More than 20 killed in rebel attacks across Iraq, US helicopter downed

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040624/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us&cid=1514&ncid=1473

BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - Insurgents, some believed linked with Al-Qaeda terror suspect Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, unleashed attacks on four cities across Iraq (news - web sites) leaving more than 20 people dead in their boldest assault yet ahead of Iraqi self-rule.

US Marines said a Cobra helicopter gunship was downed near Fallujah. The flashpoint western city itself came under fire from marine helicopters, according to an AFP correspondent embedded with US troops.

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Yup, its on the news channels. Much bloodshed and fighting

its gone wild with 4 days till handing over the Nation to the new government.

I hope to God it don get worse but I fear for our boys.

[ElectroPrincess]

26. and girls also :-)

Please excuse, but I must add that there are a number of women MPs that patrol these combat areas.

God bless humanity and help us stop this senseless war.

[opihimoimoi]

33. Hi There Princess. In this context, "Boys" includes the Women also,

I shoulda played it safe with "Troops", lol :smiles:

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. So al-Zarqawi is the new boogy man?

Last year it was al Qaeda operatives were behind the attacks. Then it was those damn foreigners. Then it was Saddam loyalists. Why don't they just face reality, it is the Iraqi people who are behind the attacks and they want their country back. Is this such a hard concept for the Bu$h apologists to get?

[markses]

3. Whatever happened to Moqtadr al-Sadr?

Even those particular fools on this board who elevated him to the level of white whale must be silently wondering.

[ElectroPrincess]

5. Negroponte's soon to be "up and runing" Death Squads

will address that little ... ummm ... <cough> problem.

[keithyboy]

22. All the US ever wanted to do was take the oil and kill Iraqis....

Our military is full of Rambos who want a chance to kill somebody...especially somebody not white. They now have their excuse and the blood-letting will begin.

[atreides1]

30. Just a Few Points

You might want to re-phrase your statement "...especially someone not white...", perhaps you should say foreign Muslims. I say this because there are non-whites in the US military, as well as American
Muslims.

And it should be Rambo hopefuls, because there are no Rambos except in the movies.

But I agree with you, not that they actually needed an excuse to kill Iraqis.

[Mr.Green93]

4. someone needs to call for Peace Talks

in Iraq and with Islam worldwide

[NNN0LHI]

10. I suggested that exact thing immediately after 9/11 here on this board

Everyone thought I was nuts. Most probably still do. And I am not a pacifist either. But I do not believe in fighting wars that are not winnable. And Bush's "war on terra" is not winnable. It is time to look at other options besides more bombing and killing. I hope Kerry is smart enough to realize this. I think he is.

Don

[qwertyMike]

25. You are not nuts

You refused to be carried away by the emotion. Difficult as that was. You were correct.

[qwertyMike]

24. AHHHH - Finally

The correct (and extremely difficult to swallow) response to 9-11.
We gotta LISTEN

[Roon]

6. Expect more of this..

as the handover date gets closer. What a mess..

[UpInArms]

7. related article: Iraq rebel attacks kill 75

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=535199§ion=news

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Rebels bent on disrupting a handover to Iraqi rule have bloodied five cities with coordinated assaults on local security forces in which about 75 people, including three U.S. soldiers, were killed.

Thursday's violence in Baquba, Falluja, Ramadi, Mosul and Baghdad intensified a sustained campaign by Iraqi insurgents and foreign militants to sabotage Iraq's formal transition from U.S.-led occupation to an interim government in six days' time.

More than 200 people were wounded.

In Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, multiple car bombings on police buildings rocked the city, killing at least 44 people and wounding 216, the Health Ministry said.

...more...

looks like "peace" is breaking out all over :(

[bushwakker]

8. Quick, look over there, it's that lying Bill Clinton

no story here, please move on.

[NNN0LHI]

11. Look where? Oh. You mean way over there. I gotcha n/t

[Ripley]

9. Dammit. Is that a total of 5 today?

Mosul (1), Baghdad (2), Baquba (2). Helicopter guys rescued.

I guess they're not keeping a low enough profile Rummy. Bastard.

[markses]

12. Here's a strange paragraph

"And four National Guardsmen were killed as a bomber struck a security post on the highway south of Baghdad. "

I suppose this would be the Doha attack: are these US National Guardsmen?

[pinniped]

13. So what isn't linked to Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi these days?

I think they're just throwing this guy's name out because they don't know shit about who unleashed the attacks.

[Ripley]

14. Yeah, that's a good question.

Didn't we drop bombs on safehouses for 3 days where he was living?

