The Tripflop - Army Re-Flip Flops - Najaf attack is back on again!

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# U.S. readies final assault on Najaf Open this result in new window
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 12 hours, 59 minutes ago

U.S. vows to `finish' al-Sadr's militia, postpones offensive in Najaf Open this result in new window
Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - 7 hours, 7 minutes ago

U.S. Prepares Major Offensive in Najaf Open this result in new window
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 minutes ago

This is the same story as ealier, BEFORE they decided to wait.

"I think they got a reproduction facility down there. I think they're cloning," Capt. Patrick McFall said, referring to the militant's tenacity in the face of repeated assaults. As he spoke, a mortar exploded nearby, sending up plumes of black smoke.

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1. They did this with Fallujah, as I recall

We're going in. No, we're not. Yes, we are. No we're not. Well, an Iraqi general is going in. No, we've never heard of this Iraqi general. Yes, an Iraqi general is going in, except that we're going in, although we're not going in.

I'm sure there's a reason for it. I'll leave it to everyone else to argue whether it's a manifestation of diabolically clever "psyops" or Keystone Kops Kraziness.

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4. we did go in...

but they RESISTED and RESISTED till the field commanders handed the town back to the iraqis.

they don't have any good options on the table it's either boots on the ground and fight them on the ground which wont win the war just make the resitance against us grow or drop a moab or sometin and i think our troops are gett'n tired of the former...

how long will the politicos show restraint with this kind of deterioration... time is NOT on their side.

peace

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2. it's ongoing right now...

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10421133%255E1702,00.html

read down a few paragraphs....US offensive started at 7 AM Iraq time

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3. CNN Breaking: Major Offensive

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5. Iraq's vice president urged US forces to leave Najaf to end the fighting

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8FCE7CEC-2517-41B0-B07F-1FC8462608AB.htm

Speaking to Aljazeera, Iraq's vice president, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, has urged US forces to leave Najaf to end the fighting.

"I call for multinational forces to leave Najaf and for only Iraqi forces to remain there," he said.

"Iraqi forces can administer Najaf to end this phenomenon of
violence in this city that is holy to all Muslims."

US forces have been pounding Sadr's fighters - armed with light arms - with warplanes and helicopters for days.

more...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8FCE7CEC-2517-41B0-B07F-1FC8462608AB.htm

peace