For those of you who said "Even Bush isn't stupid enough to invade Najef"

[doni_georgia]

Here's a story from Yahoo

General: U.S. Troops Ready to Enter Najaf
17 minutes ago

By DENIS D. GRAY, Associated Press Writer

NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. troops will likely enter parts of Najaf soon to clamp down on a radical Shiite cleric's rebel militia, but they will stay away from sensitive holy sites in the center of the city to avoid rousing religious outrage, a U.S. general said Sunday.

Shiite leaders have warned of a possible explosion of anger among the country's Shiite majority if U.S. troops enter Najaf. Until now, U.S. commanders have been saying troops would not go in. "

More http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&e=1&u=/ap/20040425/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

What do you say now? Do you think the Shiite clerics will REALLY care that we are staying away from the old parts of the city? Do you really BELIEVE that we will stay away from the old parts of the city?

[cheezus]

1. just read something about them stockpiling weapons in najaf

on cnn.com. they're storing piles of weapons in mosques and schools.

[leftchick]

3. they have been doing that for weeks now in preperation for aWol*s

Holy War!

[Political_Junkie]

2. Oh gawd, this is gonna be bad!

They've been warned...

[k in IA]

4. Don't ever "misunderestimate" the extent of shrubs stupidity.

[Tomas]

5. Smart

If this won't win the hearts and minds of Iraqis, I don't know what will.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Hey, is it the rapture yet?

Come on, W and hurry up. Your followers are getting impatient. Need to get this thing done before the next re-selection.

[FreakinDJ]

7. So that is what the meeting was about

They are going to mount a simultaneous attack all across Iraq

Bush must be figuring the bloodier the better for his poll numbers

[jmcgowanjm]

9. Russian Lessons Learned From the Battles For Grozny

the most important equipment development was the fuel
air explosives (both the jet propelled "Bumblebee"
93mm flamethrower with a 600 meter range and capable
of shooting a thermobaric round; and the TOS-1, a
flamethrower mounted on a T-72 chasis and capable
of shooting a thermobaric round over 3.5 km). In
addition, electronic and reconnaissance warfare received
much more attention than in the first conflict, and the
Russians were much more successful in protecting their
own communications and intercepting Chechen
transmissions. Finally, Russian artillery forces used
a zonal-target method of firing at Chechen forces, a method
that allowed an artillery or mortar battery to reinforce
a motorized-rifle company.

http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/FMSOPUBS/ISSUES/Rusn_leslrn.htm

[FreakinDJ]

10. Interesting.....

The Russians were surprised and embarrassed at the degree to which the Chechens exploited the use of cell phones, Motorola radios, improvised TV stations, light video cameras, and the Internet to win the information war. The Russians admitted that they lost control of the information coming out of Grozny early in the operation and never regained it, and vowed never again to lose the "information war.".

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Ever time them terraists kills a Murkin it jus shows how

desprit theyar annit means wer winnin. Bringem on. Big time like Unka Dick sez.