Gee, I guess the USA's intelligence is as good as it was on 9/10/01.

[pinniped]

16. His spirit must also have a safehouse in Saudi Arabia.

Where else would he stay while "allegedly" killing Johnson?

Why didn't anyone bomb that one?

[Ripley]

17. It must be a transcendental thing in the ME>

The same as we saw with Granger and Lyndie spiriting from Abu GRAIF to Gitmo to Afghanistan. :eyes:

[Cocoa]

27. that was just "war by tantrum"

they had to bomb something after each of the beheadings.

[Ripley]

28. Hah!

That's a good description, and exactly what Murikans want. It's amazing to listen to CSPAN callers say that. Want to talk about the torture our soldiers have been conducting? Their answer is always...

"Why don't you want to punish those who beheaded Americans? That is so much more savage than stripping the animals."

Embrace the torturers and revengers.

[leftchick]

15. Al-Jazeera: Iraqi resistance executes multiple attacks

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78657592-15F6-4274-90AC-0ADFAF8C4EF9.htm


<snip>


Iraqi police have suffered the highest number of fatalities, but US soldiers have also been killed and an occupation force Cobra helicopter has been brought down near Falluja.

Seven car bombs in the northern city of Mosul have killed dozens of policemen and wounded as many as 60 more.

One of the blasts also killed a US soldier and injured three others.

Lieutenant Muhammad Abd al-Karim said the attacks began after 9am local time in the al-Wakhas and Fathi districts of the city

[Blue_Roses]

18. this is NOT a situation that looks to be "getting better"

as Bush and co., keep saying. This is such a caotic mess and with the so-called "hand-over":eyes:, it looks to be getting much worse. What a waste of human life over such an illegal war.

[pinniped]

19. Appears some are firing at anything that moves.

They were gunning for the mayor of Fallujah.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040624/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716

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U.S. forces manning a checkpoint opened fire on local government convoy that included Fallujah's mayor and police chief that was trying to meet the Americans to discuss the violence, an Iraqi police lieutenant, speaking on condition of anonymity. The convoy turned back, and no injuries were reported.
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Yup, Iraq is definitely safer.

[Ripley]

20. They'll just smirk as usual and say...

"We told you it would get worse leading up to the transition."

Mid July: "We told you it would be bad in the beginning of the Interim government."

October: "We told you our soldiers would have to stay there for a long time."

January 2005: "We are pulling out Now." Oops, just day dreaming...

[pinniped]

21. But look at it on the bright side, * just gave everyone blanket immunity!

:party:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1846383

[TNOE]

29. We'll hit the 1,000 dead soldier mark this week

it looks like - IF you believe their numbers, which I don't, but 1,000 will be bad for Bushie.

Something I DON'T get - WHY were they constantly warning us beforehand that things would get worse before handover - obviously they knew that - but WHY? Because the Iraqi people know that it will be the US puppet government? I'm really dense on this issue.

[qwertyMike]

23. Wasn't al-Zarqawi dead again???

Was he re-re-resurrected?
Or was that some other corpse?
It get's so confusing. Hard to know which ghost we are fighting this week.

[Darranar]

31. More than 70, Aljazeera claims...

Scores dead in multiple Iraq attacks

Attacks on police stations and US occupation troops in five cities around Iraq have claimed at least 70 lives and wounded over 250.

Iraqi police have suffered the highest number of fatalities, but US soldiers have also been killed and an occupation force Cobra helicopter has been brought down near Falluja.

Seven car bombs in the northern city of Mosul have killed dozens of policemen and wounded as many as 60 more.

One of the blasts also killed a US soldier and injured three others.

Aljazeera

Everything seems linked to al-Zarqawi these days.... that murderous airstrike on his "safehouse" seems to have accomplished absolutely nothing....

And "Iraqi self-rule"?

[mike1963]

32. AP saying 69 killed...

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20040624/D83DETQ80.html?PG=home&SEC=news

[hightime]

34. Iraqi resistance fighters launched attacks killing at least 66 collaborato

Iraqi resistance fighters launched several attacks early today across Iraq, killing at least 66 collaborators and three US soldiers in what is described as well coordinated assaults that targeted puppet police station throughout the country.

The well coordinated attacks were unleashed at dawn in Iraqi cities of Baqoba, Falluja, Ramadi and Mosul. Eleven collaborators were killed when Muajhideen attacked a police station in Baqoba, 60 km north of Baghdad, with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. Witnesses said the attackers had controlled the town's main intersection after the attack.


http://www.jihadunspun.com/home.php

[Geo55]

35. Just a few "dead-enders" n/t