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| Fdubya247 |
Here's another one for you Vacate, you half-ass nazi Cunt. Enjoy the reality.
And go fuck yourself too!:
10 Americans die in bloody Iraq weekend
By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 1 minute ago
The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militiamen on Sunday to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq's army and police should join him in defeating "your archenemy." The U.S. military announced the weekend deaths of 10 American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday.
Security remained so tenuous in the capital on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the U.S. capture of Baghdad that Iraq's military declared a 24-hour ban on all vehicles in the capital from 5 a.m. Monday. The government quickly reinstated Monday as a holiday, just a day after it had decreed that April 9 no longer would be a day off.
Among the 10 U.S. deaths announced Sunday were three soldiers killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling south of Baghdad; one killed in an attack south of the capital; and two who died of combat wounds sustained north of the capital, in Diyala and Salahuddin provinces. On Saturday, the military said, four U.S. soldiers were killed in an explosion near their vehicle in Diyala.
At least 3,280 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians.
South of Baghdad, a truck bomb exploded near the Mahmoudiyah General Hospital, killing at least 18 people and wounding 23. The pickup truck loaded with artillery shells blew apart several buildings in a warren of auto repair shops.
Violence in Iraq remained as relentless as the deepening debate in the United States about the way forward in the war four years after Marines and the Army's 3rd Infantry Division swept into the Iraqi capital 20 days into the American invasion.
At least 47 people were killed or found dead in violence Sunday, including 17 execution victims dumped in the capital.
Al-Sadr commands an enormous following among Iraq's majority Shiites and has close allies in the Shiite-dominated government. The statement Sunday carried his seal and was distributed in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where the cleric called for an enormous demonstration to mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall.
"You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don't walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy," the al-Sadr statement said.
He urged his followers not to attack fellow Iraqis but to turn all their efforts on American forces.
"God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them — not against the sons of Iraq," the statement said.
Al-Sadr apparently issued the statement in response to three days of clashes between his Mahdi Army militiamen and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops in Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad.
In Washington, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), an independent of Connecticut, said al-Sadr's words showed the American troop surge was working.
"He is not calling for a resurgence of sectarian conflict. He's striking a nationalist chord. We're going to have to watch him closely. He's not our friend. ... He's acknowledging that the surge is working," the senator, a strong backer of the war, said on CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."
In Najaf, police spokesman Col. Ali Jiryo said cars were banned from entering the city for 24 hours starting 8 p.m. Sunday. Buses were to be at all entrances of the city to transport arriving demonstrators or other visitors to the city center. Najaf residents would be allowed to drive, he said.
Hours after the Mahmoudiyah bombing, five charred bodies littered a courtyard. Most of the dead were mechanics in the repair shops, officials said. The hospital was slightly damaged by shrapnel. Many of the victims were in their homes at the time of the blast, 20 miles south of Baghdad.
While religious-based killings are lower in Baghdad in the eighth week of the security crackdown, Sunni insurgents — including al-Qaida in Iraq — and Shiite militia fighters have shifted their battleground to regions like Baqouba, the Diyala province capital northeast of Baghdad. At least 62 bodies — execution victims who were tortured — were found in or near Baqouba last week alone.
In a rural area just east of Baghdad, three mortar rounds crashed into houses and six people were taken to a hospital in Sadr City with breathing troubles from a possible chemical agent, police said.
Doctors said the victims' faces turned yellow and they were unable to open their eyes. One hospital official said the chemical was chlorine, although such an effect was unlikely given the small amount of the chemical that could be fitted into the shells.
U.S. forces captured a senior al-Qaida leader and two others in a raid Sunday morning in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
The al-Qaida figure was identified as "the gatekeeper to the al-Qaida emir of Baghdad" and was linked to several car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, the military said in a statement, without naming the captive.
Iraqis streamed toward Najaf for Monday's 4th anniversary demonstration. Witnesses said thousands of residents in Baghdad's largest Shiite slum, Sadr City, boarded buses and minivans Sunday for Najaf.
"The faithful should participate in a demonstration in Najaf on April 9, demanding that the occupiers withdraw from our lands. They should carry or wear Iraqi flags," al-Sadr's office said.
On Sunday, Iraqi flags flew from most houses and shops in Sadr City. Drivers and motorcyclists affixed them to their vehicles. Police escorted convoys of pickup trucks overflowing with young boys waving Iraqi flags, en route to Najaf.
