July 22, 2013

500 Prisoners, Including High Ranking Al Qaeda, Escape Abu Ghraib
— Ace

At least 25 Iraqi security personnel killed in insurgent attacks aimed at liberating the terrorists.

Another prison, called Taji, was also attacked.

The prisons in Abu Ghraib and Taji house thousands of prisoners, including convicted al-Qaida militants. Exactly one year ago, al-Qaida’s Iraq arm launched a campaign called ‘‘Breaking the Walls’’ that made freeing its imprisoned members a top priority.

A surge of violence across Iraq has killed more than 3,000 people since the start of April, and the assaults on the prisons laid bare the degree to which security has eroded in the country in recent months. The spike in bloodshed is intensifying fears of a return to the widespread sectarian killing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Several officials, including lawmakers on parliamentÂ’s security and defense committee, said more than 500 inmates managed to escape from Abu Ghraib. There were no immediate reports of escapes from Taji.

Given the number of security forces killed, and mentions of gunfights lasting an hour, it seems that this is a bona fide jailbreak from the outside -- although, this being Iraq, you can bet there were confederates on the inside as well.

I don't understand why, in this sort of situation, the wardens just don't start immediately killing Al Qaeda prisoners.

Oh I know-- "But you're not supposed to." Well, you're not supposed to plot to bomb and shoot prison guards, either. So "Supposed To" is right out the window.


Posted by: Ace at 01:55 PM | Comments (178)
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1 There are no Al Qaeda in Iraq!!!

Posted by: Michael Moore at July 22, 2013 01:57 PM (Aif/5)

2 Wearing panties on your head can force a man to do desperate things.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2013 01:58 PM (8ZskC)

3 Terrorists? What terrorists?

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 22, 2013 01:59 PM (9+ccr)

4 Of course.

Posted by: Hepcat at July 22, 2013 01:59 PM (VjOAg)

5 Detroit's alive and Al Qaeda's on the run ...

What's that? Mmm hmm. Ok. Right.

Well, at least you still have me.

Posted by: Pres. Bystander [/i] [/b] at July 22, 2013 01:59 PM (xvZYu)

6 Arab Spring 2. The sequel....

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 22, 2013 02:00 PM (9+ccr)

7 Well, that shouldn't cause any problems since everyone knows that the economy is improving despite headwinds. Or something. What? You think you know who can multitask?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 22, 2013 02:00 PM (S4AQU)

8 Always put one in the brain!

Posted by: Jonny Caspar at July 22, 2013 02:00 PM (HEo6y)

9 What difference does it make?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 22, 2013 02:01 PM (Pr6hk)

10 Carter only lost one muslim country.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 22, 2013 02:01 PM (UhTsC)

11 These folks must have finally seen the video.

Posted by: Shillary at July 22, 2013 02:01 PM (I5Htn)

12 McCain has picture taken with prison break ringleader in 3... 2... 1...

Posted by: RLTW at July 22, 2013 02:01 PM (AC44W)

13 I fully expected this kind of shit after we left. I fully expect the Muzzie radicals to be in charge in less than 5 years.


All our "nation building" was a waste of blood and treasure.  And piss on Colin Powell and his stupid broke it BS.

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2013 02:02 PM (lZvxr)

14
High ranking?  Like royal?



Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2013 02:02 PM (4+FWp)

15 Obama, losing the peace one nation at a time. WE ARE ALL INFIDELS!

Posted by: 13times at July 22, 2013 02:02 PM (fGPLK)

16 I'm sure Reporting for Doody will sail to the rescue on Lovey's yacht.

Posted by: Captain Hate at July 22, 2013 02:02 PM (+s2+H)

17 Abu Ghraib?  Never heard of it.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at July 22, 2013 02:03 PM (Pr6hk)

18 The Great Escape, Part II

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 22, 2013 02:03 PM (BAS5M)

19 In unrelated news, MLB bringing the hammer down.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at July 22, 2013 02:03 PM (ZPrif)

20 I'm on it.

Posted by: George Zimmerman at July 22, 2013 02:03 PM (SzAZ7)

21 This is not an accident. Tin foil hat on?

Posted by: Spypeach at July 22, 2013 02:03 PM (0n1+D)

22
The AP report says all 500 are White Hispanics.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2013 02:04 PM (4+FWp)

23

I fear for the safety of our few remaining troops there.

