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Topic started on 6-8-2004 @ 10:22 AM by AceOfBase
Seems like fighting in Iraq is getting even more intense with hundreds of persons getting killed in only two days.

Reuters

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. marines have killed an estimated 300 fighters loyal to a firebrand Iraqi Shi'ite cleric in fierce clashes around the holy city of Najaf in the past two days, a senior U.S. officer said Friday...

...The U.S.-appointed governor of Najaf put the militia death toll at 400, with 1,000 captured. He said he had information that 80 Iranians were fighting alongside Sadr's militia....

...Tension has been rising in Najaf since Iraqi security forces surrounded Sadr's house earlier this week.

U.S. marines recently replaced the U.S. Army in Najaf and analysts have suggested the upsurge in violence is linked to the marines taking a more aggressive approach with Sadr's militia...


Things just don't seem to be calming down over there.
I think people will keep fighting until all of the troops are gone.


[edit on 6-8-2004 by AceOfBase]


reply posted on 6-8-2004 @ 10:38 AM by gattaca
Originally posted by AceOfBase
Seems like fighting in Iraq is getting even more intense with hundreds of Iraqi's getting killed in only two days.

Reuters

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. marines have killed an estimated 300 fighters loyal to a firebrand Iraqi Shi'ite cleric in fierce clashes around the holy city of Najaf in the past two days, a senior U.S. officer said Friday.


Things just don't seem to be calming down over there.





very good news ,I wish I was first with that news but you were better.

mahdi militia is much more worse then sunni fighters.They are very poor trained and I suppose that it's better to call them "rioters" then insurgents.Most of them are young poor and poor-educated people.They are not regular "fighters".In recent months they suffered very significant loses in fights with US Forces.

I wish to hear this kind of news from Fallujah for example.But fallujah fighters are much more experienced and they are not an easy target.

but what is better - The interim government declared war on all illegal militias and vowed that the offensive in Najaf would be extended elsewhere.

story.news.yahoo.com.../afp/20040806/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_040806143221&e=1

[edit on 6-8-2004 by gattaca]



reply posted on 6-8-2004 @ 04:17 PM by Calculon386
/cheer! Thanks for defending my position!



Mohamed Atta was that kid in the alley once.

See the big picture. That area is a petrie dish growing terrorists at an alarming rate.

Bush went over to put the lid on it. And before you freak about "If we weren't there..."
Oh, I see. You have this all figured out. All we have to do is kill them all, right? That way it's not possible for them to become terrorists? You're one sick bastard, you know that? With that attitude, I think there's a chance you might intentionally harm someone, someday. Maybe we should go ahead and end your life before you become a threat to anyone.


I wouldnt go to a forgien country and start bombing them, but if they invade america, of course i would bomb them to get them out of my country. So does that mean they have the right to come kill me because I might attack them if they invade our country??

Do we even have any evidence of Iraqis (not just people in Iraq) have attacked the US directly? Mohammed Atta wasnt a kid in Iraq like you said, I think he was from Saudi Arabia... a country which we barely even questioned about 9/11.

The people in Iraq are just that.. people. Im sure they would rather go back to whatever rather than fighting the US Troops in their country. True there may be some 'bad guys' over there, but does that mean you mow down anyone with a gun that isnt US.

And some things DO go away when you ignore them.. Angry bees flying around you? Don't swat them, just let them be and they wont bother you. Now if the bees are secretly building a nuclear reactor to work on nuclear weapons thats a different story!


We're never going to kill all of the terrorists.... the more you kill, the more it creates.
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