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    How Was the Airport Battle Won?

    The infamous battle of the Baghdad airport took place in the first week of April 2003. It was the final battle of the “official” conquest of Iraq. Even the Iraqi army admitted it was the deathblow. We call it the Battle of al-Hawasim (“the finals”). The same phrase, since then, is used to refer to any thug, thief, or criminal in the chaos of life after Saddam.

    Our entire army was concentrated in the south of Baghdad waiting for the American troops to come on land. But the American 101st Division of air-transported vehicles landed at the airport west of Baghdad and surprised Saddam’s army. The Iraqi response was to send the entire National Guard (the equivalent of the US Special Forces in training and skill) and all of Saddam’s freedom fighters directly to the scene. Many Arab men also voluntarily joined up to meet a certain death.

    Very few Iraqis survived the airport battle, which made it a myth on the tongues of the entire country. Rumors swirled around, mixed with stories from the few survivors, about the epic fight that took place at Saddam’s international airport. But now even the earth cannot tell us the truth about what happened—the land was completely burned by mysterious American weapons. After the war, the American army brought many bulldozers filled with new soil to cover the evidence before the eyes of thousands of Iraqis and to bury the thousands of stories that took place on the famous airport road, aka the Highway of Death.

    The most important things that survived are a few video CDs that I collected from friends and some photos that I took of the scattered bodies I found on the airport road. The CDs contained videos taken with small hand cameras by Fedayeen Saddam or Saddam’s freedom fighters. These brutal special warriors were trained from the early stages of their lives to do two things: Obey and kill. I still remember how I used to watch these videos of their training on the Iraqi national channel on TV, before the war broke out. They were exiled to the desert in camps with no food or water for weeks, and the cameras monitored how they managed to survive by eating raw desert animals. I still remember seeing them butchering a wolf and eating it raw. The Fedayeen were the Iraqi stars of the airport battle. The movies they recorded show how they were unleashed by the hundreds to kill and butcher American soldiers at the beginning of the battle at the airport. There is this part of the video showing a group of them standing to take a photo together while each of them is holding the head of an American soldier. So if they were winning the battle, how and why did they all disappear?

    Some people described it as a blue light; others just said that they saw an unbelievably strong glow that made them go blind for minutes afterward. The stories vary, but the truth is one. There were thousands of fierce Iraqi warriors with strong German and Russian artillery and tanks at that field, and they were all killed in one day. The stories that we received say that the Americans were horribly defeated in the first two days. Saddam’s Fedayeen made small hills of American bodies spread around the field, burned some, ate the livers of some, and celebrated on their bodies. Then on the third day the American troops started to retreat, and the absentminded warriors who had no commanders above them (by that time the high commanders of the army, along with Saddam and all his gang, had managed to escape and disappear forever) thought that they won the battle. They moved further to take over the airport buildings, which were occupied by the marines. Soon after that, US aircraft came and bombed the hell out of everyone. No one could add any details to this part of the story because no one survived. But there were two important pieces of evidence on which I can guess that the American aircraft did use illegal weapons in that shelling.

    One: I was a volunteer with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society. Our job during the war was to collect the bodies of Iraqis and bury them where they fell. Only two days after the Iraqi troops were defeated in the airport battle, we went to the airport road. Luckily, I had my camera with me. The bodies had not shed one drop of blood and they were wearing clean clothes, but they were all either completely charred, or nothing but a skeleton wearing a uniform. I hurriedly took as many pictures as I could and then we buried the bodies and left the place.

    Two: After the war, I joined several other international activists doing research on 50 houses adjacent to the airport road. Each of the 50 houses had at least one resident who had started to suffer from skin disease, respiratory diseases, or other symptoms of cancer. We ordered a Geiger-Müller counter to measure the local radioactivity, and it indicated levels way higher than what a human being can take. Once the American Army started to change the soil of the airport road less than a week after the war was over, we became certain that some kind of radioactive bomb was used.

