MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 28. 2008
Inside The New Terror Capital Of Iraq
CBS News: Exclusive Video Of A Firefight At The New Frontline Of The War On Terror
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A Skirmish In Mosul Iraq
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Cptn. Hunter Bowers's Lightning Troop patrols Mosul's West Side: the worst side of the biggest city in Iraq that's still an al Qaeda stronghold. (CBS)
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Video of the firefight, obtained exclusively by CBS News, was recorded by a camera mounted on a U.S. soldier's helmet.
American big guns arrive. Attack helicopters and Bradley fighting vehicles.
Mosul has become "insurgent central" in Iraq - al-Qaeda's base of money and foreign fighters.
In recent weeks, much of Iraq - especially Baghdad - is quieter, safer. Insurgents have cut and run.
Not in Mosul. Five-thousand U.S. troops sweep a scared city of almost 2 million scared people. And five U.S. troops were killed in the area within recent days.
Cptn. Hunter Bowers's Lightning Troop patrols the city's West Side. Its worst side.
"This city is just so unpredictable now," Strassmann said.
"Yes, sir," Bowers said. "It's very unpredictable. One area can be fine one day. And the next it can be the worst area you've ever been in."
Fighting could last for months.
Bowers and this Iraqi Army commander now see them surfacing here.
"So right now, it is a capital for terrorists right now. So I think there will be a final battle very soon," a soldier told Strassmann.
So U.S. soldiers are always looking. They have to. Looking for wires, weapons, anything.Read more about Mosul at the Couric & Co. blog.
The potential threat could be anywhere
"They'll put a machine gun in here, flip the back seat around and fire out the back," TK said.
One U.S. soldier said, in Mosul, there are no good areas. Only degrees of bad.
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From day one this regime has had an "intelligence gap" !
Re: "Exclusive Video Of A Firefight At The New Frontline Of The War On Terror"
There is no "War on Terror" in Iraq, just an ongoing lie-based campaign of aerial bombing, rape, torture, and mass-murder of Iraqis, in the name of "freedom".
Democrats were warned that accepting the false claim that "al Qaeda" is in Iraq, would eventually allow for the morphing of the lie-based criminal there would be used to tie the conflict to the greater and idiotic "War on Terror".
They fell for it anyway, because they were far too anxious to present this nonsensical development as another Bush "failure". It wasn''t. If the Democrats manage to come to power, they will now be assigned the full blame for loosing the moronic "War on Terror".
Mission accomplished.
There is the witch-hunt contained within this cavalcade of atrocities, against the make-believe group of boogie-men known as "al-Qaeda-in-Iraq", which will vanish as soon as the money runs out to payoff the Iraqi collaborators.
The main difference between WWII era Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, and CBS propaganda minister Mark Strassmann, appears to be that Goebbels was a much better writer, and much, MUCH, smarter than Strassmann.
Mr. Strassmann has clearly earned himself a position right beside Bush regime officials at their appointment with a war crimes tribunal/gallows.
Heckuva'' job, Markie!
Correction/clarification-
Should be: "Democrats were warned that accepting the false claim that "al Qaeda" is in Iraq, would eventually allow for the morphing of the lie-based criminal [war of aggression] there [to] be used to tie the [Iraq] conflict to the greater and idiotic "War on Terror".
Sandra FT.LEONARD WOOD, MO.
PROUD ARMY WIFE!
Re: "So right now, it is a capital for terrorists right now. So I think there will be a final battle very soon," a soldier told Strassmann."
This alleged moron and Mark Strassmann must have missed the news. "The terrorists" in Iraq were defeated last October.
"(CBS/AP) Many U.S. military commanders in Iraq believe they have dealt a large enough blow to al Qaeda in Iraq to declare victory over the group, according to a report in the Washington Post."
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/15/iraq/main3366346.shtml
Were they lying then? Are they lying now?
"Yes" seems to be a safe answer to both of these questions.
tslarri,
Re: "From a more personal stand point... My husband was there in that fire fight."
I am sorry to hear that. It is always very sad to me to hear about people who are willingly disgracing themselves and their country in this lie-based debacle and catastrophe. Many of these people are otherwise good folks, no doubt.
In my opinion, the ONLY U.S. military heroes in the illegal war against Iraq, are those who resist cooperation with it. Thankfully, there are thousands of these brave and wise men and women, and their ranks are quickly growing.
Thank you very much!
Your honorable stands really mean a lot!
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To our troops:
"Do not fight for a dying regime. It is not worth your life."-GWB
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKpeKQA6B4 (speakers)
www.ivaw.org/
www.couragetoresist.org/
A little prayer:
now i lay me down to sleep, i pray the lord me soul to keep. If i shall die before i wake, i pray the lord, dosent know what my lasts thoughts were.
as you lay down tonight, i bet the last thing you think of is all those who have died for you, to include Jeasus Christ!
Army Wife!
Ft Leonard Wood, Mo.
tslarri,
Re: "As i said before... sleep well! someday you might not wake up! if you dont like the country you live in than move!"
