Chlorine Bombs Kill 10, Injure at Least 350 in Iraq

[forestal]

Surge doesn't seem to be working very well. Better surge some more troops over pronto.


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[size=+2]Chlorine Bombs Kill 10, Injure at Least 350 in Iraq[/size]
[size=-1]By Karin Brulliard
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 17, 2007; 10:34 AM
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BAGHDAD, March 17 -- Three trucks rigged with chlorine bombs exploded in the insurgent stronghold of Anbar province Friday, in the latest efforts by insurgents to use the toxic chemical to boost the lethal power of their attacks, U.S. military officials announced Saturday.

The U.S. officials said at least 350 people and seven U.S. soldiers were injured and two policemen were killed in the attacks. As many as 10 civilians may have been killed in two of the blasts near Fallujah, said Col. Sami Jabara, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior.

 

[aps45819]

is using chlorine gas to kill a weapon of mass destrution?

 

[aps45819]

Surge doesn't seem to be working very well. Better surge some more troops over pronto.

perhaps we should have an immediate withdrawal so the chlorine WMDs could be deployed in the New York subway. The confined space would make them much more effective.

 

[kom526]

is using chlorine gas to kill a weapon of mass destrution?

That is correct. It would be the C part of NBC.
N uclear
B iological
C hemical

 

[vraiblonde]

perhaps we should have an immediate withdrawal so the chlorine WMDs could be deployed in the New York subway. The confined space would make them much more effective.

The kooks have conveniently forgotten about 9-11 and think the only reason we're being attacked is because we're on terrorist turf. If we'd go home and leave them be, all would be hunky dory.

Because, of course, the war we're in now has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with 9-11. Not even in a remote way and no connection at all.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

The kooks have conveniently forgotten about 9-11 and think the only reason we're being attacked is because we're on terrorist turf. If we'd kill all of them, all would be hunky dory.

Because, of course, the war we're in now has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with 9-11. Not even in a remote way and no connection at all.

:fixed:

 

[Kyle]

Its about time to take the "Aid and Comfort" clauses to their proper application and round-up, prosecute and hang the entire left wing.

 

[aps45819]

you have to be one sick SOB to find delight in the death and wounding of over 350 people.

 

[aps45819]

The democrats really don't give a flying crap about our soldiers, as they claim. They just wanted power and nothing more. They so nakedly wanted power, they used the blood of our soldiers to get it.

duhhhhhh

 

[PsyOps]

Surge doesn't seem to be working very well. Better surge some more troops over pronto.

Oh how convenient you chose to ignore all the other news...

The commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad sounds a cautious note of optimism. Maj. Gen. Joseph Fil says that a month after the so called "surge" was launched, attacks in the Iraqi capital are down, as is the number of deaths.

The 'Surge' Is Succeeding

And though it is still early and horrible acts of violence continue, there is substantial evidence that the new counterinsurgency strategy, backed by the infusion of new forces, is having a significant effect.

Some observers are reporting the shift. Iraqi bloggers Mohammed and Omar Fadhil, widely respected for their straight talk, say that "early signs are encouraging.

America’s surge is starting to work – but can it last?

Amid the poverty-stricken filth of Zafaraniya — a Shia suburb in southeast Baghdad — many Iraqis say that the visible increase in the US, Iraqi Army and police presence makes them feel safer and has eased the fear of rogue checkpoints and kidnap squads.

Operation Squeeze Play makes Ramadi safer

“This operation cleared out known anti-Iraqi safe havens and led to the establishment of four Iraqi police sub-stations," said 1st Armored Division, 1st Brigade spokesman Marine Maj. Riccoh Player. "We welcome the assistance of the Iraqi tribes who helped make this operation successful. This will make the city safer for its residents.”
There are now 14 police stations in the city today, compared to three in July of last year, and eight additional stations are planned for construction.
Police recruiting in the city has recently surged from only a few dozen as recently as September last year, to more than one thousand applicants in the first two weeks of this month.

 

[forestal]

According to the Repugnicans cutting off funding would embolden the enemy and not be supporting our troops.

Since this war with Iraq started, the Democrats have been squealing about Iraq was the most horrible mistake this nation has ever made. They have been in power for months. They have the power to cut off funding and end this conflict in Iraq right now. Correct?