An Iraqi flag was hoisted over a military base in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, as Iraqi troops took control of the facility Sunday from British forces. The Shatt al-Arab base is the second to be transferred to Iraqi control in Basra over the past month.
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| BaBaBoston |
dont worry the asshole neo-cons on this board who are to pussy enought to sign up for a war they support will somehow spin in this into everything is going fine in iraq and were winning the war and the surge is helping.......blah blah blah..........asshole racists pieces of shit
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| VacateTheWord |
This proves nothing except we are in a heated battle with the terrorists and, unfortunately, we are going to take casualties. This is not an indicator of either victory or success - what it is an indicator of is that we still have a major problem with terrorism in Iraq and it must be dealt with. If only your Democratic brethren would understand that.
Will you be joining the anti-American demonstrations in Iraq tomorrow? |
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| Fdubya247 |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheTurd
This proves nothing except we are in a heated battle with the terrorists and, unfortunately, we are going to take casualties. |
More than that, it continues to illustrate the "status quo" is not changing. Status quo = Failure.
It also shows that the Madhi Army is now on the move...what happened? I thought Maliki was in "control"?
Idiot.
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheTurd
This is not an indicator of either victory or success - |
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! You said something right!!!!!
You are correct, it is neither an indicator of "victory" OR "success"...just of continued failure...
Thanks for exposing your own ignorance to the board again!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
:rdf:
Quote: Originally posted by Fdub
Quote: Originally posted by Vacate(TheTurd)
Simple - a nation that can govern, defend and sustain itself and is an ally in the war on terror. |
You mean like Saddam's Iraq, pre-Bush invasion and occupation?!?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thanks for exposing your own ignorance yet again, cockroach!!!
*FLUSH*
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Vacated Turd :shit: ----------> :love: <--------- MCDikey-Dike 69K :hitler: |
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| mb33139 |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheWord
This proves nothing except we are in a heated battle with the terrorists and, unfortunately, we are going to take casualties. This is not an indicator of either victory or success - what it is an indicator of is that we still have a major problem with terrorism in Iraq and it must be dealt with. If only your Democratic brethren would understand that.
Will you be joining the anti-American demonstrations in Iraq tomorrow? |
I see. So, anyone in Iraq who struggles against the US led aggression in their country is referred to as a terrorist by you. Sadly, the more civilians killed in the "escalating" conflict the more "terrorists" are created out of the need for vengeance. This is truly a terrible cycle of violence we have started. A cycle that can only end in every Iraqi who disagrees with the US policy killed while all others must surrender. Our president is one special kind of idiot in pursuing this strategy with such reckless abandon.
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3267
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 15
Total 3282
DoD Confirmation List
Now add to that:
TOTAL - WOUNDED 24,314
That's 27,596 Americans who have sacrificed their lives or bodies for the senseless act of an idiotic commander in chief and the broken ideology of a right wing political party. And yet the two or three Bush wacko's here on this very board still engage in stupid word games over these very real facts.
I can only hope Hell has a very special spot for each and every imbecile that supports the continued hostilities in Iraq. Fuck you all. |
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| VacateTheWord |
Quote: Originally posted by Fdubya247
More than that, it continues to illustrate the "status quo" is not changing. Status quo = Failure.
It also shows that the Madhi Army is now on the move...what happened? I thought Maliki was in "control"?
Idiot.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!! You said something right!!!!!
You are correct, it is neither an indicator of "victory" OR "success"...just of continued failure...
Thanks for exposing your own ignorance to the board again!!!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
:rdf:
You mean like Saddam's Iraq, pre-Bush invasion and occupation?!?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thanks for exposing your own ignorance yet again, cockroach!!!
*FLUSH*
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Once again you've exposed your ignorance.
No one ever said that Maliki was "in control." The purpose of the surge is to quell the violence so that the Iraqis can take control and the Maliki government can reach a political settlement. You can't have a political settlement when the sects are actively killing each other off.
Your lack of understanding in regards to what is going on in Iraq is baffling. Do you just go to far-left websites and cut and paste this nonsense? |
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| VacateTheWord |
Quote: Originally posted by mb33139
I see. So, anyone in Iraq who struggles against the US led aggression in their country is referred to as a terrorist by you. Sadly, the more civilians killed in the "escalating" conflict the more "terrorists" are created out of the need for vengeance. This is truly a terrible cycle of violence we have started. A cycle that can only end in every Iraqi who disagrees with the US policy killed while all others must surrender. Our president is one special kind of idiot in pursuing this strategy with such reckless abandon.
