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I'm not too sure about the Christians, didn't some of their churches get blown up a while back by the insurgents.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Second, They were SAS.
No one has said that they were SAS.
Telegraph News
Five Iraqi civilians died in clashes surrounding the controversial operation to free two British SAS men captured in Basra, it was claimed today.
Confusion still surrounds whether British forces knocked down a prison wall, resulting in the escape of prisoners, in their attempt to rescue the two SAS men.
The capture of the SAS men came a day after British forces in Basra arrested two leading members of the outlawed Mahdi Army, which is loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and is widely believed to have heavily infiltrated police in the city.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
Some of the resistance has communist idea's, some have theocratic ideas, some just have democratic ideas. But all iraqies have ideas about what they want for iraq in the future.
The resistance is just a unity of all those who want the occupation out, so that iraqies can finally and freely have an opportunity to decide what they really want.
" but they are all split along Sunni and Shiite lines. "
Name one group which doesn't chant ' Alluha Akbar ' when they go and bomb a market place.
There are, are there ?
' "It's true that the Americans are Christians and we are Christians. But they should not associate us with them. All the Christians want the Americans to
get out and the occupation to end. Nobody is with the Americans," said Father Gabriel Shamami, who leads the St. George's Church in Baghdad.'
"I am a son of Iraq and I call on all Christians and Muslims to expel the Americans from Iraq," baghdadi added.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Originally posted by Zaphod58
That would be why I started out with PERSONALLY I THINK. Because that is my OPINION on what happened.
Usually people try to make their opinions based on something, rather than wild assed guesses.
They weren't AT the jail. They were at a SAFEHOUSE that was operated by the militia. They were originally taken to the jail, but most of the police force has been infiltrated by the militia.
Not according to the article agent smith reported.
Second, They were SAS.
No one has said that they were SAS.
they're NOT going to miss
And yet they permited themselves to be captured by, according to some of the ideas being floated, known militiamen masquerading as police?
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THE TWO SPIES WHER DRESSED AS MEHDI ARMY RESITSANCE FIGHTERS
There is no uniform, these guys were wearing a black shirts, and the pictures oddly show that they were wearing combat fatigue pants and army boots.
rogue1
I thought ATS's role was also to debunk BS.
I think what cargo means is that the people who are saying 'this is nothing, don't discuss it' are the ones that should be ignored, whereas the people who are making arguments for either side are the ones who should continue to participate
Two British soldiers out of uniform driving around in a car
with no evidence of explosives, other than people accusing them.
What did they decide to go out to a sunday drive?
According to a couple of articles, even the Iraqi Government said they were at a safe house, and had been handed over by the police after their capture.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
Name one group which doesn't chant ' Alluha Akbar ' when they go and bomb a market place.
A group of british SAS troops.
There are, are there ?
*sigh* read the post above.
From The Iraqi Communist Resistance (cadres)
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
Two British soldiers out of uniform driving around in a car
On the other hand. One can also say Two british Covert operatives dressed up as arabs driving in a civilian car.
with no evidence of explosives, other than people accusing them.
ON the other hand on can say, with explosives , other than the people denying it.
What did they decide to go out to a sunday drive?
YOu tell me.
According to a couple of articles, even the Iraqi Government said they were at a safe house, and had been handed over by the police after their capture.
EVEN the iraqi puppet regime you say, WOW how unpredictable.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
RED MAGE
we don't know whether the police, for instance under threat of their own death, handed two soldiers over or what was the degree of collusion,"
INDEED! but threat of death by british forces it seems.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
police cars destroyed
WHICH BY THE WAY, The lying American/BRITISH officials INITIALLY DENIED.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
AND EVEN YOUR OWN SOURCES SUPPORT THE FACT THE TWO MEN WHERE AT THE POLICE STATION.
When British officials apparently sought to secure their release, riots erupted. Iraqi police cars circulated downtown, calling through loudspeakers for the public to help stop British forces from releasing the two.
They called them to come defend the police station. Not to come defend some psue-do safe house, which you have not shown any evidence of existance
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
how can you belive something which constantly lies, and distrust something that always turns out right?
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
And by the way, i do belive christians say "god is great" ( direct english translation of allahu akhbar) just as muslims do.
' "It's true that the Americans are Christians and we are Christians. But they should not associate us with them. All the Christians want the Americans to get out and the occupation to end. Nobody is with the Americans," said Father Gabriel Shamami, who leads the St. George's Church in Baghdad.'
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
And by the way, i do belive christians say "god is great" ( direct english translation of allahu akhbar) just as muslims do.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
i was talking to the american people in general.
I have nothing against you. I find your analysis intelligent.
[edit on 21-9-2005 by Syrian Sister]
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
"No doubt after he made this statement he was guranteed by the muslim militia's that they wouldn't bomb Christian churches or target Christian peoples, which seems to have stopped. Ummm....gee, that's surprising "
They made that statement, before the churches where bombed.
Originally posted by dbates
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
And by the way, i do belive christians say "god is great" ( direct english translation of allahu akhbar) just as muslims do.
Sure, but when Christians say this it's followed by an "Amen" instead of a "KABOOM!" My son (11) actually asked me once if it was Arabic for "I have a bomb". Children seem to have a knack for getting directly to the issue.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
And so the cover up begins?
What would you classify as "behaving supicously" Shooting and perhaps killing a police man? What else was so supicous about them.
As if he wanted to ferment the idea that all they where doing was gathering information and not planting bomb?
So how did they seem like they where gathering information delta boy? Did they go around asking people questions with a pen and paper in hand??
No photos have come out of this supposed safe house we keep hearing about. Why is that. The Basra police seems to be saying that the two terrorists where snatched straight from the police station. I can't see how there was much time for them to be moved,.
The British said the soldiers had been handed over to a militia. The Basra governor confirmed the claim, saying the Britons were in the custody of the al-Mahdi Army, the militia controlled by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
"The two British were being kept in a house controlled by militiamen when the rescue operation took place," said Gov. Mohammed al-Waili.
"Police who are members of the militia group took them to a nearby house after jail authorities learned the facility was about to be stormed," he said, demanding that the British soldiers be handed over to local authorities for trial. He would not say what charges they might face.