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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 08:56 AM
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Sadr aide says Iraqis capture coalition soldiers
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L07598356.htm

BEIRUT, April 7 (Reuters) - A top aide to the militant Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday that his supporters had captured a number of soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition during clashes currently taking place across a large swathe of Iraq.

"Some tribes have captured some occupation forces on the streets," Qays al-Khazali told a news conference in the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Najaf.

He gave no further details. The news conference was broadcast by Lebanon's al-Manar television station, mouthpiece of the militant Shi'ite Hizbollah group.

There was no immediate comment on the report from the command of U.S.-led forces in Baghdad.more
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 08:57 AM
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1. Uh oh...
Given what we've done to the mosque, I fear these soldiers will be made to pay for it...

Shit! :(
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Zech Marquis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:00 AM
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5. with the news blackout
anything is possible...this will be really BAD :-(
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 08:57 AM
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2. i wouldn't say I don't believe this
but I doubt this, for some reason.
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:00 AM
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6. Why
Who would have thunk that 30 troops would be killed in a week?... This is street to street combat in narrow streets that the insugents know very well. If you saw Blackhawk Down then you would know how easy it is to be cut off from your team or group. This is very possible.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:20 AM
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9. because I don't think they could capture multiple soliders
I think the soldiers would either be killed defending themselves or they'd be killed by the militants.

I just have trouble believing that they'd be taken alive. I'm not saying this story is false, but I'll wait for confirmation before I believe it.

Just, to me, it sounds like boasting.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:28 AM
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12. Please remember, they said COALITION soldiers
For all we know, it could be the Polish.
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ZR2 Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:30 AM
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15. I didn't know there was a coalition
in Iraq.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:53 AM
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18. hey, we got the Army and the Marines
that's a coalition.
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tlcandie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 08:58 AM
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3. Uh Oh.... now it's really getting thick ...
What will this crazy admin do now that some of ours are prisoners?
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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:00 AM
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4. While it isn't impossible, I find this unlikely...
I'd like to hear more foreign media outlets carry this before I read any further into this story, however this could be incredibly tragic...

GODSPEED!
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DIKB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:00 AM
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7. I hope not.
I'm agnostic, so I don't pray, but the troops are in my thoughts right now.
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:00 AM
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8. MSNBC is saying it is a reporter and photographer
no link yet
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yelladawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:22 AM
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10. What ever happened to WMD?
WMD, wasn't that what we were there to get?
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:50 AM
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17. If you're referring to the Whopping Massive Deposits (of oil),
then you're correct.
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:26 AM
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11. If they've captured Geraldo...
I'd like to remind them that we don't deal with terrorists.
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Qanisqineq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:29 AM
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13. maybe he'd become one of their embeds
and give away tactical secrets on TV
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:30 AM
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14. They'd torture him to confess his visits to Hooters. n/t
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 09:44 AM
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16. Maybe they will lead him to Saddam's secret crypt
and Al-Jazeera can do a special broadcast of Geraldo opening Saddam's crypt. I'll bet that would be a big hit with the Ali Six-pack.
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riverwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 10:25 AM
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19. FOX confirms two "western journalists" captured
thats all they said.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 10:31 AM
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20. Journalists - meaning NOT Fox spinners and shills.
Too bad. I'd like to see Hannity or O'Reilly strangled with their own microphone cord, FOX logo and all.
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Iceburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 10:35 AM
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21. Are the journalists claiming to be Canadian?
US Journalists in Iraq become Faux Canadians when in trouble

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