    The truth about whatever happened in that battle died under the new soil of the airport road. All I have now to remember it are the pictures of those burned bodies and the videos of Saddam’s fighters
    http://www.viceland.com/int/v14n3/htdocs/weapon.php

    Apparently, its not just the Iraqis alleging the use of WMD, but the Russians, too;

    However, both the Pentagon and US Intelligence were concerned because the satellite images showed tell tale signs of their use. That meant that any nation with satellites which went within a wide swarth of Iraq might detect that the US had used nuclear change reaction weapons in Iraq. Because of that the US had sent diplomats out to about 20 of its Allies asking them to destroy their satellite images for that day.

    The CIA tried to assess whether they had and I was asked to write a report on the subject. As I had negotiated over intelligence matters with the Russians, I called a few of them to ask if their satellite images had shown up anything unusual and if they said Yes, I asked what they thought it was due to.

    Three of 4 of them unequivocally stated that the US had used a nuclear weapon in Iraq. One of them went so far as to tell me the precise make, model, and serial number of one of the devices used. I was later to report to the Joint Chiefs of Staff that he got it right.


    http://www.whale.to/a/arrigo2.html

    Upon researching this - the Iraqis were planning a trap at the airport ever since hearing about 9/11. It worked and the invaders used four neutron bombs in close succession in panic.


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    Sounds cool, but we hardly lost enough people in all the years we were in Iraq to make a mountain, much less in a single battle.

    Since you are Irish, I will explain to you that a neutron bomb produces little explosive force but lots and lots of radiation that lasts for centuries. For the next few hundred years, people would die instantly coming close to the airport without protective gear and breathing apparatus.

    This is why I laugh off this story and have since I first heard it.

    The Iraqis got MOABed. Its still a pretty horrible way to die, but without radiation and they produce mushroom clouds. MOABs explain the lack of radiation.

    I personally know a lot of young people that fought their way through Iraq in the beginning and two that fought at the airport. Yes, the airport was a tough fight, but nothing like you posted. About a dozen Americans got killed. The war was a cake walk and the bombing missions were all milk runs.

    Perhaps it will interest you that the two that fought at the airport that I know are from the same Illinois town, are both welders and have small farms for extra income. They ride Harleys and hunt deer.
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    You don't take a city of 5,000,000 and lose 13 men, especially Americans, who over the course of history have proven themselves to be the worst combatants on earth.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DangerDog84 View Post
    You don't take a city of 5,000,000 and lose 13 men, especially Americans, who over the course of history have proven themselves to be the worst combatants on earth.
    Ummm, we kicked Spain's azz, Japan's azz and Germany twice. Maybe they were wussies or something.

    Oh yeah, we gut stomped Iraq and kicked a mudhole in Italy's azz.

    The wealthy Irish have been well proven to be the finest military minds with superior armies and people.

    Yeah, we took that city easily since they all hated Saddam and his pigs. Please notice that there was never a siege and that Saddam had to run away and hide in a hole in the ground.


    Oh well, we won.
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    Oh well, we did learn our lesson, though. There will be no more occupation and rebuilding. Its best to just go in and kill the leaders and blow up the infrastructue and then leave laughing.

    Let the survivors rebuild their own country.

    If they hate us and want to fight again, bomb them some more and kill a bit more.

    Eventually, they will figure out that it sucks to attack their betters and they will learn to be contrite.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mandrake View Post
    Sounds cool, but we hardly lost enough people in all the years we were in Iraq to make a mountain, much less in a single battle.

    Since you are Irish, I will explain to you that a neutron bomb produces little explosive force but lots and lots of radiation that lasts for centuries. For the next few hundred years, people would die instantly coming close to the airport without protective gear and breathing apparatus.

    This is why I laugh off this story and have since I first heard it.

    The Iraqis got MOABed. Its still a pretty horrible way to die, but without radiation and they produce mushroom clouds. MOABs explain the lack of radiation.

