Saddam Loyalists Riot, Ambush U.S. Patrol

[pippin]

"Wednesday December 17, 2003 12:31 AM


By SLOBODAN LEKIC

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein loyalists rioted in Baghdad, ambushed a U.S. patrol in Samarra, stormed the office of a U.S.-backed mayor in Fallujah and battled American troops in Ramadi - making it clear that Saddam's capture has not quelled violence in Iraq.
As guerrilla attacks continued Monday night and Tuesday, the 4th Infantry Division snared a leader of the insurgency and 78 other people in a raid north of Baghdad, not far from where Saddam was captured three days earlier.

A roadside bomb wounded three American soldiers in Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, and a pro-Saddam demonstration in the northern city of Mosul ended in violence, with a policeman killed and a second injured. "

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3514881,00.html

[kalian]

1. But...but....but....

wasn't Saddam's capture going to bring stability to Iraq...?
:shrug:

[JailBush]

2. Saddam loyalists, or freedom fighters?

Did the rebels grant an interview and identify themselves as "Saddam loyalists"?

[AliceWonderland]

6. My thought exactly

"Saddam loyalists"??? What on earth do stupid phrases like this mean??

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

3. just going to get worse from here on out

daily deaths indefinitely...and for what?
To get Saddam?
several thousand wounded and nearly 500 U.S.troops dead

http://lunaville.org/warcasualties/Summary.aspx

[whathappened]

4. iraq and the main man

in dc , this sorry excuse for the so called war to free these people is a joke and as you all no a killing machine with out a plan , dam why in the hell did jr. do this in the first place , cause iraq was the weakest of the arab countrys and once he got his foot in the door he could look at all the nations over there , i just dont buy this shit that sadam was the only evel man over there , we once new evel in our country years ago , we would hang people , kill anything that got in our way , run the indains off there land , so what are we but sadam years later , i just dont get any of this crap that is going on

[nn2004]

5. Can we really blame these freedom fighters?

They are defending their country. If we would just pack up and leave these fighters will elect someone that will unite their country and prevent any future invasions like the US unleashed upon them last Spring. The next Democratic President will let Iraq be Iraq and lead America into a future without the need for oil.