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Flagg

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Sat Apr-17-04 09:18 AM
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Iraqi Gunmen Kill Coalition Soldier

Iraqi Gunmen Kill Coalition Soldier
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi gunmen opened fire on a coalition military patrol outside of the encircled southern city of Najaf, killing one soldier, a top U.S. officer said Saturday.

It was not immediately clear if the casualty was an American.

Two gunmen also were killed in the incident, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said at a Baghdad briefing.

Some 2,500 U.S. soldiers have encircled Najaf and are demanding that an anti-American militia inside disband and its leader, a radical cleric, surrender to coalition forces.

Spanish and Salvadorian troops also are based in the area.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040417/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_soldier_killed_1

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saigon68

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Sat Apr-17-04 09:20 AM
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1. Two gunmen also were killed in the incident, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said

KRAZY KILLER KIMMITT enforcer for the Viceroy Bremer

His quote " if you don’t like watching women and children die, change the channel."

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LittleApple81

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Sat Apr-17-04 09:27 AM
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3. So, soldier relatives: do not fret. Your soldier is dead but two of the

Iraqi untermenschen are dead. We are winning. Our success resontates in our ears, our hearts, and our minds.

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tabasco

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Sat Apr-17-04 09:36 AM
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5. Kimmitt's only the spokesman ...

But he's obviously got some loose screws. The nuts rise to the top when the military industries control the Nation and the pentagon. The ones who pay the price for putting loons in charge are the real fighting men. I hope Kimmitt never gets a division command. It will be a difficult task to restore competent leadership to the military after the cabal is ousted. But the yes-men like Kimmitt must be fired and officers with moral courage put back in charge.

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Sat Apr-17-04 09:26 AM
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2. OMG!

not the Salvadoran military! OOOOOhhhh boy, those Eye rakkis are really in for it now! We must really mean business this time.:scared: :scared: :evilgrin:

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MaineDem

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Sat Apr-17-04 09:27 AM
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4. I thought you meant the POW/"hostage"

Not that it isn't just as horrible to lose anyone.

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