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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 03:24 AM Original message |
U.S. Military Says Shiite Rebels Seem to Have Ceded Karbala |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Faded into the |
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ColdWarZoomie (79 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Yep- |
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Ella (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. "The guerrilla must move amongst the people . . . |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Preeecisely |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. US MILITARY IDIOTS |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. So much as the Iraqi army did in April 2003. . . |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. I guess they decided not to fight 40 tanks right then and there |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. Makes me think about reading about the partisans of WW2 |
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Kagemusha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. So after three weeks, the US has conquered the holy shrines. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 06:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. US Commanders... |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 07:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It makes no difference. |
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ze_dscherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 07:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You seem to forget |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. looks like the US military is getting impatient w/ Iraq Police force |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. We have to give them a chance to stand on their own two legs |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. They had plenty of chances |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
68. THOSE CREEPS WERE MERCENARIES |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
84. A contractor is someone who comes to your house with a lunch bucket... |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Um, they have enough munitions to stay stocked for DECADES!!! |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 12:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. If the munitions are not stockpiled near major population centers, |
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mmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. you want to use landmines on innocent Iraqis? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. There are ways of getting around that. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. And knowing how well the military has worked so far in Iraq |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
72. First be assured that |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. Here's your Mercenaries |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. "Use any landmines that Saddam stockpiled" |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Years ago the state built a new road in a mountainous part of southern WV. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:19 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. So you're advocating bluffing them? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. I've seen photos of vehicles stacked up to cross the legal access points |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. "Seem to Have Ceded Karbala?" Why don't they go on in and confirm it? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 08:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The proof |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 08:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, it's a theory . . . |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:02 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Not really. |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 08:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Can you source those production figures please? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Iraqi oil production figures. |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. This article should not reassure |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Long term we could see some unhappy outcomes. |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. When world wide oil production falls in coming years |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Bush never gave up on drilling Alaska. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. So gas up your Hummer.... |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
55. Sorry, to disappoint. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 08:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. How many of your family members are in Iraq dying and being maimed... |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. None |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 10:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. What does "us" mean? Got a mouse in your pocket? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. As for immediate family |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Your post is chock full of wishful thinking. Not going to happen. Period. |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Time will tell. |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. The production is 1.5m bbls per day |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Lets hope those promises are fulfilled in the future. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Yea. Thats just what we need. More "faith based" oil production n/t |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. They were doing over 2 million bpd BEFORE we invaded |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 02:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. A lot of that I agree with, with one exception. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Actually, it's worse than that |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. You DO realize, I hope, that the latest poll in Iraq |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
61. I don't think we have a choice |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Bail now or bail later |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Kufa is a hotspot now & doubt they care about oil production |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 08:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The American troops ceded first.... |
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SandyUSA (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Important info at other link on this site |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 09:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. You link works fine. |
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keithyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
25. They live to fight another day. But they kept us busy and hysterical |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-23-04 02:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. From what I've read our soldiers and the Brits |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. They are also human |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. When did the war "turn political"? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 12:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Pure military means |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Just kill 'em all! |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Be reasonable Bridget. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. You bet! |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. I don't think so. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. But that's what "pure military" is |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. Actually Nick |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. That war was lost long before TET |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. The war was lost when the media and the protestors |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Bwaaahhhahhhahhahaha! |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I didn't realize the media has the ultimate say. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:57 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Me neither, the media was not really relevant. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. The War was lost when the USA went in to replace the French |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:54 AM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I don't remember |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:57 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Not enough for you apparenty |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
69. Kill Em all and let God sort Em out ? |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Let's not be dramatic. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. I know where it came from |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Notice any parallels? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Its more than US vs Them Its the dialectic between good and evil |
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WVhill (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:16 PM Response to Reply #83 |
89. Maybe we need better labeling laws. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Again the 9/11 link. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 10:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
41. How much ammo used up? A LOT!!! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
46. Well, the Viet Cong used to give up territory and live to fight another |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. stratfor says a secret deal... |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
67. Mutilation |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. They were fucking mercenaries. They kill people for money n/t |
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