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Arab Street?

by John Cole|  April 7, 20033:44 pm| 6 Comments

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Charlie Company Task Force 1-64 of the 3rd ID faces the feared ‘Arab Street’ in downtown BAGHDAD.

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Maybe the fear-mongerers and those saying the war was going poorly were talking about something else.

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  1. 1.

    barney gumble

    April 7, 2003 at 6:37 pm

    Can anyone think of a middle eastern country where the wars go quick and easy–say, 6 days–and the occupations do not?

    Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Ferris Bueller?

  2. 2.

    John Cole

    April 7, 2003 at 7:14 pm

    Except we are going to totally defeat this regime- there will no Arafat to engage in ‘peace talks’ with. Nice try.

  3. 3.

    Dean

    April 8, 2003 at 3:07 pm

    Somehow, that photograph doesn’t look quite right w/o the eye of Sauron in it!

  4. 4.

    Andrea Harris

    April 9, 2003 at 12:09 am

    Will this do?:

    spleenville.com/journal/archives/000953.php

  5. 5.

    Dean

    April 9, 2003 at 10:28 am

    Andrea,

    Yes, perfect!

    Although, after today’s events, perhaps it should look more like a black eye?

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    April 9, 2003 at 12:22 am

    Compare and contrast

    Baghdad before the coalition invasion: Baghdad after the coalition invasion (click for larger): (Via Balloon Juice. Larger version of photo…

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