'Syrian' Bomber Caught Alive in Baghdad, US Says

[leftchick]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20031027/ts_nm/iraq_foreigners_dc_2

<snip>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. general said the one attacker captured in the bombings that killed 34 Monday had a Syrian passport, fueling suspicions that foreign fighters were behind a rising tide of violence.

Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling of the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division said police shot and wounded the man when he got out of a car and tried to hurl a grenade at a Baghdad police station. The car carried three mortar rounds and was packed with TNT, he said.

"He's a foreign fighter. He had a Syrian passport and the policemen claim that as he was shot and fell that he said he was Syrian," Hertling told a news conference.

Iraqi Deputy Interior Minister Ahmad Ibrahim told the news conference the wounded attacker was now unconscious in hospital.

[Sagan]

1. I'm shocked!

I didn't know there was ANYONE left alive in Baghdad.

[xxqqqzme]

2. how kon-veen-ee-yent!

to have captured the 'drive-by bomber' just like that. I thought the bombings were pulled off by 'CAR bombs' as in the car is destoyed not left intact 2 B driven 2 the next site

[Scott Lee]

7. Sounds like SOMEBODY's trying to lay the groundwork....

For a US attack and invasion of Syria.

Oh joy.

[mobuto]

11. Yeah

Somebody's trying to lay the groundwork for an invasion of Syria.

Al Qa'eda and Syria's own resurgent Islamic fundamentalist movement, who have everything to gain in promoting strife between Mr. al Assad and Mr. Bush.

[jenk]

3. of course, because he brings his passport with him on this mission

:eyes:

[leftchick]

5. my first thought too jenk...

wtf? how stupid do they think we are?....uh, I already know the answer. :crazy:

[hang a left]

14. probably had a alphbetized list of all of his

Syrian supporters also.

[dawgman]

21. A personal good luck note from al-Assad.

nt

[Judi Lynn]

4. It's good to know our standards are so high!

(snip) He described the attacks as coordinated but said the coordination was not very sophisticated, extending no further than a decision by the various attackers to set off their bombs between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.


"That's not professional, it's actually somewhat amateurish," Hertling said. (snip/...)

Bravo, Hertling! A man of refinement. He won't just kill 'em, ANY ol' way.

[stevedeshazer]

6. Too convenient

Events are being staged to excuse the invasion of Syria.

BTW, if they could find that guy so fast, where are OBL, Saddam, the anthrax mailer, Cheney?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

8. I thought these were SUICIDE bombers. Hmmmm.

[Cush]

9. yeah

thats what i don't get, you'd think even if shot in the shoulder, they'ed have a way to dentonate the bombs

[mobuto]

12. that would depend

upon the caliber of the round.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

10. The first thing most people say when they're shot

...the policemen claim that as he was shot and fell that he said he was Syrian," Hertling told a news conference.

I'm shot! I'm Syrian! Here's my passport to prove it!

I'll bet that if they search the car carefully, they'll find a videotape of Syrians torturing puppies at their Canine Torture Cener in Damascus.

[davhill]

13. Syria has to be invaded

That would give Israel a clear invasion path to Iran across US controlled territory.

[mobuto]

16. Um

Uh, err, uh, ha ha.

[underpants]

15. Is his last name Oswald?

OR are even they not that brash?

[E_Zapata]

17. edit.....he's not dead.....hmmmmmm

good thing he had identification on him.

I can't believe I was poo poo'ing the PNAC assertion that we need to wipe out syria before they come and get us.

I stand corrected, herr bush.

Yeah, I am just scream at the top of my lungs to US military dudes: I am syrian, I am syrian. That's not exactly the MO of a terrorist. Just your average depressed and suicidal joe.

[underpants]

18. We can rest assured that htis was NOT done by Pros

"That's not professional, it's actually somewhat amateurish," Hertling said.

Oh good amateurs are doing it. Just dandy.

[E_Zapata]

19. It's important to be killed by an amateur instead of a professional

Okay...I will keep that in mind. The misery is so much more diminished that way.

[underpants]

24. Exactly

We don't want to think our planners are getting beaten by mamteurs .....oh hey can I have that press release back?

[leftchick]

20. Baghdad Blasts blamed on 'foreigners': Aljazeera

<snip>US officials are blaming foreign fighters for a series of huge and carefully orchestrated explosions that rocked central Baghdad on Monday killing at least 42 people and wounding 216.


Four bombs decimated as many police stations while one car bombing devastated the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offices.

US officials said the choreographed bombings, which caused vast palls of smoke to tower over the city, are the bluntest evidence yet that non-Iraqis are fighting against the occupying forces in the war-ravaged country.

“We have not seen attacks we could attribute to foreign fighters before. We have seen those today,” US Brigadier General Mark Hertling told AFP.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/447329DE-CB58-4C4A-8C81-FB6A52B019AA.htm


....Thw whole article is well worth the read. Also note the 42 killed versus cnn saying 30 killed.

[kayell]

22. Well, it would have to be foreigners

The real Iraqis LOVE us. Don't you remember the flowers? Don't you remember the dancing in the streets? Well..Don't you???

[0007]

23. Wow! the Syrian Bomber?

What a lucky break in this big dark mystery. The Syrian bomber!

Now we'll get the Syrian bomber to roll over, put him in a witness protection program thingy, bring him to the United States of America and then evade Iran.

This plan will surely confuse Syria and surprise Iran.