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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:27 PM Original message |
TIME reporter describes complex attack that resulted in 10 US soldiers killed |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. is this a result of the surge? |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The "Petraeus Plan" aka "Surge" - results in the troops being sitting ducks :-( |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. yes, troops in smaller unprotected bases scattered about. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Reid has it right, we have lost the war |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Insurgents increasingly bent on...what? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Apparently the US military guys expect them to use stones |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. "In the end, the patrol base was all or mostly destroyed" nt |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Telling isn't it..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Nothing about dead iraqis either. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. As one DUer said a couple of days ago, "this is a siege not surge" |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't miss the propaganda line inside the story: |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You can bet your booties there will be similar attacks. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Didn't the French try something like this in North Africa, with their |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Idiot "leaders" getting troops killed through arrogance and stupidity has a long history. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I dispute the idea that they don't want us to withdraw. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. This certainly doesn't sound like an insurgency in it's "last throes." |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. I had serious doubts yesterday when the attack was reported as 1 suicide bomber |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. We're not winning in Baghdad, we're not winning outside of Baghdad-- |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Because he stabilized Mosul for a time... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. God, that is too weird! |
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robbyrob79 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Isn't this war mostly |
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