BAGHDAD, Nov. 21, 2006
Seven Seized In Sadr City Raid
Forces Sweep Shiite Slum Seeking Kidnappers, Killing Three, Wounding 15
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Angry Shiites denounced the raid and a man from the district stood outside the Imam Ali hospital, holding the body of a boy killed in the attack.
The dead child's father and mother were both injured in the raid. His uncle is a member of the Iraqi parliament, CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports, and now he says there's no way he's going to help govern the broken country.
Police said three Iraqis, including the boy, were killed and 15 wounded. No soldiers were hurt, the military said.
The raid came just weeks after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, had taken on the role of protector of the sprawling Sadr City district by ordering the U.S. military to lift a blockade of the slum.
American forces had sealed the district for several days looking for kidnapped U.S. soldier Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie, a 41-year-old reservist from Ann Arbor, Mich. He was visiting his Iraqi wife in Baghdad on Oct. 23 when he was handcuffed and abducted by suspected rogue gunmen from the Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
The 3 a.m. assault in the east Baghdad grid of streets lined with tumbledown concrete block structures and vacant lots was the third in four days by U.S. and Iraqi forces.
The U.S. command said Iraqi forces came under fire during the raid, and that U.S. aircraft returned fire.
The operation "detained an illegal armed group kidnapping and murder cell leader... reported to have firsthand knowledge of the control and movement" of al-Taayie, the military said, adding that six other cell members also were detained.
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- No, no, lovefights. The American press is the mouth piece for the zionists. It is not oil they are primarily after though they will help themselve to some. It is for Israel's safety that American sons are dying. And now, Ehud and Netanyahu is urging Bush to make a move on Iran.
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- Get out the waterboards. Here's seven who need a long bath. Heh, heh, heh.
Then send them to Paradise.
Selah - Reply to this comment
- WHERE IS LARA LOGAN??? Why isn't she covering Iraq anymore? Did she get fired? Did she get booted to a desk job? Did she suffer injury? She's a big part of why i watch the evening news.
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- Al Jazeera being broadcast into America would help American decide who is lying to them.
The American press is the official mouth piece of the CIA.
More and more Americans will continue to die as long as they refuse to listen to the Syrians and the Iranians.
Vital American interests is OIL to die for.
Don't believe everything you hear on TV.
JJB - Reply to this comment
- "You can't declare war on one guy".
Posted by rsoxfan1123 at 11:40 AM : Nov 21, 2006
Why would YOU know this and/but the military intelligence did not? With all their expertise in the subject?
Saddam Hussein was more than just one guy. But you may be right, this was a war declared on one man. Happy with the outcome? I think they over
I no longer pay attention to military assessments. From our troops to the journalists--the military top dogs are lying to the military personnel and to the peoples. They are sociopathic politicians now. - Reply to this comment
- rsoxfan1123 at 11:40 AM : Nov 21, 2006
Killing wars are not the way to accomplish anything. Please don't argue with me--especially when you've never entertained any other method. Please don't act like you know what you are talking about when killing wars are all that has been done since the beginning.
Try accomplishing peace with out the killing fields...see what ideas come up. Don't automatically strike them down. Just think about the possibility.
Use the tools of Love Intelligence and Humor.
Humor like candid camera style. I am only asking that you allow the possibility. Try not to object to such a small request. - Reply to this comment
- BlondMadison-we lost because we approached it differently from Japan and Germany. You can't declare war on one guy. I am sure there were nice germans in WWII that we were "liberating", but by declaring war on Hitler we declared it on all of Germany. Nagasaki and Hiroshima were brutal but effective and saved american lives.
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- "I guess we just wanted to get rid of Sadaam, we should nuke the country if they vote another dicator in office.."
Do you own their country now? Do you decide how everyone's government will run now? Who are YOU? Go get on some meds, sick freak. - Reply to this comment
- Our only solution for Iraq is to leave troops there long term like we did in Japan to let them know "hey , dont do anything too stupid, we are watching"
Posted by ANGRYliberal at 11:17 AM : Nov 21, 2006
"Don't do anything too stupid"???? Exactly who do you think you are? If that could have been done, don't you think it would be in action all ready???? AT this point of losing, we can watch all we want, numb nut.
We did not win this war. Accept this fact because there is zero deniability about it. Admit it to yourselves first, liars in denial. Then set about having a value for human life so you can be a really good role model.
Quit acting like a pack of nuts without brains. - Reply to this comment
- rsoxfan1123,
Wow you actually said something that I like for once. This is a joyous occasion and calls for a celebration!..lol
I guess we just wanted to get rid of Sadaam, we should nuke the country if they vote another dicator in office.. - Reply to this comment
- I got the best idea yet!!1
We use 1/3 of Iraq as a testing grounds for our weapons of mass destruction and ,military drills.
This would help for a number of reasons
1. It would show the rest of the middle east that we are bigger than them and that our weapons are big
2. It would show that we have balls
3. it would make Iran's weapons look rubber band shooters. The rest of the middle east would fear AMERICA not Iran. We need to embrace our power not hide it.
Another third for the world's biggest landfill (which it is pretty close to right now)
And the other third to rent to businesses for vehicle testing, expolsive testing, and drilling for Oil. - Reply to this comment
- ANGRYliberal- or just nuke it. we could've had we declared war on the whole country instead of just saddam.
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- Our only solution for I raq is to leave troops there long term like we did in Japan to let them know "hey , dont do anything too stupid, we are watching"
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- See this is precisley why we cannot trust any middle east country. They never appreciate any thing we do. Syria is like Iran's mini me. they are just as murderous as any of the middle east countries, and support just as much terrorism. Syria should be on the axis of evil (if its not already). I say we freak'n deport all the iraqis and practice some real Imperialism and claim I raq for America and start a real government with AMERICANS not middle easterners. We could snatch that country with the snap of the fingers, heck we already did it once. Or we could use the whole country of Iraq as a massive landfill for the US and her allies, and we could even keep the oil for ourselves.
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- and when americans are done spending money and dying in Iraq, the new, wonderful government will ally with syria and Iran and join them in badmouthing the US. So let's get more of our young people killed...sometimes "I told you so" just isn't enough.
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- Progress towards what? The US leaving and Hezbollah taking over Iraq?
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- Can we ALL agree that this represents progress??
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