Comments on: Failed Mahdi Army Counter-Attack Today In Sadr City Leads To Most Savage Battle Yet - Hard Crackdown In Basra As Well https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/ The latest in policital news and the war in Iraq Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: mike3481 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143072 mike3481 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:53:55 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143072 Well, if Reuters is reporting "some" good news, I can only imagine how good the news really is in fact. Pat, I see not all M-14's have been taken out of service, with what looks like a silencer to boot. Nice pic. :gun: :beer: Well, if Reuters is reporting “some” good news, I can only imagine how good the news really is in fact.

Pat, I see not all M-14’s have been taken out of service, with
what looks like a silencer to boot. Nice pic. :gun: :beer:

]]> By: Kurt(the infidel) https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143077 Kurt(the infidel) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:08:16 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143077 M-14. now thats one hell of a rifle! any idea on IA casualties during this fight? said 132 wounded "militia" members were brought to 2 hospitals in sadr city. the reason i put 'militia' in quotations is that i dont like that word for this group. they are more of a proxy of Iran than they are any type of Iraqi militia. M-14. now thats one hell of a rifle!

any idea on IA casualties during this fight?

said 132 wounded “militia” members were brought to 2 hospitals in sadr city.

the reason i put ‘militia’ in quotations is that i dont like that word for this group. they are more of a proxy of Iran than they are any type of Iraqi militia.

]]> By: Corey Wayne https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143081 Corey Wayne Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:22:06 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143081 Believe it or not NBC had this positive AP story on Basra which confirms everything Petraeus and Crocker told congress: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24204643/ check it out guys Believe it or not NBC had this positive AP story on Basra which confirms everything Petraeus and Crocker told congress:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24204643/

check it out guys

]]> By: Kurt(the infidel) https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143086 Kurt(the infidel) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:28:33 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143086 :arrow: Corey great find! i wouldnt have believed it if i hadnt seen it for myself. very odd for MSNBC :arrow: Corey

great find! i wouldnt have believed it if i hadnt seen it for myself. very odd for MSNBC

]]> By: Dan (The Infidel) https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143087 Dan (The Infidel) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:32:04 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143087 Well now. The IA is still holding onto their positions and waging a counter-attack on Mookie's Apostate Militia? And some of the LLMSM is picking up on it? Has hell frozen over? :mrgreen: Never doubt people like Gen Petraeous and Amb Crocker. Both of those men rock the house. Beware Dhimis? You were wrong on Iraq. Yeah I'm talking to you Murtha, Kennedy, Peluski, and Hairy Weed. I raise my middle finger in salute to you failed Dhimoid leftist nutcases. Well now. The IA is still holding onto their positions and waging a counter-attack on Mookie’s Apostate Militia?

And some of the LLMSM is picking up on it? Has hell frozen over? :mrgreen:

Never doubt people like Gen Petraeous and Amb Crocker. Both of those men rock the house.

Beware Dhimis? You were wrong on Iraq. Yeah I’m talking to you Murtha, Kennedy, Peluski, and Hairy Weed.

I raise my middle finger in salute to you failed Dhimoid leftist nutcases.

]]> By: Q_Mech https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143115 Q_Mech Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:57:23 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143115 :arrow: Corey, yeah but even if they HAVE TO tell the news, they still can't quite help themselves: "The changes in recent weeks mark a surprising show of government sway — at least for now — after an Iraqi-led military crackdown..." Translation: "It's still not too late! The whole thing could still descend into chaos and force these silly, inferior brown people into a short, violent life of oppression! Then we'd be superior, because then we could cling to our biased, deeply predjudicial political view in the face of reality! Come on, death and chaos! Woot woot!" How I wish I were overstating things. :sad: :arrow: Corey, yeah but even if they HAVE TO tell the news, they still can’t quite help themselves:

“The changes in recent weeks mark a surprising show of government sway — at least for now — after an Iraqi-led military crackdown…”

Translation: “It’s still not too late! The whole thing could still descend into chaos and force these silly, inferior brown people into a short, violent life of oppression! Then we’d be superior, because then we could cling to our biased, deeply predjudicial political view in the face of reality! Come on, death and chaos! Woot woot!”

How I wish I were overstating things. :sad:

]]> By: Q_Mech https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143120 Q_Mech Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:02:18 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143120 I've got to chime in again about that article, specifically this line: "The military was plagued by desertions and poor organization — and, in the end, the offensive was inconclusive..." Inconclusive?! Isn't the entire goddamned article about how different life is now for the people who live there?! How much more "conclusive" can you get? Goddamnit, these media assholes really are incredible. I went to college originally to get a journalism degree and had to change majors because I was so deeply disgusted with the "peek behind the curtain" I was treated to. It seems that every time I look at the dreck the goddamned media churns out, that particular decision is reaffirmed as the correct one. Thank God for Yon and his ilk; I freely admit that they are better men than I. I’ve got to chime in again about that article, specifically this line:

“The military was plagued by desertions and poor organization — and, in the end, the offensive was inconclusive…”

Inconclusive?! Isn’t the entire goddamned article about how different life is now for the people who live there?! How much more “conclusive” can you get?

