50 kidnapped in challenge to Iraq gov't

[brooklynite]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen in police uniforms staged a brazen daylight raid on bus stations in central Baghdad on Monday, kidnapping at least 50 people, including travelers, merchants and vendors selling tea and sandwiches.

The operation was a direct challenge to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to restore security in the capital, which has been hard hit by suicide attacks, roadside bombs and sectarian death squads.

Gunmen arrived at midmorning Monday and began randomly grabbing people in the shabby business district, where several transportation companies are based and buses pick up passengers bound mostly for Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, Lt. Col. Falah al-Mohamedawi said.

The attackers blocked the roads and beat people before putting bags on the captives' heads and leading to vehicles one-by-one, a witness told an Iraqi television station. They herded their victims into more than a dozen vehicles, according to witnesses and officials.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060605/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060604184328

[eleny]

1. Hmmmm...

[Zhade]

2. Wow, freedom's really on the march.

Stupid fucking freepers think all is well there. IDIOTS!

[saigon68]

4. YES ---"FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH"

In other news, 30 pencils were handed out by US Forces to children, in a school in the "Green Zone"

[Rex]

3. Law and order being restored to Iraq, just like water and electricity.

Halliburton should sub-contract running governments, oh wait nm.

[SSG Rock]

5. Oh goody!

Whats the body count now anyway?!

[warrens]

6. Even the Freeps are starting to give up

To: Recovering Ex-hippie
this is getting really depressing.
That is exactly what the terrorists want you to be. Do not let them win over you.


17 posted on 06/05/2006 6:51:25 AM PDT by jveritas (Support The Commander in Chief in Times of War)
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To: Allegra
Ping.



18 posted on 06/05/2006 6:56:06 AM PDT by Eaker (My Wife Rocks! - Travis McGee is my friend. “You’ll never need a gun, until you need it badly.”)
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To: jveritas
That is exactly what the terrorists want you to be. Do not let them win over you
After the worst month of violence since the invasion, and the ethnic cleansing of 180,000 Iraqis since February (in many cases by their "democratic" leaders), that argument is wearing thin here, and not just for me.


19 posted on 06/05/2006 7:01:00 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643580/posts

If you can take it, read the whole thread. The majority are starting to bail on this war, and even the defenders are starting to sound like they're giving up hope. The best they can say is that all the insurgents are from outside the country (laughable) and we should shut down the borders. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Man, are they lame.

This war is finally getting to those soul-less bastards. Drip, drip, drip. Had enough, FRetards?

[Rose Siding]

7. If death depresses you, the terrorists win?

Psycho