 

They have targets on their backs.

And things are probably going to get much worse over there, from now on.

Posted by: wheatie at July 22, 2013 02:04 PM (KtDec)

24 Well that's definitely not good. Bets that one of the guards was a "moderate Muslim".

Posted by: Lauren at July 22, 2013 02:05 PM (ELdpj)

25 Time to piss on them allÂ…Â… Where the hell are the drones when you need them? Obama was probably behind this.

Posted by: redguy at July 22, 2013 02:05 PM (oqvI4)

26 And the Pentagon is going to have "parole" hearings for 71 Guantanamo prisoners.....

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at July 22, 2013 02:05 PM (9+ccr)

27 So I guess this means our pulling out of Afghanistan will be as uneventful leaving Iraq.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 22, 2013 02:06 PM (mETGQ)

28 But, the baby! What's his name?

Posted by: The littl shyning man at July 22, 2013 02:06 PM (hxyoQ)

29

I fear for the safety of our few remaining troops there. 

 

Me too. At this point, I'm all for bringing them back home then   finding two  opposing factions   to arm.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 02:06 PM (0HooB)

30 To the US Ambassador to Iraq: Pro Tip: GTFO!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2013 02:06 PM (O2PXL)

31 MSNBC Headline to Come:  "Generally Peaceful Prisoners Freed by Generally Peaceful, Moderate Muslim Acquaintances For No Particular Reason"  

Posted by: Exceptionally Mediocre at July 22, 2013 02:06 PM (ZKGJl)

32 The chances that they had inside help from a corrupt guard or prison official is somewhere around 100%.  Approximately.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2013 02:07 PM (SY2Kh)

33 A reason for America to go back to isolationism and stay out of Wars:  

You can count on the Democrats to piss away any victories.  

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 22, 2013 02:07 PM (oY6Yp)

34 Sorry to be daft, but they mention security personnel and soldiers were killed - any of them American?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2013 02:07 PM (2mSdf)

35 I wonder what Braun took (Braun, MLB MVP, just suspended rest of the season with no pay for PEDs. But still not clear what he took.)

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at July 22, 2013 02:07 PM (ZPrif)

36 I wonder how many of the escapees will end up fighting in the Bad Guy vs Bad Guy war in Syria.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2013 02:09 PM (SY2Kh)

37 >>>Sorry to be daft, but they mention security personnel and soldiers were killed - any of them American?

well the article said they were "iraqi."  If they meant American forces IN Iraq I assume they would have said so.


Posted by: ace at July 22, 2013 02:10 PM (/IWYB)

38 I wonder what Braun took (Braun, MLB MVP, just suspended rest of the season with no pay for PEDs. But still not clear what he took.) Posted by: Flatbush Joe at July 22, 2013 06:07 PM (ZPrif) Why would somebody get suspended for eating candy from a cute dispenser?

Posted by: Emily Litella at July 22, 2013 02:10 PM (mETGQ)

39 although, this being Iraq, you can bet there were confederates on the inside as well.

How 'bout leavin us out of it?

Posted by: Johny Reb at July 22, 2013 02:11 PM (I5Htn)

40 Ramadan this year is shaping up to be the bloodiest since 2007, with more than 350 Iraqis killed since the holy month started on July 10.

This is the last line of the article.  I love the wry sense of humor!  I refuse to believe anyone can call Ramadan "holy" given all the bloody acts of violence.

*messenger whispers into bonhomme's ear*

They weren't kidding?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 22, 2013 02:12 PM (IoTdl)

41 When Iraqis die en masse - due to Obama's lead from behind policy - will the Lancet publish the civilian casualty figures? Collateral damage is no longer a dirty word.

