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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:46 PM
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Operation Forward Together (another in the Lame Name Game)
Edited on Wed Jun-14-06 01:46 PM by uppityperson
How do they come up with these names? Can you do better? Post your Lame Name here.
Operation ....?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5079040.stm
The people of Baghdad woke up this morning to new security measures intended to stop car bomb attacks. But two car bombs had already exploded in the city before midday local time, killing two people and injuring 10. Five of the injured were police officers - the bombs targeted police patrols.

The security plan is called Operation Forward Together. The regular night-time curfew has been extended, there is a new hotline for anonymous tip-offs and there are extra checkpoints and police patrols all over Baghdad. The national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubbaie, says it is intended to step up pressure on al-Qaeda in Baghdad.

But it is a gamble. Checkpoints and patrols present easy targets for car bombers intent on killing security forces. And ordering a suicide car bomber to pull over could prompt the bomber to detonate, and so actually help him to achieve his objective.

The main effect of the new clampdown so far has been to create massive traffic jams...(more@link)
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WildClarySage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:47 PM
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1. Just wait til Operation Sunshine, Kittens and Rainbows begins
then you'll really see some carnage.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 02:33 PM
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11. I bow to your Operation Naming Skills. Good one.
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The Deacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:49 PM
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2. Operation Back to the Future
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 03:08 PM
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12. That one is too scary, too many bad images.
Operation Lassie?
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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:50 PM
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3. Operation Dresden -- for when we're on our way out n/t
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 02:02 PM
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8. Operation LitterFree?
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partylessinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:52 PM
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4. Chimp now on CNN (taped) thanking Jim Baker and others for his/their
help in making the Way Forward in Iraq. Is this tied to or the same as Operation Forward Together?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:54 PM
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5. Here is a picture from BBC, cynical?
Edited on Wed Jun-14-06 01:55 PM by uppityperson
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5078180.stm

"Impact of Crackdown"


Here are what they are doing (from same page):
40,000 troops on the streets, extra checkpoints, more night raids and air strikes
Ban on personal weapons
Overnight curfew extended to begin at 2030
Vehicle ban during Friday afternoon prayers
Special uniforms and badges for all security personnel
Hotline for anonymous tip-offs


Oooooo, special badges, cool!
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otherlander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 03:16 PM
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15. Anonymous tip-offs? Oh, Jesus Christ, let me guess where this is going...
People turning on their neighbors for revenge, paranoia running rampant, let's all go find the monsters on Maple Street, why don't we?
:tinfoilhat: :banghead:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 01:59 PM
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6. Operation Let's Hold Hands and Throw Daisy Cutters?
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 02:01 PM
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7. That would be Operation Jump for Joy!
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 02:04 PM
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9. Yet today he pronounced it, "Operation Together Forward"
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 02:20 PM
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10. maybe this is another operation, after forward together, we go together...
forward? All together now....
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 03:10 PM
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13. And this is just the capital!
What about the rest of Iraq?! Operation Political Capital. :eyes:
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 03:12 PM
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14. Operation Dr. Seus
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jedicord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-14-06 03:19 PM
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16. Operation Rapture
That should make the Fundies cheer for joy.
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