Fallujah Strikes Back
Totten is on a roll - he has
another article today that is worth linking to.
Michael starts by linking to this
AP News Item:
bq. In an extraordinary assault, gunmen in the city of Fallujah stormed a kidnappers' lair and forced the overmatched militants inside to flee, freeing four Jordanian truck drivers held captive, local officials said Wednesday.
He then goes on to show the inherent bias in reporting in this article and closes with this wonderful observation:
bq. Oh, and just for the record, this hostage rescue wasn't carried out by the army. The anti-terrorists in this particular battle were ordinary Iraqis - basically a posse of pissed-off locals.
From the AP news article:
bq. Sheik Haj Ibrahim Jassam, a tribal leader, said he received word late Tuesday that the men were being held in a house on the edge of the city. Local leaders gathered together armed residents, who raided the house, freeing the hostages and chasing out the kidnappers, he said.
Michael's commentary:
bq. This is huge. Terrorists are now getting their asses kicked by the locals in the biggest hotbed of violent activity in Iraq. They are not Mao's famous fish who swim in the "sea" of the people. They are hunted by the people.
Posted by DaveH at August 7, 2004 7:16 PM