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 3267
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 15
Total 3282
DoD Confirmation List
Now add to that:
TOTAL - WOUNDED 24,314
That's 27,596 Americans who have sacrificed their lives or bodies for the senseless act of an idiotic commander in chief and the broken ideology of a right wing political party. And yet the two or three Bush wacko's here on this very board still engage in stupid word games over these very real facts.
I can only hope Hell has a very special spot for each and every imbecile that supports the continued hostilities in Iraq. Fuck you all. |
"This is truly a terrible cycle of violence we started."
:lol:
OK, so the Iraqis got so mad at us that they started killing each other??? Classic liberal propaganda.
Earth to mb33139 - the coalition forces didn't provoke the sectarian violence. The sectarian violence went into full gear when Al Qaeda bombed the mosque in Samarra.
We liberated the Iraqi people from a vicious tyrant. Yet you say that the sectarian violence is America's fault. That's right - blame America first.
My God. |
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| Fdubya247 |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheTurd
Once again you've exposed your ignorance. No one ever said that Maliki was "in control." |
Oh no? I thought he had Sadr and his "Army" sitting on the sidelines. Isn't that what you were saying? Now they have launched their own "surge". :opps:
Whack-a-mole jack-off. Brainwashed douche. LYING cunt.
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheTurd
The purpose of the surge is to quell the violence so that the Iraqis can take control and the Maliki government can reach a political settlement. |
And how's that working out? The "new" strategy??? :bs:
Goose-stepping idiot. :hitler:
Quote: Originally posted by Fdub
Quote: Originally posted by Vacate(TheTurd)
Simple - a nation that can govern, defend and sustain itself and is an ally in the war on terror. |
You mean like Saddam's Iraq, pre-Bush invasion and occupation?!?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thanks for exposing your own ignorance yet again, cockroach!!!
*FLUSH*
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Quote: Originally posted by Fdubya247
Have you heard the Word? Vacate's a TURD!
Vacate: The :shit:
Don't bring up the "Powell Doctrine"...it makes Vacate (the Turd) "vacate" into his poopie panties... :shit: |
Vacated Turd :shit: ----------> :love: <--------- MCDikey-Dike 69K :hitler: |
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| Fdubya247 |
Quote: Originally posted by VacateTheTurd
We liberated the Iraqi people from a vicious tyrant. Yet you say that the sectarian violence is America's fault. That's right - blame America first. |
:spam:
What a DUPED SUCKER.
Fucking cunt! :hitler:
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Quote: Originally posted by Fdub
Quote: Originally posted by Vacate(TheTurd)
Simple - a nation that can govern, defend and sustain itself and is an ally in the war on terror. |
You mean like Saddam's Iraq, pre-Bush invasion and occupation?!?!? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thanks for exposing your own ignorance yet again, cockroach!!!
*FLUSH*
:crapper:
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Quote: Originally posted by Fdubya247
Have you heard the Word? Vacate's a TURD!
Vacate: The :shit:
Don't bring up the "Powell Doctrine"...it makes Vacate (the Turd) "vacate" into his poopie panties... :shit: |
Vacated Turd :shit: ----------> :love: <--------- MCDikey-Dike 69K :hitler: |
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| harley-davidson |
Quote: We liberated the Iraqi people from a vicious tyrant. Yet you say that the sectarian violence is America's fault. That's right - blame America first.
My God. |
We liberated the IRAQI people from a tyrant, LOL and they ended up with BUSH , breaking news, they want their tyrant back,.... tell us VACATEDBRAINS, how's the ticker tape parade with flowers and candy going? and once again no one is blaming America, we put the blame where blame belongs, those two puke face motherfuckers in the white house that you adore, feed you your daily dose of lies and bullshit that make idiots like you all warm and fuzzy inside.The ones that took what was once a stable nation, no threat to the United States, and totally fucked it up....idiot |
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| otherone4life |
| quite a mess we've made over there ...we've actually unified everyone on 1 point ...they all want us out of there ... |
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| Halcyon |
Are we sure that the terrorists are actually turning on each other now as VacatetheWord is claiming?
Or is it most likely that VTW is using an isolated incident whereupon two terrorist factions met up and exchanged words and had it out?
Is it possible the terrorist factions are actually turning on each other? Or is VTW just employing a VERY well-known, VERY predictable, VERY hypocritical tactic of "Out of Context"? |
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| zimmie |
liberals mantra
'SURRENDER AND DEFEAT AT ANY COST' |
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