BBC BREAKING: US-Iraqi troops in new offensive ( South of Baghdad )

[gp]

US-Iraqi troops in new offensive

More than 3,000 US and Iraqi troops have launched a major offensive on a rebel stronghold south of the capital, Baghdad, the US military says.

More than 30 suspected insurgents were seized in the sweep of Babil region, according to US Central Command.

A press release says the forces also secured a bridge across the Euphrates River used by rebels moving in and out of key Iraqi cities.

No casualties have so far been reported among the assault force.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3718518.stm

[David Dunham]

1. This fighting does not help Bush.

[rocktivity]

2. Winning the war within four weeks

will not make up for the fact that you shouldn't have started in the first place, George.

:headbang:
rocknation

[JoFerret]

21. It won't be, can't be, won

but the price in lives is unimaginable.

[Sagan]

3. Paris Moniteur breaking -- 1810

The Emperor Napoleon has launched a major offensive on rebel strongholds south of Madrid.....

[Owlet]

12. Heh heh..good one..or Volkisher Beobachter Nov. 1942

Sixth Army forces today continued mop up operations in the Stalingrad area.

[coalition_unwilling]

22. Hee-hee. Or how about this one. NYTimes Jan. 1968?

U.S. forces proclaimed the final liberation of Hue.

[Journeyman]

14. Reminds me of Bob Hope in "Fancy Pants". . .

"There we were; three against a thousand. We fought 'em for seven days and nights as the battle waxed and waned; neither side yielding. We exhausted our ammunition and were too far out to get support, so we fixed bayonets and charged. The fighting that ensued was fierce hand to hand combat but at last we overwhelmed them. Surveying the carnage afterward, we all had to admit: They were the toughest three we ever fought."

[htuttle]

4. They better slow down!

If they 'win' too quickly, we'll have more catastrophic success!

[The_Casual_Observer]

5. Fighting "insurgents" is like squeezing a balloon

They simply pop out someplace else. All the while they kill innocent people for no damn reason.

Doomsday is fast approaching the US in Iraq.

[johncoby2]

6. wasnt this war over a year ago? eom

[crossroads]

13. I think I remember Bush declaring "Mission Accomplished"

:dem:

[KC21304]

7. Two debates, two breaking news attacks

Do you think . . . Naw.

[daleo]

8. They "secured" a bridge?

Things must be bad if they have to secure bridges at this point in time. Shades of Apocalypse Now.

[KDLarsen]

23. Oh so true

Saw that movie again a while ago - and the scene at the bridge still scares the hell out of me.

[Beetwasher]

9. Another Debate, Another Offensive

Expect another one on Friday...

[gadem04]

10. Balloon squeezing

someone already said it. Chimp. It just makes me think. I lay there and think about how horrific it all must be. Damn chimp.

[Minstrel Boy]

11. Operation Mission Re-Accomplishing

The march of freedom has never sounded so squishy.

[On the Road]

15. This is Actually Dangerous if Bush Continues It

The insurgents pick up on our habits fast and are good at setting traps.

[bemildred]

16. Yeah. More troops lives risked for a dog-and-pony show.

Meanwhile, no actual effect on the insurgency, which keeps
car-bombing away. Oh, I mean "employing vehicle-borne
improvised explosive devices (VBIED)". I dunno how you
get more criminal and negligent than this horseshit.

[Red Fox]

17. Are they even allowed to use the word 'major offensive'

18 months after was declared 'major combat over'?

[0007]

18. I guess 'ya gotta fuck yourself even when France is marching

in your place in the Spain parade, 'eh?

[lovuian]

19. lets see 3000 to seize 30 insurgensts whats wrong with this

Picture....

:crazy:

[Eurobabe]

20. right on cue, tonight's debate so CHEENEY can sneer

about it. I hope Johnny kicks Dick's sorry fat ass...all the way back to Jackson's HOLE.

[TacticalPeek]

24. Kick. n/t

:kick:

[Englander]

25. Pentagon: About 200 Troops Hurt in Iraq Last Week

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/9842872.htm

>>The Pentagon also announced that a member of the Rhode Island Army National Guard was killed Oct. 3 in Taji, Iraq. Sgt. Christopher S. Potts, 38, of Tiverton, R.I., was hit by small arms fire while manning a traffic control post. He was with the 1st Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery Regiment.

>>Potts was the third Army National Guard soldier to have been killed in Iraq this month, along with one active-duty soldier. National Guard and Reserve soldiers represent more than 40 percent of the 137,000 U.S. troops in Iraq.

>>Thirteen of the 80 U.S. troops who died in Iraq in September were members of the National Guard or Reserve.<<