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SADR MILITIA DEFEATS IRAQI ARMY

Posted by cosmici on August 28, 2006 02:28 PM

In the Viet Nam war that would have been the headline. But no one even commented on this little pearl. NYTIMES:

...After several hours of gunfire and mortars, “the clashes reached a point where members of the militias executed soldiers after their ammunition ran out in a public square, in front of residents,” said Maj. Gen. Othman al-Ghanimi, commander of the 8th Division of the Iraqi Army in Diwaniya.... [ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/28/world/middleeast/28cnd-iraq.html (F6 note -- my next post, a reply to this post)]

The Sadr militia battled the army until the latter ran out of ammunition and surrendered. The Sadr army then executed their prisoners. But the NY TIMES lede read, " At least 20 gunmen and 8 civilians were killed when the Iraqi army clashed for hours today with members of a militia loyal to Moktada al-Sadr". That sounds like Sadr was defeated, unless the Grey Lady has started to call the Iraqi army 'gunmen.'

Yes, all those divisions have pacified Baghdad, yes indeed..

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