And so the enemy plays a game of fire and flee, hauling the mortars around town, setting up the tubes (or rockets), firing a few shots, and moving out quickly. To buy a little more insurance, the enemy often picks a POO [point of origin] close to a school or a mosque, knowing that Americans will be reluctant to shoot at schools, and usually will not fire at mosques. In fact, mosques are off-limits without higher approval unless you are clearly taking fire from them. But this isn’t a case of giving the enemy a safe haven for launching bombs at our soldiers. Insurgents have learned the hard way that higher approval is not a high hurdle when the same mosque is used for a shield more than once. If a man does not respect his own sacred ground, he should not expect others to. A man should never hide behind religion like he’s hiding behind his momma’s leg.
The CBR is effective. The enemy shooters can only strike briefly. If they take one extra shot, or take a few extra seconds scrambling away, they will die. Our cannons, our helicopters, US soldiers and snipers, the Iraqi police, or some combination of these, will kill them. As frustrating as it can be to have an enemy firing two or three round volleys at Coalition and Iraqi forces, the fact is we can take those punches. It helps knowing that every time an insurgent sets up he’s like a buck drinking at the river. Our hunters are always looking for tracks and laying ambushes. Sooner or later, bam! Head on the wall.
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Yes, “Goodnight, Goodnight,” I kept waving to the cops who were either diving in front of or away from the camera, and, as they left they waved and said, “Hello.”
“Hello” in local dialect apparently means, “Hello; Goodbye; Thank you; You’re welcome; I surrender; Do you want tea?” And so as they disappeared the cops each said, “Hello,” and next, “Hello,” and so on until all of them had melted into the darkness with their barnyard animals and new weapons. These cops had nailed the beheaders, rescued the woman, found this cache and left us to clean it up. No informed person can honestly say there is no progress in Mosul.
Michael Yon is an independant journalist reporting from Iraq. He’s supported by private contributions, so be sure to read it all, and if inclined, click on the paypal button at the bottom.
London again today!! Next? Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Halifax…? You?
More bloodshed…. SOS Red Alert!!!!!
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Expect more bloodshed, says defiant Islamic cleric Bakri
“THE radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed defied the Government�s clampdown on extremism yesterday by warning on a new website that the July 7 bombings �are not the first and will not be the last�.
As Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, declared that hardline preachers such as Bakri Mohammed, Abu Qatada and Yusuf al-Qaradawi could be deported or excluded from Britain, the site blamed the Government, the British people and moderate Muslims for the atrocities. ”
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This guys work is incredible. It is great to see the other perspective after all the BS in the MSM. Granted, his bias goes the other way but great writing. Journalism like this is what has been missing in the MSM. You just know he is working on a book. Look forward to reading that.
You guys who bug me from time to time about my lack of a paypal tip jar, can do me a favour and send your “appreciation” to Mr. Yon instead.
McLellan: No threat in Canada
OTTAWA (CP) � The federal government assured Canadians they were under no threat Thursday as London faced a second round of subway bombing incidents in two weeks
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Screeching Annie not screeching until ??????????
Words the Islamist terrorists love to hear from Annie “Got-Your-Guns”, the Minister Without Fear.
BS to you, McLellan.
Re: “Our hunters are always looking for tracks and laying ambushes. Sooner or later, bam! Head on the wall.”
Statements like this will get the politically correct crowd in a snit. How dare we glorify violence (see Rick Hillier).
BTW – this morning in the National Post, David Asper used (coined?) a term I hadn’t seen before but which will now use. Political correctness is “polcorism” and their devotees are “polcorites”. I kind of like those terms.
More on Asper’s asperity re Toronto: His piece was re Miss Universe as covered extensively, Asper, says by the media; he means the MSM.
However, SDA covered this extensively on/in the blogosphere.
Asper, you are playing catch-up.
Turn on your terminal, Dave; log in to SDA; your comments would be welcome.
David Asper is our last hope. He’s still sitting on the fence. A little more lefty insanity might push him back from the dark side. Even if he just took the Post and Global TV to neutral it would have a major effect.
I second that.
Mr. Asper, I would welcome the opportunity to converse with you regarding the mainstream media (MSM) and the blogosphere.
I am acquiring far greater amounts of truth from SDA than I ever have from the National Post or from Global TV newscasts.
This could eventually prove a serious threat to your enterprise in terms of relevance and readership/viewership. I myself rarely bother with newspapers anymore, including your Post. Why should I when I get what I need via the internet? Never mind canada.com. Same content as other of your media.
The blogosphere could grow so much in relevance, power and even money that you may eventually find your media holdings facing a hostile takeover from those of us who believe in not only freedom of press but also in the provision of accurate, relevant, necessary information to the population so they may then be correctly informed and make wiser choices, like voting Conservative rather than Liberal, as must be the case.
I realize that you’re a Liberal and assure you I mean no offense. Your choices in life are your own and the consequences therefrom also yours exclusively. I would also like to ask you why exactly you chose the Liberals. It makes no sense to me. Why not ask me why?
With sincere respect.
Good on him, but he misspelled “Coprolites.”
Okay, Kate, he writes really well, just wish it was more often but who knows his circumstances at the moment.
Uhhhh… sounds like Yon is up to his a** in war, instead of hiding under a table at the Baghdad Hilton. Thank you, Kate.
It sounds like Yon is the last of the great old time war correspondents. He goes where the action is.
Contrast that with the effete whiners from the major media outlets who are afraid to get within ten miles of any action. No thanks. I’ll go with Yon and anyone else like him.
Thank you for writing about Duece Four…and you are with the BEST unit over there!! Keep up the WONDERFUL work!!! Come home soon and safe!!! Great Job Duece Four and keep your articles coming!!!