If this is such a horrible mistake, then why aren't they doing everything they can to correct it? Why are they jabbering and trying to pass toothless resolutions?

The power is in their hands now. As far as I am concerned, as of the day they took power, they could have immediately ended it. They didn't. Therefore, the blood of our soldiers is on their hands. Every American soldier who has been wounded, maimed, and killed since the day they took power, their blood is now on their hands.

If they truly care about our soldiers, as they claim, our soldiers would all have been home right now. I can come to only one reason why our soldiers aren't home: The democrats really don't give a flying crap about our soldiers, as they claim. They just wanted power and nothing more. They so nakedly wanted power, they used the blood of our soldiers to get it.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

According to the Repugnicans cutting off funding would embolden the enemy and not be supporting our troops.

How old are you?? I have to know.

 

[edinsomd]

On a happier note, I see Cindy Sheehan and tens of dozens of purple-haired nose-ringers made it to the DC protest today!
Ed

 

[forestal]

Oh how convenient you chose to ignore all the other news...

Oops! yep, I forgot about these stories! All on Friday no less!

Photo: Shi'ite worshippers chant slogans during a demonstration after Friday prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City March 16, 2007. Thousands of residents attended a protest opposing U.S. military checkpoints in Sadr City, protesters said. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ) Bring 'em on: Five U.S. army were killed and three others wounded in military operations in the capital Baghdad and Salah al-Din province on Thursday, coinciding with the U.S. House of Representatives' approval on a plan to withdraw soldiers by the end of 2008, the U.S. army announced on Friday.
A U.S. soldier was killed by an explosion when his patrol was attacked in Salahaddin province on Thursday, the U.S. military said. Another soldier was wounded OTHER SECURITY INCIDENTS Baghdad: Mortar bombs killed one person and wounded five in Zaafaraniya in southern Baghdad, a police source said.
A civilian was killed and four others were wounded when a roadside bomb went off in Shoala neighborhood, northwest of Baghdad, a police source said.
A guard working for the minister of housing was killed by gunmen in Kadhimiya neighborhood north Baghdad at 9 am Baghdad Local Time (BLT).
A roadside bomb went off in the southern Saidiya district of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing two people, police said.
A suicide car bomb targeting an Iraqi army check point killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded two civilians in the western Yarmouk district of Baghdad, police said.
17 anonymous bodies were found in Baghdad. 15 bodies were found in Karkh, the western part of Baghdad in the following neighborhoods (7 bodies in hay Al Amil, 2 bodies in Dora, 2 bodies in Hurriya, 2 bodies in Yarmook, 1 body in Saidiya and 1 body in Baiya’a.) tow bodies were found in Rosafa, the eastern part of Baghdad in the nbeighborhoods of Selikh (one body ) and another body in Sader city.
Kirkuk: A roadside bomb blew up next to a police patrol, killing two policemen and wounding three in the centre of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, a police source said.
Tikrit: Unidentified gunmen attacked a U.S. army patrol in central Tikrit, capital of Salah al-Din province, setting a Hummer vehicle on fire, a security source in Tikrit said on Friday.
A police source in Tikrit police directorate said that insurgents killed the administrative director of Salah Al Deen police directorate near his house in AL Qadisiya neighborhood north Tikrit city today afternoon.
Iraqi police patrol found a body of a kidnapped policeman . the body was found near Door city south Tikrit.
Missan: A member of the Missan Chamber of Commerce board of directors was killed on Thursday night by unidentified gunmen fire in central Amara, 380 km southeast of Baghdad, an eyewitness said on Friday.
Hilla: One man was killed and 12 others injured in a mortar attack by unidentified gunmen on Friday in neighborhoods in central Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, a source from Babel police command said.
A curfew was imposed all over the city of Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, after the Sadrists , followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, announced staging a demonstration after the Friday noon prayer protesting raids and arrests by security forces, a police source said.
Basra: A British patrol came under an attack with RPG-7 missiles on Friday with no reports of casualties, the spokeswoman for British forces in southern Iraq said on Friday.
A total of eleven captives fled al-Shuaaiba jail, 45km west of Basra, after exchanging their clothes with their visiting relatives, the spokeswoman for the Multi-National forces in southern Iraq said on Friday.
The spokesman of Basra police directorate said that unknown insurgents killed a policeman in Al hartha area north Basra city.
Muqdadiya: A group of insurgents broke up the bus station of Muqdadiya kidnapped 3 civilians and took them to the orchards while tow other civilians were injured by fire opened by another insurgent group in Al Askari neighborhood.
A source in the 5th Iraqi army division said that 4 insurgents were killed and 10 others were arrested in a combined military operation in Muqdadiya town early morning today. The source confirmed that another group arrested Emad Mohammed Al Jobori known as the sniper of Al Mansoriya and three of his assistants during a searching raid north Muqdadiya town.
Diyala Prv: At least 15 people, including four policemen, were wounded when a suicide attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body in Diala province, 57 km northeast of Baghdad, a security source said.
Two civilians were killed by gunmen who targeted a car in Olibat neighborhood in Khalis town 15 KMs north Baquba city.
Police patrols in Baquba city found the body of a kidnapped policeman thrown downtown the city. The source said that the policeman was kidnapped few days ago. A source in Kanaan city (20Kms south east Baquba city) said that insurgents killed today afternoon 5 guards working in tow fuel stations in Kanaan city and burnt their bodies. The insurgents bombed the two fuel stations. The 5 victims were both Shiite and Sunnis from the tribes of Dahkliya, Zehirat and Al Obid.
A source in the Iraqi army 5th division said that 10 Iraqi army soldiers were injured (4 are seriously injured) when a suicide car bomb attacked an under construction check point west Baquba city.
Kefil: Gunmen set fire to an office of the political movement of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the town of Kefil, south of Hilla, on Wednesday night, police said.

