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[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16126894.htm

US MILITARY SAYS LAUNCHES LARGEST AIR ASSAULT IN IRAQ SINCE 2003
16 Mar 2006 15:23:52 GMT

Source: Reuters

US MILITARY SAYS LAUNCHES LARGEST AIR ASSAULT IN IRAQ SINCE 2003 INVASION

update:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/ts_nm/iraq_usa_offensive_dc_1

US says launches biggest air assault in Iraq

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A military statement said the operation involving more than 50 aircraft and 1,500 Iraqi and U.S. troops as well as 200 tactical vehicles targeted suspected insurgents operating area near the town of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad.

[LynnTheDem]

1. Escalation;

Iraqnam. Vietraq.


We gotta get outta this place...

[berni_mccoy]

2. What Civil War?

:sarcasm:

[stop the bleeding]

3. I was expecting this, how else are they gonna draw down troops meanwhile

Iraq is descending into chaos.

This is unconscionable.

[Botany]

4. Oh no

[BootinUp]

5. Bomb them back to the stone age

So we can spend even more money not to mention we haven't killed nearly enough of them yet.

[Bozita]

10. Halliburton will be glad to rebuild all of it. Blackwater USA can protect

... the workers.

[bobthedrummer]

12. Paper wraps stone, stone blunts sci...

[katinmn]

6. Democracy through death and destruction.

I really, really, really hate all those responsible.

[AlCzervik]

7. but i thought "Major military operations are over"?

[NanceGreggs]

8. The BU$HCO two-part plan for winning in Iraq ...

(1) Destroy every living thing in the entire country
(2) Declare that Iraq is now 'at peace'

[theshadow]

9. Oh..... BIG surprise.

It has absolutely nothing to do with the sinking poll numbers for him and the GOP. Just a coincidence. Absolutely. :)

[Connie_Corleone]

11. Winning hearts and minds of the Iraqi people.

They should definitely give us sweets and flowers now, huh?

[Javaman]

13. morons* own christmas-type bombing...nt