Goddamnit, these media assholes really are incredible. I went to college originally to get a journalism degree and had to change majors because I was so deeply disgusted with the “peek behind the curtain” I was treated to. It seems that every time I look at the dreck the goddamned media churns out, that particular decision is reaffirmed as the correct one. Thank God for Yon and his ilk; I freely admit that they are better men than I.

]]> By: mike3481 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143166 mike3481 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:09:58 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143166 Q_Mech , Brilliant! :gun: :beer: Q_Mech , Brilliant! :gun: :beer:

]]> By: JewishOdysseus https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143308 JewishOdysseus Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:35:30 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143308 So beautiful, they are mutually exclusive realities! :lol: **“The military was plagued by desertions and poor organization — and, in the end, the offensive was inconclusive…” Inconclusive?! Isn’t the entire goddamned article about how different life is now for the people who live there?! How much more “conclusive” can you get?** So beautiful, they are mutually exclusive realities! :lol:

**“The military was plagued by desertions and poor organization — and, in the end, the offensive was inconclusive…”

Inconclusive?! Isn’t the entire goddamned article about how different life is now for the people who live there?! How much more “conclusive” can you get?**

]]> By: BlueOval8950 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143353 BlueOval8950 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:41:57 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143353 mike - Just about every M-14 the gov't can get their hands back on has been pressed back into service as Designated Marksman rifles. They recalled all the rifles that had been loaned out to law enforcement agencies and (rumor has it) have even been repurchasing them from foreign countries we sent them to. In fact the Army recently tested two M-14 based rifle systems at Fort Benning. The M-14 is really getting its chance to shine over in the Sandbox. You just can't beat touching someone with 175gr of M118LR love at say 600M. mike -

Just about every M-14 the gov’t can get their hands back on has been pressed back into service as Designated Marksman rifles. They recalled all the rifles that had been loaned out to law enforcement agencies and (rumor has it) have even been repurchasing them from foreign countries we sent them to. In fact the Army recently tested two M-14 based rifle systems at Fort Benning.

The M-14 is really getting its chance to shine over in the Sandbox. You just can’t beat touching someone with 175gr of M118LR love at say 600M.

]]> By: mike3481 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143573 mike3481 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:39:59 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143573 BlueOval8950 , from what I've read, one of the things the DOD does well in a time of war is cut through all the bureaucratic B.S.. The rumor you reported may well be true :beer:, I hope so :gun: For what it's worth, Wikipedia has more cool pics of this bitchen .30 cal, :lol: :mrgreen: :gun: :beer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M14_rifle BlueOval8950 , from what I’ve read, one of the things the DOD does well in a time of war is cut through all the bureaucratic B.S.. The rumor you reported may well be true :beer:, I hope so :gun:

For what it’s worth, Wikipedia has more cool pics of this bitchen .30 cal, :lol: :mrgreen: :gun: :beer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M14_rifle

]]> By: Brooks https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143633 Brooks Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:52:39 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143633 The SDM (squad designated marksman) is using a surpressed M14. It is probably topped with a fix 10x42 scope. It is going to again be taken out of service and replaced with a Stoner designed AR10 .308 within two years. The article I read indicated that it was also going to replace the sniper bolt guns too, since a tuned AR10 accuracy is comparable and the need for a faster follow up shot is sometimes needed. Special ops are getting supplied with Accuracy International bolt guns in .338 Lapua which can outreach the .308 Here is an article on SDM training. http://www.snipersparadise.com/tsmag/july2005.htm Link to AR-10 http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/20075912343.asp The SDM (squad designated marksman) is using a surpressed M14. It is probably topped with a fix 10×42 scope. It is going to again be taken out of service and replaced with a Stoner designed AR10 .308 within two years. The article I read indicated that it was also going to replace the sniper bolt guns too, since a tuned AR10 accuracy is comparable and the need for a faster follow up shot is sometimes needed.

Special ops are getting supplied with Accuracy International bolt guns in .338 Lapua which can outreach the .308

Here is an article on SDM training.
http://www.snipersparadise.com/tsmag/july2005.htm

Link to AR-10
http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/20075912343.asp

]]> By: Marc Stockwell-Moniz https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143857 Marc Stockwell-Moniz Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:34:12 +0000 https://pat-dollard.com/2008/04/failed-mahdi-army-counter-attack-in-sadr-city-leads-to-most-savage-battle-yet-today-hard-crackdown-in-basra-as-well/#comment-143857 :arrow: This one is for Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Kerry, Kennedy, Dean, Obama, Clinton et al. A middle-finger salute to you. l If 132 went to hospital, then scores of them are dead. Good job IA. You'll free your nation soon. :gun: Hoorah! :beer: :arrow: This one is for Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Kerry, Kennedy, Dean, Obama, Clinton et al. A middle-finger salute to you. l
If 132 went to hospital, then scores of them are dead. Good job IA. You’ll free your nation soon. :gun:
Hoorah! :beer:

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