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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 01:14 PM
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Militia in Saddam's home province told to lay down arms
Source: AFP

TIKRIT, Iraq (AFP) - Anti-US Arab Sunni combatants have been given 10 days to surrender to coalition forces as Iraq extended its crackdown on militias around the country, officials said Thursday.

Fighters based in Salaheddin, the home province of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, will be given 10 days to give up their weapons and turn themselves in, provincial governor Hamood Sheikti told a press briefing in Tikrit.

"We're going to seek reconciliation and turn the page for all the Iraqi people who committed crimes," pledged Sheikti.

"But after July 8, we will go after them," he said, adding that they had a list of wanted combatants.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080626/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestusamnesty
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wilt the stilt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 02:13 PM
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1. let's ask the NRA
if they would give up their arms in a similar situation..
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 03:08 PM
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2. ROTFLMAO!!!
Good luck with that.

:rofl:


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skoalyman Donating Member (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 05:05 PM
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3. lay down your arms or bush with blow em off
Edited on Thu Jun-26-08 05:06 PM by skoalyman
:puke:
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