Posted by: 13times at July 22, 2013 02:12 PM (fGPLK)

42 Suspended for the season?  That's kinda harsh for popping some PEZ.

Posted by: Emily Latilla at July 22, 2013 02:12 PM (BAS5M)

43 Can we get them all pissed off  at Iran again?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 02:12 PM (0HooB)

44 We'd like to know where George Zimmerman was during this assault.

Posted by: MSNBC at July 22, 2013 02:12 PM (v1mq9)

45 Glass.  Parking.  Lot. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2013 02:12 PM (lVPtV)

46 And now you know what my gift is for the newborn Prince. Little spotlight-hogging bastard...

Posted by: Preezy B at July 22, 2013 02:13 PM (WCe8r)

47 To the US Ambassador to Iraq: Pro Tip: GTFO! Watch out for your cornhole, bud.

Posted by: Chris Stevens at July 22, 2013 02:13 PM (QupBk)

48 Slipped their leases, did they?
 
Anyone got photos?

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2013 02:13 PM (cHZB7)

49 Most of the escapees will be living in Boston and other major U. S. cities soon enough.  And voting Dem.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 22, 2013 02:13 PM (lVPtV)

50 Ryan Braun suspended the rest of the season for steroid use. He accepts the penalty ( 65 games) and apologizes. The word is the evidence against A-Rod is even stronger. Pack your bag A-Rod you scumbag

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2013 02:13 PM (9Xc5j)

51 Leading from behind is the new "Winning".

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 22, 2013 02:13 PM (wR+pz)

52 Can we please move to the part where we fully exploit our oil, build a really high wall around Israel, and move the hell on?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 22, 2013 02:14 PM (S4AQU)

53 The escapees will be easy to recognize by their dog collars.

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz, whose son looks nothing like Trayvon at July 22, 2013 02:14 PM (BsGkx)

54 Sorry to be daft, but they mention security personnel and soldiers were killed - any of them American?

The AP was oddly coy about that little detail, weren't they?  I also noticed when they talked about "soldier" deaths, they didn't list the soldier's nation.  I'm sure it has nothing to do with keeping the Iraq War out of the common person's mind.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 22, 2013 02:14 PM (IoTdl)

55

It's a good thing  that  our Lord and Savior Barack Hussein Obama  (PBUH) got our  troops out of there just in the nick of time.....

 

/sarc

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 22, 2013 02:14 PM (ADnWI)

56 I told Milton Bradley not print up so many "Get Out Jail Free" cards.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at July 22, 2013 02:15 PM (u6lBN)

57 Do they have Stand Your Ground laws there, or are they kind of like the French? Maybe the guards were afraid of being prosecuted.

Posted by: fawkes at July 22, 2013 02:15 PM (Djwm9)

58

37 Sorry to be daft, but they mention security personnel and soldiers were killed - any of them American?

 

It's doubtful.

We handed over control and operation of the prisons over there, quite a while ago.

 

Can't remember what year it was...but I think it was while Bush was still in office.


 

Posted by: wheatie at July 22, 2013 02:15 PM (KtDec)

59 RIP Dennis Farina....

http://youtu.be/nQS16P2m2Lc

Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at July 22, 2013 02:16 PM (LRFds)

60 It must have been those brutal force feedings that fanned the flames of this treachery.

Posted by: Fritz at July 22, 2013 02:16 PM (bWoh5)

61

Hey TFG, we are gonna need more drones over here. ASAP!!!!

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at July 22, 2013 02:16 PM (u6lBN)

62 The escapees will be easy to recognize by their dog collars.

Rumor has it that they made it over the wall by forming a naked human pyramid.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2013 02:16 PM (SY2Kh)

63 That should have said 'leashes', not leases. Weren't they also made to wear dog collars? I'm sure their Iraqi jailers have been much kinder than that.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2013 02:16 PM (cHZB7)

64 thanks a lot Obama.

Posted by: X at July 22, 2013 02:17 PM (KHo8t)

65 I blame Dick Cheney.

Posted by: ToursLepantoVienna at July 22, 2013 02:17 PM (6NIyO)

66 While my son was in Afghanistan in a civil affairs unit, he reported to a colonel that a tribal spokesman had given him a tip on "Al Queda" operating in the area. My son was given holy hell for even bringing AQ up, as if the story originated in his own mind. You see, there were no AQ any more, so STFU, soldier.

