as powerful as theirs."

That's right, join the civilized world and maybe we'll let you keep some of these toys. Until then - damn straight we don't want you having any of them.

68 posted on 03/29/2003 9:07:50 PM PST by El Cid
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To: Mitchell
So, what would happen at this stage if the ambiguities were resolved?

For one thing, it would make it very, very difficult for Bush to cut a deal with Hussein where he gets to leave the the country. And, even though nobody wants to admit it or talk about it, that is our best hope, and perhaps are only hope, for an end to this conflict that does not involve massive allied civilian casualties.

69 posted on 03/29/2003 9:19:04 PM PST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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To: Asher
The Veep, huh? Where's Waldo?
70 posted on 03/29/2003 9:20:05 PM PST by Kevin Curry
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To: The Great Satan
Yes, you're right about that. It would limit our options considerably.
71 posted on 03/29/2003 9:22:20 PM PST by Mitchell
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To: Chris_Patrick
The driver was a member of the Iraqi Army who attacked wearing civilian clothing. Ramadan not only condones the action which violates the Geneva Conventions; he announces the awarding of decorations for the action and promises more. Do you think he signed his own death warrant?
72 posted on 03/29/2003 9:25:28 PM PST by Poodlebrain
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To: Mitchell
And, to take the other side of it, it's not like we need extra motivation to get riled up at Saddam right now. What we need is a way of persuading Saddam to give up. That's really the summum bonum at this point.
73 posted on 03/29/2003 9:26:53 PM PST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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To: The Great Satan
On the other hand, Pres. Bush has an underlying political problem, in that the country does not truly understand the rationale behind this war, and that is why much of the public questions the necessity of the war.

I'm not talking about the overtly antiwar crowd, but the mass of people in the center, and even many conservatives. They're going along with the President for now (this shows up as a high level of support in the polls, but I think the support is relatively shallow). If things get sticky, Pres. Bush is going to have to provide a more cogent, to-the-point rationale to avoid losing public support. I hope it won't be too late at that point; it would be less convincing then than now, since at a later date it might be portrayable as a supposed act of desperation.

(By the way, one can't judge public sentiment via FreeRepublic; FR is definitely not a representative sample of the U.S. population)

74 posted on 03/29/2003 10:07:22 PM PST by Mitchell
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To: Mitchell
Well, I hope we haven't outfoxed ourselves with this clever little charade. OTOH, it is very hard to see what else the administration could have done, under the circumstances. One of the scary aspects of this is that it means all the decision making has taken place in a vacuum, with no meaningful criticism from anybody but a very small circle of insiders.
75 posted on 03/30/2003 2:07:21 AM PST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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Afixing liberation objectives to this war was a mistake. We should smote the Iraqi capability to make war, eliminate all WMD, kill as many Ba'athist as possible, and leave the SOBs to pound sand.
76 posted on 03/30/2003 5:12:59 AM PST by willgetsome
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To: Chris_Patrick
Dead man walking. He doesn't have many threats left in him :)

Agreed. This dude just signed his own death warrant.

77 posted on 03/30/2003 5:48:52 AM PST by LaineyDee
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To: jwalsh07
They are so perverse, they will insert a stick of dynamite up their nether passage and shout "Allahu Akbar!". Just shoot them at a distance.
78 posted on 03/30/2003 9:01:39 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: DigiLinus
It might actually work!
79 posted on 03/30/2003 9:02:32 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: willgetsome
That's absolutely right. Let some other country do ?Meals on wheels!"
80 posted on 03/30/2003 9:04:10 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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