 

[forestal]

Oh how convenient you chose to ignore all the other news...

These stories wouldn't fit in the last post, so I'll continue them here...

Dinwaniya: Clashes erupted between insurgents and police when they attacked a police station in the town of Dhuluiya.
Five insurgents were killed, including Syrian and Saudi fighters, Interior Ministry spokeaman Abdul-Kareem Khalaf told Reuters.
A police officer was killed and another wounded.
Police found the bodies of three people, shot dead, on Wednesday in the town of Dhuluiya, 80 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Balad: U.S. forces targeting al-Qaeda militants in Iraq killed two insurgents and detained 11 others during a raid east the town of Balad.
Mosul: A car bomb killed two people and wounded 11 others in the city of Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad.
A car bomb targeting a police patrol wounded a policeman in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

 

[forestal]

If they can end this ill conceived mess any sooner they should have all of our support.

On a happier note, I see Cindy Sheehan and tens of dozens of purple-haired nose-ringers made it to the DC protest today!
Ed

 

[itsbob]

If they can end this ill conceived mess any sooner they should have all of our support.

How do you propose ending this mess? You are going to brainwash millions of muslims and all the Islamocrats to love America so they will never attack us??

What we are doing now is working, taking the fight to them instead of fighting them in the streets or your home town. Of course if that did happen I'm sure you would seek them out to talk, to give them support against your own countrymen.. as long as they left you alone.

 

[itsbob]

Surge doesn't seem to be working very well. Better surge some more troops over pronto.

Need a ride to the recruiting station??

 

[forestal]

Make them love us? Isn't that what we're trying to do now?

Getting the hell out is better than being meat on the end of a stick, which is what our troops are now.

How to you expect all these Iraqis to get over here anyway? They're only attacking us because we're occupying their country. We leave, and that's the end of them attacking us.

How do you propose ending this mess? You are going to brainwash millions of muslims to love America so they will never attack us??

What we are doing now is working, taking the fight to them instead of fighting them in the streets or your home town. Of course if that did happen I'm sure you would seek them out to talk, to give them support against your own countrymen.. as long as they left you alone.

 

[forestal]

Sorry, I haven't had any suicidal tendencies for years now.

After the explosion that killed four U.S. soldiers on Saturday, the unit came under fire and another soldier was wounded. During this month's crackdown in the capital, the battalion had found eight weapons caches and two roadside bombs and helped rescue a kidnap victim, the military said.

An explosion in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad killed another soldier Saturday and injured five. A sixth soldier died Saturday in a non-combat related incident, the military said. A U.S. Marine also was killed Saturday in fighting in Anbar, according to a separate statement.

Saturday's deaths brought to at least 3,217 members of the U.S. military who have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.​

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Need a ride to the recruiting station??