So if AQ is no longer a problem, who let the dogs out?

Posted by: fawkes at July 22, 2013 02:18 PM (Djwm9)

67 Whoa, hold up. I thought Obama single handedly killed every member of AQ (right after saving Detroit). What happened?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 22, 2013 02:18 PM (HDgX3)

68 Iraq was kind of dumb idea.

Posted by: Eton Cox at July 22, 2013 02:19 PM (QCc6B)

69 What about infant mortality?

Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 02:20 PM (SzAZ7)

70

Detroit is dead and Al Qeda is still alive.

 

Great job   you're doing there, fucknut.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 02:20 PM (0HooB)

71 Maybe if we hadn't put panties on their heads and laughed at them, then things would have been different.

Posted by: fawkes at July 22, 2013 02:20 PM (Djwm9)

72 Hey I got an idea lets release the most dangerous terrorists from Gitmo back to their own Countries to served out their sentences because that will work good?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2013 02:21 PM (9Xc5j)

73 Detroit is dead and Al Qeda is still alive. I'm stealing that.

Posted by: toby928© at July 22, 2013 02:21 PM (QupBk)

74 Thank Gaia our president-for-strife hasn't closed Gitmo. Oh, wait.

Posted by: George Orwell crosseyed and painless at July 22, 2013 02:21 PM (mCNwt)

75 Any of these escape Al Qaeda types U.S. citizen?

Posted by: Aerial Drone asking on the behalf of President Choom at July 22, 2013 02:22 PM (mETGQ)

76 Jesus, just send Lyndie England and her trailer park posse over there. They'll clean shit up in a hurry

Posted by: Albie Damned at July 22, 2013 02:23 PM (Yhu4q)

77 Good line, BB. I will recycle that.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 22, 2013 02:23 PM (ZshNr)

78 Any of these escape Al Qaeda types U.S. citizen? Posted by: Aerial Drone asking on the behalf of President Choom at July 22, 2013 06:22 PM (mETGQ) Not yet but I'm working on that

Posted by: obama at July 22, 2013 02:24 PM (9Xc5j)

79 *rubbing temples* Arrrrgh. Okay, so... I don't even know how to deal with this story. The anger... I'm going to zone out for a bit and be happy for Kate and Wills a little while longer.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at July 22, 2013 02:24 PM (CA2NO)

80 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/07/al_qaeda_assaults_ir.php The emir of the Al Nusrah Front rejected the merger, and Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of al Qaeda, weighed in against al Baghdadi. But al Baghdadi has rejected Zawahiri's rebuke and has continued to operate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Posted by: 13times at July 22, 2013 02:24 PM (fGPLK)

81 If detroit was a prison it would look like Abu Ghraib.

Posted by: Eton Cox at July 22, 2013 02:24 PM (QCc6B)

82
I was always impressed the way that Braun dude could smack the cover off the ball, now I know why.  So he won't get paid for 65 games but he previously made many million.  I would say it was worth the risk.


Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2013 02:24 PM (4+FWp)

83 What about infant mortality? Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 06:20 PM (SzAZ7) Go find another blog bitch. Hey look everybody, check out my earrings.

Posted by: Melissa Harris Perry at July 22, 2013 02:26 PM (mETGQ)

84 So Obama's goodwill didn't earn us a tipoff during the escape planning stage?  Doubtful.  This must have been accomplished by mercenaries employed by GWB to embarrass Obama.   We feel comfortable not reporting this event after today.

Posted by: MSM at July 22, 2013 02:26 PM (44jNh)

85
I bet houses in Baghdad cost more than $500.

Posted by: Zillow warrior at July 22, 2013 02:26 PM (Opo0Q)

86 I was always impressed the way that Braun dude could smack the cover off the ball, now I know why. So he won't get paid for 65 games but he previously made many million. I would say it was worth the risk. Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2013 06:24 PM (4+FWp) Maybe, but he can kiss the Hall of Fame good bye and his reputation is in the toilet

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2013 02:26 PM (9Xc5j)

87 70 Whoa, hold up. I thought Obama single handedly killed every member of AQ (right after saving Detroit).  What happened? 
Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 22, 2013 06:18 PM (HDgX3)


Sequester.   All Bush's fault, naturally.  

