05-01-2006, 06:02 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Once again
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Originally Posted by apotropoxy";p="
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Originally Posted by JP5";p="
I wouldn't say it's "less" of a chance of getting killed.
U.S.: Ramadi battle kills 100-plus insurgents
Iraq president eyes deal for armed groups to join political process
Monday, May 1, 2006; Posted: 2:06 p.m. EDT (18:06 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. and Iraqi troops killed more than 100 insurgents last week in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, a U.S. Army officer said Monday."
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1. His opinion of situations of relative safety are probably more acute than ours.
2. The article's subject joined the the Mahdi Army. It's the private militia run by the radical young cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that has been blamed for some of the most savage atrocities in Baghdad. These Shi'ite militias are currently being supported by the occupiers.
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we are on the wrong side.
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