U.S. Forces Recapture Southern Iraq City

The jihad retreats. From AP:

FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. forces on Friday regained control of a southern city seized this week by a rebellious Shiite militia, the military said, while Marines halted offensive operations in Fallujah to allow negotiations as the first anniversary of the fall of Baghdad was marked by more violence. U.S. troops fanned out across Kut, southeast of Baghdad, after meeting little resistance in the city, witnesses said, in a major foray by the American military into the south, where U.S. allies have struggled to deal with the uprising by the al-Mahdi Army, led by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

In Fallujah, Marines stopped offensive operations at noon, while a delegation of sheiks from the city met with Marine commanders, said Lt. Col. Brennan Byrne, commander of the 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment.

"I would not describe this as a cease-fire. We are still aggressively defending our positions. However we have ceased offensive operations for now," Byrne said.

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Speaking of Imams, according to CAIR's website, an Imam's wife was recently hit with a bottle while leaving a mosque in Annapolis, Maryland. From what CAIR says, a series of "Islmophobic" attacks have been occuring in Texas, Florida, and now Maryland.....

hmmm, maybe people in this country are getting tired of all the shoving of Islam down everyone's throats......Who knows? Muslims should be aware that they're not the most popular kid on the block right now......their extremist brothers is who they can thank for that.

Americans are going to let anyone walk on them. They should also remember that they're in our country, therefore, we're not in THEIR way.

Inevitable. The have learned an important lesson: mosques don't stop bombs, the koran doesn't stop bullets. They will quickly discover that people in this country have a very low tolerance for bovine fecal matter if it isn't fertilizing their gardens. I notice all the Muslims I see in this area are looking mighty nervous.

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