Posted by: ConservativeMonster at July 22, 2013 02:26 PM (v3pYe)

88

Y'all have fun,  toby and Lincoln.

 

Oh, and toby, SEC  preseason   media week is this week.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 02:27 PM (0HooB)

89 Rock the Casbah baby

Posted by: dogfish at July 22, 2013 02:27 PM (nsOJa)

90 Has the President been brief? Does he know? Not our problem? Is Iraq still an ally? Do we care if Iraq is still an ally? Does it make any difference?

Posted by: Dodging the NSA at July 22, 2013 02:27 PM (o5DNg)

91 What difference does it make!!

Posted by: Are You Ready For Hillary!! at July 22, 2013 02:28 PM (EuscL)

92 Roll Tide!

Posted by: toby928© at July 22, 2013 02:28 PM (QupBk)

93 What about infant mortality? Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 06:20 PM (SzAZ7) Go find another blog bitch. Hey look everybody, check out my earrings. Posted by: Melissa Harris Perry Back off. I was here before either of you. Anyone up for a night to remember?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 22, 2013 02:28 PM (cH7Dc)

94 How do you tell the difference between the terrorists inside Abu Graib and those outside of it?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2013 02:28 PM (9Xc5j)

95 He may have apologized, Never, but I suspect Braun is mostly sorry that he got caught.

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 22, 2013 02:29 PM (WD0KF)

96 We may have abused prisoners and all but at least we never made anyone wear tampon earrings. I mean that's just crazy shit.

Posted by: Lyndie England at July 22, 2013 02:30 PM (SzAZ7)

97 Rumor has it that they made it over the wall by forming a naked human pyramid.
Posted by: Hollowpoint


WWT

Posted by: pep at July 22, 2013 02:30 PM (6TB1Z)

98 How do you tell the difference between the terrorists inside Abu Graib and those outside of it?>>

Orange Jumpsuits?

Posted by: McGregor at July 22, 2013 02:30 PM (qo244)

99 Panties on head=bad Tampon earrings= smart political analysis

Posted by: Melissa Perry Harris, whackadoodle at July 22, 2013 02:31 PM (WCe8r)

100 He may have apologized, Never, but I suspect Braun is mostly sorry that he got caught. Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 22, 2013 06:29 PM (WD0KF) Oh I am sure of that. I was only reporting what he said, not sticking up for him. And what about that poor test taker he and his peeps ripped over the coals for keeping his sample in the freezer over night like he was a criminal or something.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2013 02:31 PM (9Xc5j)

101

How do you tell the difference between the terrorists inside Abu Graib and those outside of it?

 

The ones on the inside have doggeh collars.

 

I still kinda wonder what happened to the   grunt who leaked those pix.   That was  weapons-grade stoopid.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 02:32 PM (0HooB)

102 Panties on head=bad
Tampon earrings= smart political analysis

ha, ha, ha.

Posted by: dogfish at July 22, 2013 02:32 PM (nsOJa)

103 96 What about infant mortality? Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 06:20 PM (SzAZ7) Go find another blog bitch. Hey look everybody, check out my earrings. Posted by: Melissa Harris Perry Back off. I was here before either of you. Anyone up for a night to remember? Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 22, 2013 06:28 PM (cH7Dc) ~ Bugger off, round eye bitches.

Posted by: Margret Cho at July 22, 2013 02:32 PM (SzAZ7)

104 Answer: can't afford the nipple clamps

Posted by: 13times at July 22, 2013 02:33 PM (fGPLK)

105 HA!

Posted by: Lynddie England at July 22, 2013 02:33 PM (MdV+j)

106 The worst part about Braun, etc. is that it puts the lie to us being in the "post-steroids in MLB" era. Just as bad as ever, apparently.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 22, 2013 02:33 PM (ZshNr)

107 96 What about infant mortality? Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 06:20 PM Go find another blog bitch. Hey look everybody, check out my earrings. Posted by: Melissa Harris Perry Back off. I was here before either of you. Anyone up for a night to remember? Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 22, 2013 06:28 PM (cH7Dc) Back off before I bite you.