    I personally know a lot of young people that fought their way through Iraq in the beginning and two that fought at the airport. Yes, the airport was a tough fight, but nothing like you posted. About a dozen Americans got killed. The war was a cake walk and the bombing missions were all milk runs.

    Perhaps it will interest you that the two that fought at the airport that I know are from the same Illinois town, are both welders and have small farms for extra income. They ride Harleys and hunt deer.

    Shit that does qualify them as ex-spurts on battle of Baghdad

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mandrake View Post
    Oh well, we did learn our lesson, though. There will be no more occupation and rebuilding. Its best to just go in and kill the leaders and blow up the infrastructue and then leave laughing.

    Let the survivors rebuild their own country.

    If they hate us and want to fight again, bomb them some more and kill a bit more.

    Eventually, they will figure out that it sucks to attack their betters and they will learn to be contrite.
    The party is over until the fat lady sings, and you have not heard her sing yet!
    When you start paying 5 bucks for a gallon of gas or for a loaf of bread you will wonder if Iraqis have won.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shablon View Post
    The party is over until the fat lady sings, and you have not heard her sing yet!
    When you start paying 5 bucks for a gallon of gas or for a loaf of bread you will wonder if Iraqis have won.
    Another goofy and absurd angry prediction from you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mandrake View Post
    Ummm, we kicked Spain's azz, Japan's azz and Germany twice. Maybe they were wussies or something.

    Oh yeah, we gut stomped Iraq and kicked a mudhole in Italy's azz.

    The wealthy Irish have been well proven to be the finest military minds with superior armies and people.

    Yeah, we took that city easily since they all hated Saddam and his pigs. Please notice that there was never a siege and that Saddam had to run away and hide in a hole in the ground.


    Oh well, we won.
    Actually it was Iran who won the Iraq war. Not the USA.

    It is even mentioned in one of those diplomatic cables in Wiki Leaks.




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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Actually it was Iran who won the Iraq war. Not the USA.
    Heh....

    Nice of 'em to let Exxon develop the Quma field....

    Exxon Locks-In Iraq Deal To Produce 20% Of Saudi Arabia Out Of A Single Reserve

    Exxon (XOM) and Shell just finalized their deal with the Iraqi government to increase the output of the massive West Qurna 1 field by seven-fold.

    The field has the capacity to produce more oil than the entire nation of Nigeria, which only produces 2.17 million barrels per day, and more than 20% of Saudi Arabia which produces 10.78 million per day based on the CIA World Factbook.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Coastal View Post
    Heh....

    Nice of 'em to let Exxon develop the Quma field....

    Exxon Locks-In Iraq Deal To Produce 20% Of Saudi Arabia Out Of A Single Reserve

    Exxon (XOM) and Shell just finalized their deal with the Iraqi government to increase the output of the massive West Qurna 1 field by seven-fold.

    The field has the capacity to produce more oil than the entire nation of Nigeria, which only produces 2.17 million barrels per day, and more than 20% of Saudi Arabia which produces 10.78 million per day based on the CIA World Factbook.


    Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/exxon...#ixzz17CMkFFEg
    It does not matter what they "lock in" you and I will be paying at least 5 bucks a gallon within a year

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coastal View Post
    Heh....

    Nice of 'em to let Exxon develop the Quma field....

    Exxon Locks-In Iraq Deal To Produce 20% Of Saudi Arabia Out Of A Single Reserve

    Exxon (XOM) and Shell just finalized their deal with the Iraqi government to increase the output of the massive West Qurna 1 field by seven-fold.

    The field has the capacity to produce more oil than the entire nation of Nigeria, which only produces 2.17 million barrels per day, and more than 20% of Saudi Arabia which produces 10.78 million per day based on the CIA World Factbook.
    Exxon is not the United States any more than BP. They are both Transnational Corporations that poisen the United States with catastrophic Disasters and bleed us dry.




