U.S. Forces Prepare to Attack Falluja and Ramadi

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20041029/ts_nm/iraq_dc

NEAR FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. marines prepared on Friday to mount a "decisive" assault on the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Ramadi to crush Sunni Muslim insurgents and Arab militants.

"We are gearing up for a major operation," Brigadier General Denis Hajlik told reporters at a base near Falluja. "If we do so, it will be decisive and we will whack them."


Hajlik, deputy commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, said the expected assault would involve Iraqi forces.


Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S.-backed interim government has vowed to pacify the whole country before nationwide elections due in January.

[strizi64]

1. desperate war-criminals n/t

[leftchick]

2. Very Timely Indeed....

"Wag the Dog" anyone??

[T Bone]

3. This is the pre-election surprise, I think

They roll this out this weekend. Bush makes a major address to the nation about how serious this is and how prayerful he is for our troops. All the talking heads gush. Can't criticize the prez in a time of war while he is making major 'hard' decisions. It is 'unsupportive' of the troops to criticize now. What is wrong with the Dems? Just watch. Good chance they will try it to silence the Democratic momentum in the final 3 days. Anything negative for bush doing it happens after Tuesday. Nothing is beyond these people.

[izzie]

4. What jacket will Bush wear for this?

Like a third world ruler. It is just beyond me what this country is doing.

[leftchick]

5. I hope this one...

with a frog march...

[saigon68]

15. an orange jump suit how prophetic for a coward

And draft dodger.

[Lexingtonian]

6. Oh, yay!

More dead poor people. More destroyed buildings.
Hey, at least they're not calling them "terrorists" anymore.
'Pacify the whole country' has a ring to it, vaguely reminiscent of 'we had to destroy them in order to save them'....

Thank God we're a Christian Nation, and in Jesus' Name we must now bomb Fallujah and Ramadi. Democracy must prevail, after all, except where people try to vote against kleptocracy/theocracy/autocracy, be that in Baghdad or Basra or Cleveland or Orlando.

[bowens43]

7. We will 'whack them'?

what a f*cking asshole. Hey dumb ass, you're talking about killing human beings not playing whack-a-mole.

[ReadTomPaine]

8. Agreed, this is mafia/thug language.

Completely out of place.

RTP

[saigon68]

11. "Bring Em On" shouted the War criminals

This bravado will get a lot of people killed. Ever wonder why the civilized world hates amerika---Look no farther than the boasting of this arrogant Thug and Hoodlum. This killer will get away with it too as the Toothless Troop Supporters (TTS) cheer the deaths of muslim women and children

Sometimes ONE GETS MORE THAN FOR ONE WISHES FOR.

he of course will see very little of the 'front line combat"

His people however, will be the ones, whose legs are blown off and whose eyes are shot out for the NeoCon Halliburton corporate profits.

Get out the body bags boys---- this idiot is going to kill a few RAG-HEADS and SAND-NIGGERS

[leftchick]

12. that struck me as well....

wtf? Does he think he is Tony Soprano? The lack of consideration for the people of this country is astounding. So much for freedom... :(

[maddezmom]

9. so is the cilvilian leadership giving the orders??

for the "shock and awe", to bad they didn't give the orders for "search and secure" the explosives.

[maddezmom]

10. and why do they use to word pacify? they're going to bomb them into

f'ing pacification??? :eyes:

[leftchick]

13. dead=pacified..... Hey MM....

check your PM... :)

[saigon68]

14. kick