Posted by: Meggie McCheese at July 22, 2013 02:33 PM (Gq4HH)

108 President Reverse Midas Touch should send sheriff Joe and a posse to round up those hombres.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 22, 2013 02:33 PM (mETGQ)

109 What about infant mortality? Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 06:20 PM Go find another blog bitch. Hey look everybody, check out my earrings. Posted by: Melissa Harris Perry Back off. I was here before either of you. Anyone up for a night to remember? Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 22, 2013 06:28 PM (cH7Dc) Back off before I bite you. Posted by: Meggie McCheese at July 22, 2013 06:33 PM (Gq4HH) Shut up or I may write something again.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at July 22, 2013 02:36 PM (mETGQ)

110 I don't understand why, in this sort of situation, the wardens just don't start immediately killing Al Qaeda prisoners.

Because if the prison break is unsuccessful, the wardens find themselves up on charges of murder because the prisoners have rights or something (as evidenced by the fact they weren't summarily executed in the first place*)

If the prison break is successful, then the raiding forces that overwhelmed your guards are now pissed at you and you're their prisoner.

*Note that I support summary executions of islamic terrorists in the first place.

Posted by: Methos at July 22, 2013 02:38 PM (hO9ad)

111

And the only people over there I would support... the KURDS... are pushing back both the Government and Islamic Forces in Syria...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 22, 2013 02:38 PM (lZBBB)

112

He may have apologized, Never, but I suspect Braun is mostly sorry that he got caught.

 

Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at July 22, 2013 06:29 PM (WD0KF)

 

You should have read the expose that the local fishwrap, which up until a couple weeks ago was solidly in Braun's corner, put up over the weekend.  Braun was pissed that, a few hours after he apparently popped a testosterone lozenge or two (the fast way to boost and thus pass through testosterone), he was selected to be tested.

Posted by: steveegg at July 22, 2013 02:39 PM (o44nj)

113 >>> Oh I know-- "But you're not supposed to."


Why aren't these people simply executed to begin with?  Are they still being interrogated, or what?

This is the type of situation where the death penalty is suited perfectly.  Politically important captives who are guilty of murder and capable of more murder, in a politically volatile and unstable location like Iraq.

Posted by: dan-O at July 22, 2013 02:39 PM (D0bIN)

114 I also support that, Methos

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 22, 2013 02:40 PM (ZshNr)

115

102 Panties on head=bad the height of comfort

 

fixt

 

Posted by: Oolong at July 22, 2013 02:41 PM (IrbU4)

116

96

500 just out of prison?  Sandra you better hurry before they find the goats.

Posted by: wth at July 22, 2013 02:41 PM (wAQA5)

117

The worst part about Braun, etc. is that it puts the lie to us being in the "post-steroids in MLB" era. Just as bad as ever, apparently.

 

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 22, 2013 06:33 PM (ZshNr)

 

It IS post-roids - it's all about the testosterone now.

Posted by: steveegg at July 22, 2013 02:41 PM (o44nj)

118

Why aren't these people simply executed to begin with? Are they still being interrogated, or what?

This is the type of situation where the death penalty is suited perfectly. Politically important captives who are guilty of murder and capable of more murder, in a politically volatile and unstable location like Iraq.

 

I'm   not sure what that's all about either. IIWM, I'd clean out Gitmo tomorrow and send a big,  ol' message to the rest of those bastards. 

 

And I'd be well within the Geneva Conventions,  which allows for the  execution of    enemy combatants (i.e,   those without uniforms).