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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Exxon is not the United States any more than BP. They are both Transnational Corporations that poisen the United States with catastrophic Disasters and bleed us dry.
    You think Iran would be contracting with them if they'd "won the war"??
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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Exxon is not the United States any more than BP. They are both Transnational Corporations that poisen the United States with catastrophic Disasters and bleed us dry.
    Well that is correct indeed................Exxon have no allegiance.


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    The three firms are also working together on the refinery project due to begin in 2009 in Fujian province. The foreign investment is worth about $5bn (£2.6bn), the firms said. This compares to the £3.6bn Exxon and Saudi Aramco had set out in 2005.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Actually it was Iran who won the Iraq war. Not the USA.

    It is even mentioned in one of those diplomatic cables in Wiki Leaks.
    Really? You see, I'd say it was a collossal failure for Iran, as now it's got American troops on either side of her. That's some "victory".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankthis View Post
    Really? You see, I'd say it was a collossal failure for Iran, as now it's got American troops on either side of her. That's some "victory".
    Gentrification....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankthis View Post
    Really? You see, I'd say it was a collossal failure for Iran, as now it's got American troops on either side of her. That's some "victory".
    Maliki wants foreign troops out of Iraq

    Iraq's recently-reinstated prime minister has warned against any extension to the foreign presence on the strife-weary country's soil.


    Nouri al-Maliki, who was mandated earlier in the month to remain premier for another four years, said on Saturday, "I do not feel the need for the presence of any other international forces to help Iraqis control the security situation," the Associated Press reported.

    "The security agreement with what it included of dates and commitments will remain valid," he said.

    The remarks were reportedly some of the harshest the Iraqi leader had ever addressed to Washington.

    Under the arrangement, the almost 50,000 US soldiers deployed in Iraq, are expected to withdraw by the end of 2011.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankthis View Post
    Really? You see, I'd say it was a collossal failure for Iran, as now it's got American troops on either side of her. That's some "victory".
    The maneuvering over the new government was often portrayed as a contest between Iran and the United States - and many of those who opposed the U.S. invasion declared Iran the winner. That, too, ignores Iraqi reality. The Obama administration was no more able to override the parliamentary math than Tehran was to install an exclusively Shiite coalition. Led by Vice President Biden and his staff, the administration bowed to the reality that Mr. Maliki would remain in office while rightly pressing for maximum power sharing with Sunnis and Kurds. But if it comes into being as agreed, the new government should be no more subject to Iranian diktat than the last one.


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111206314.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by 852369 View Post
    The maneuvering over the new government was often portrayed as a contest between Iran and the United States - and many of those who opposed the U.S. invasion declared Iran the winner. That, too, ignores Iraqi reality. The Obama administration was no more able to override the parliamentary math than Tehran was to install an exclusively Shiite coalition. Led by Vice President Biden and his staff, the administration bowed to the reality that Mr. Maliki would remain in office while rightly pressing for maximum power sharing with Sunnis and Kurds. But if it comes into being as agreed, the new government should be no more subject to Iranian diktat than the last one.


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111206314.html
    Err, I prefer to take the long view, and not a short-sighted view.

    In the big picture, Iran is being contained.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yankthis View Post
    Err, I prefer to take the long view, and not a short-sighted view.

    In the big picture, Iran is being contained.

    Iran has never had any expansionist designs and you can rest assured they have a much longer view than the US.

    Containing Iran had nothing to do with the Iraq War.

    These wars and rumours of war are all about agression and have nothing to do with National Defense.




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    Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
    Iran has never had any expansionist designs and you can rest assured they have a much longer view than the US.

    That had nothing to do with the Iraq War.
    Never?

    Lacking the ability to expand, and not having the desire to do are not the same. Moreover, you don't have to go too far back to see that Persians had every intention of expansion.

    Perhaps you'd do a better job of presenting an argument if you didn't use absolutes.
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