I like it here. I just think that is a real shame that our country is so infested with morons and dupes.
If you and your husband will continue to disgrace our country and our Constitution, then perhaps it is you who should consider a move.
If your husband is already in Iraq, then you appear to be short only 1 one-way ticket.
Enjoy the flower-throwing.
Night, Night, hope the Iraqi childrens faces dont haunt you tonight!
tslarri,
Re: "Night, Night, hope the Iraqi childrens faces dont haunt you tonight!"
Sounds like they won''t be bothering you. It sounds like you and your hubby celebrate the U.S.-led maiming, torture, rape, and execution of these children, because it helps you to feel safe, and it pleases your subhuman, bloodthirsty god.
Best of luck to the people of Iraq in defending themselves against demented imbeciles like this.
True there is a thing about taking a calculated risk on programs etc. But to buck the trend and say all for change is not an entrepreneur%u2019s way of addressing a need. I do not know if any of you personally been in companies that adopted this change theory I have. Let me tell you in every case known to me and in online data these companies have ended up ruined!
If I was addressing the republican party I would say we are not be worried for this candidate election but worried for His Ideas!
pilgrimsway,
Re: "The Muslims are chanting Victory!!!!!!"
Sounds like you stupidly view this criminal crusade as a religious war.
Faith-based fools are really weighing down our country. Maybe it''s about time that we cut them loose.
tslarri,
Re: "Feel Free??? Do you feel free? If you want so bad to be without "religion" i dont thing you will fit in anywhere, at least you have the right to "not belive"
I don''t have a problem with whatever people choose to believe. This is theoretically a free country.
What I do have a problem with is shamefully ignorant people attempting to foist their idiocy on the rest of us.
What I do have a problem with is people who are so craven and vengeful that they would eagerly cheer on the lie-based, criminal, and self-defeating campaign of maiming, torture, rape, murder, and misery against millions of people who never posed any threat to us whatsoever, and with people who hide behind a hate-filled and bloodthirsty deity while doing so.
These folks are in need of psychotherapy, re-education, and/or exorcism, and they are arguably more dangerous than a Taliban hard-liner, and nearly as dangerous as a Zionist.
Good night, and may "your" belifes keep you warm.
tslarri,
Re: "but only a special few get to be HEROS."
Agreed.
In my opinion, the ONLY U.S. military heroes in the illegal war against Iraq, are those who resist cooperation with it. Thankfully, there are thousands of these brave and wise men and women, and their ranks are quickly growing.
Thank you very much!
Your honorable stands really mean a lot!
The rest are dupes, at best.
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To our troops:
Why allow yourself to be used and disgraced by the unelected, mass-murderous regime?
Refuse!!!
"Do not fight for a dying regime. It is not worth your life."-GWB
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKpeKQA6B4 (speakers)
www.ivaw.org/
www.couragetoresist.org/
tslarri,
re: "...and dont forget, sweet dreams!"
Thanks. Good luck recovering some of the pointlessly squandered treasure and dignity of your husband and family.
Hope you don''t mind paying my share of the costs of the illegal and disgraceful "war", because I don''t plan to.
tslarri,
Re: "we would gladly pay that small price to rid the u.s. of un-educated pions like you."
That wasn''t the offer, and it looks like you need a lot of practice with your capitalization, punctuation, reading comprehension, and spelling, before you should consider criticizing the education level of others.
It is little wonder as to why you would so eagerly follow the Butcher of Crawford over a cliff.
Nancy_Naive,
Re: "Nothing stopping you. Leave and take your baseborn progeny of your husband''s CO with you."
"Regards,"
Agreed.
tslarri,
Don''t worry too much about your husband. The lie-based criminal invasion of Iraq has forced a huge number of women and girls into prostitution, as their only way to survive.
I''m sure that he is well attended to.
Sweet Dreams!
tslarri,
The sworn oath of every U.S. military man and woman is primarily to defend and protect our Constitution, not to disgrace themselves by following blindly behind any President, or Resident as the case may be.
Re: "I trust that no one "wants" to be there..."
Was your husband drafted or otherwise involuntarily extended since the beginning of the criminal Bush crusade, or did he volunteer?
If he volunteered and/or re-enlisted since the beginning of the debacle, then I have a real hard time feeling sorry for him.
The Iraqis did not volunteer for what has been done to them.
Even if he did volunteer, however, even if he has personally committed atrocities, I think that he is still owed an apology from those who sent him there.
tslarri,
Some one million excess violent deaths so far, and counting, as a result of the lie-based and disgraceful war of aggression against Iraq. I suspect that this is why our military is suffering such a high suicide rate today. Some of our soldiers just can''t cope with what they have done over there.
Torture, rape, maiming, murder, mayhem, and misery, and humiliation. This is what "our troops" have brought to the people of Iraq. It is little wonder they are fighting back.
The Iraqis certainly have the right to defend themselves.
You failed to answer my question, though.
Was your husband drafted or otherwise involuntarily extended since the beginning of the invasion(s), or did he volunteer?