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 02:43 PM (0HooB)

119 Al Queda is on the run in Iraq! Or on the lam!

Posted by: CarolT at July 22, 2013 02:43 PM (s0f54)

120 Yeah, that's right. I guess I'm old-fashioned with my PEDs.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 22, 2013 02:43 PM (ZshNr)

121 Everyone calls me Abu Ghraib because of the number of angry men that have been inside me since 9/11.

Posted by: Kathy Griffen at July 22, 2013 02:43 PM (SzAZ7)

122 Al Queda is on the run in Iraq! Or on the lam! Posted by: CarolT at July 22, 2013 06:43 PM (s0f54) Who said they ran? They probably strolled out of that prison down to the local caffe

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2013 02:44 PM (9Xc5j)

123 So glad we sacrificed our blood and treasure on these scum!

Posted by: Weimar Republican at July 22, 2013 02:47 PM (XdnQT)

124 "If Detroit was a prison it would look like Abu Ghraib. Posted by: Eton Cox ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Detroit looked like Abu Ghraib, it would be an improvement.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 22, 2013 02:48 PM (N+013)

125 125 Everyone calls me Abu Ghraib because of the number of angry men that have been inside me since 9/11. Posted by: Kathy Griffen at July 22, 2013 06:43 PM (SzAZ7) Also because sex with you is like torture.

Posted by: George Orwell crosseyed and painless at July 22, 2013 02:48 PM (mCNwt)

126 What about infant mortality?
Posted by: Amanda Marcotte at July 22, 2013 06:20 PM (SzAZ7)


Go find another blog bitch.
Hey look everybody, check out my earrings

This is my area of expertise, both of you back off!

Posted by: chris hays at July 22, 2013 02:49 PM (u6lBN)

127

I don't understand why, in this sort of situation, the wardens just don't start immediately killing Al Qaeda prisoners.

Oh I know-- "But you're not supposed to."

***

Henry V thought that it was OK and he got a nice write up by Shakespeare.

Posted by: WalrusRex at July 22, 2013 02:49 PM (XUKZU)

128 If only. Kathy Griffin never allowed the hood, despite desperate pleadings.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 22, 2013 02:49 PM (ZshNr)

129 Free Mumia.

Posted by: Craig Poe at July 22, 2013 02:50 PM (BVkEs)

130 Free Willy.

Posted by: whale fetishist at July 22, 2013 02:51 PM (cH7Dc)

131

129 125 Everyone calls me Abu Ghraib because of the number of angry men that have been inside me since 9/11.
Posted by: Kathy Griffen at July 22, 2013 06:43 PM (SzAZ7)


Also because sex with you is like torture.


+++++

 

Don't forget about me.

Posted by: Dog collar at July 22, 2013 02:51 PM (pxDth)

132 Free condoms!

Posted by: Just a Fluke at July 22, 2013 02:51 PM (pxDth)

133 Good thing the War on Terror was declared over otherwise this might be bad news.

Posted by: BornLib at July 22, 2013 02:52 PM (zpNwC)

134 What genius decided adding Sally Kohn to the Special Report panel was a good idea? Poor Charles....

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at July 22, 2013 02:53 PM (X6akg)

135 Depressing. The nation building thing.... Can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit.

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2013 02:53 PM (fsLdt)

136

Al Queda is on the run in Iraq! Or on the lam!

Posted by: CarolT at July 22, 2013 06:43 PM (s0f54)

 

*****

 

You misspelled lamb.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 22, 2013 02:54 PM (pxDth)

137 136 Free condoms! Posted by: Just a Fluke at July 22, 2013 06:51 PM (pxDth) ~ Those will make a stunning necklace.

Posted by: Melissa Harris Perry at July 22, 2013 02:55 PM (SzAZ7)

138 Silly Seamus.... Mint jelly goes on the lamb

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 22, 2013 02:55 PM (N+013)

139 Just imagine nation building in Detroit. Same thing.

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2013 02:56 PM (fsLdt)

140 President Reverse Midas Touch should send sheriff Joe and a posse to round up those hombres.


Sheriff Joe could probably still head 'em off at the pass.  Camels don't move very fast.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2013 02:56 PM (8ZskC)

141 President Obama will take care of this.

Posted by: Mandrill Redass at July 22, 2013 02:57 PM (lT6go)

142 I'm not sure what that's all about either. IIWM, I'd clean out Gitmo tomorrow and send a big, ol' message to the rest of those bastards. And I'd be well within the Geneva Conventions, which allows for the execution of enemy combatants (i.e, those without uniforms). Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 06:43 PM (0HooB) What do you want to bet that some of the GITMO detainees apply for and receive asylum here?