"It''s not individual atrocity," Specialist Garett Reppenhagen, a sniper from the 263rd Armour Battalion, said. "It''s the fact that the entire war is an atrocity."
tslarri,
Most of the guys that I knew when I was in the Army, were petty nice guys.
I hope that your husband makes it home safely from Iraq, and soon.
I did what I could to prevent him from going there in the first place.
Good night, and good luck.
"The man told him that he lives his life knowing that oneday he will be murdered, but not by americans! by his own people."
And I''ve seen footage of innocent Iraqi civilians killed by American troops.
Regardless of who fires the bullet, the result is the same.
Now, it is Mosul.
There are many other towns in Iraq.
Which one''s next?
ALL OF THEM, ONE BY ONE, until all foreign invaders and occupiers go, or are decimated. If not, let''s wait and see who lasts the longest.
The Viet Nam War Wimp wanted regime change. That is surely coming. Himself, in January 2009.
You insinuate that US troops are raping and murdering millions of Iraqis. Where do you come up with such fiction? If it isn''t fiction, where do you get your "facts"?
It''s really interesting. You can ask questions directly to the soldiers, etc. There''s a sniper who was in Mosul. What do you think?
www.stoplossmovie.com/SoundOff
It''s really interesting. You can ask questions directly to the soldiers, etc. There''s a sniper who was in Mosul. What do you think?
www.stoplossmovie.com/SoundOff
It''s really interesting. You can ask questions directly to the soldiers, etc. There''s a sniper who was in Mosul. What do you think?
www.stoplossmovie.com/SoundOff
It''s really interesting. You can ask questions directly to the soldiers, etc. There''s a sniper who was in Mosul. What do you think?
www.stoplossmovie.com/SoundOff
It''s really interesting. You can ask questions directly to the soldiers, etc. There''s a sniper who was in Mosul. What do you think?
www.stoplossmovie.com/SoundOff
It''s really interesting. You can ask questions directly to the soldiers, etc. There''s a sniper who was in Mosul. What do you think?
www.stoplossmovie.com/SoundOff
Its time for the troops to come home. We have no business being in Iraq...there is no ''victory'' to be achieved, only the conquest of oil lands...a conquest that has already increased the price of oil x3 and engorged the profits of the oil companies...massive thefts by Halliburton and like ilk...the betrayal of our CIA officers by Zio-Nazi members of the Washinton Regime and the massive dossier of lies used to provide a rationale for this wanton act of aggression. If a restoration of democracy is needed anywhere in the world, it is in the United States.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19221.htm
There is also a video interview at the informationclearinghouse site.
At least it is an admission that the Palestinians exist--as if the presence of ancient mosques were not enough...
From Bush''s speech on Iraq last night :
"Our objective in the coming year is to sustain and build on the gains we made in 2007 ... American troops are shifting from leading operations to partnering with Iraqi forces, and eventually to a protective overwatch mission."
Analysis:
The real question is, as American surge troops draw down, will the Iraqi forces be able to pick up the slack? Most of the gains in 2007 were the result of 30,000 more American troops. And as far as that shift, it will take many years. Maj. Gen. James Dubik, the top American trainer of Iraqi forces, told Congress that the Iraqi defense minister had estimated when the Iraqis could reach that "overwatch" phase where Americans would be in a supervisory role. The minister estimated that the Iraqis could take control of internal security sometime between 2009 and 2012, and external security sometime between 2018 and 2020.
"Our objective in the coming year is to sustain and build on the gains we made in 2007" said the War Coward who still knows nothing about war.
Indeed! 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 when the Mission was Accomplished.
Was he pacifying the military and their families with that 936th lie?
the insurgents who roal the city not the goverment and the.from what I know that Mr.Maior is the "insurgents" contact of what the Americans are Iraqi army .in another way he is with his"assistants" who give the insurgents the informations.this guy is one of the most cowards people I have ever know.
I know that the Amircan soldiers sometimes get ambushed because the insurgents have so may people who are working with them by get informations from inside Americans bases, and thies people are interpretres or cleaning workers or someone like that.
so it is easy for the insurgents to hunt the soldiers.
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by prinzowhales
January 31, 2008 9:41 AM PST
- j-whitman--It looks like the surge is going to be permanent. The only thing that keeps the Iraqi Army together is the paycheck...and if the Washington Regime ever makes the mistake of attacking Iran, they are going to turn on the Occupation...as ROBERT313122 notes, the Quislings and US forces are thoroughly compromised from an intelligence prospective...when you have virtually the entire population hating your guts, your options are severely limited.
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See all 48 CommentsThe Propaganda Apparatus will coo to Americans about helping one or two children...to bring a tear to the eye of the fat ladies in the church choir...the same empty heads who supported the Contra terrorists and drug dealers...but they won''t talk about the million dead from sanctions and the destruction of the civilian infrastructure...they won''t talk about the huge increase of birth defects and cancer...that doesn''t make the empty heads feel good about themselves...