Posted by: baldilocks at July 22, 2013 02:57 PM (aZXYg)

143 Surprising, but I already miss the jumper cables.

Posted by: Al Qaeda Inmate No. 446 at July 22, 2013 02:58 PM (8ZskC)

144 What does Sec. Kerry have to say? Is he still on his boat?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky's Royal Ate-e-quat at July 22, 2013 02:58 PM (baL2B)

145
What do you want to bet that some of the GITMO detainees apply for and receive asylum here?

Posted by: baldilocks at July 22, 2013 06:57 PM (aZXYg)

----

Damn well better be a path to citizenship too. No anti-mooselumism allowed.

Posted by: RioBravo at July 22, 2013 02:58 PM (3LZ04)

146 What genius decided adding Sally Kohn to the Special Report panel was a good idea?

Mara Liaison wasn't bringing in enough of the vital 18-55 bulldyke demo.

Posted by: Methos at July 22, 2013 02:58 PM (hO9ad)

147 What do you want to bet that some of the GITMO detainees apply for and receive asylum here?


ACORN has positions waiting.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2013 02:58 PM (8ZskC)

148 I will not rest until these folks are caught. Or something.

- Barky McFucknut

Posted by: Craig Poe at July 22, 2013 02:58 PM (BVkEs)

149 Backwards,

I think you mean "unlawful combatants".  Yep, no uniform while armed in a combat zone can legally lead to a speedy, lengthy nap.

Posted by: Bob (codename: Sayuri) at July 22, 2013 02:59 PM (ImIys)

150 Has anyone blamed the Joooos yet?
 
Because, Joooos.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2013 03:01 PM (cHZB7)

151 Sheriff Joe could probably still head 'em off at the pass. Camels don't move very fast.
Slow and steady wins the race!!!

Posted by: the turtle at July 22, 2013 03:01 PM (u6lBN)

152 @149.  Wasn't Maura Liason a college b-ball player?

Posted by: the turtle at July 22, 2013 03:03 PM (u6lBN)

153

Has anyone blamed the Joooos yet?
----

No. There are not responsible for this. That will be the pending pali terrorist release as part of the new peaceless talks.

 

Posted by: RioBravo at July 22, 2013 03:03 PM (3LZ04)

154 What do you want to bet that some of the GITMO detainees apply for and receive asylum here?

Posted by: baldilocks at July 22, 2013 06:57 PM (aZXYg)


When the evil Bush was still President there was a report that they had been trying for a long time to get some other countries to take what was left there but were unsuccessful  The reason for that was that the moderately bad ones had all been released already to home countries.  All that was left was the worst of the worst and nobody wanted them.


If it had been left up to me I would have had all of them marched out into the prison yard and I would have had them shot in accordance with the laws of civilized warfare.  They have already had a "hearing" and that is enough to justify military executions.

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2013 03:03 PM (lZvxr)

155

156

Uhh. There are = They are

Posted by: RioBravo at July 22, 2013 03:04 PM (3LZ04)

156 Damn Pixy and its inconsistent eating of paragraph breaks,

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2013 03:04 PM (lZvxr)

157 That's right, Ace, you're NOT supposed to just start shooting the AQ prisoners, that wd violate their human rights AND due process!  And we all know how much respect they have in the Muslim lands for human rights and due process.

Can't tell you how sad I am that all the unbelievable heroism our forces displayed in Iraq is about to become officially pissed down the toilet.  I place 80% of the blame on the Dem/Media complex, which deliberately demoralized our citizens by its cross-eyed agit-prop, and 18% on the compromised/politicized CIA, which "assured" Pres. Bush Iran wasn't a threat. Bush gets 2% of the blame for not fighting back better.

Posted by: RepubEstablishment at July 22, 2013 03:04 PM (FWwQD)

158 The next time some neo-con suggests we intervene in an Islamic nation somebody should rub shit in their face.

Posted by: Ken Royall at July 22, 2013 03:05 PM (h+2SD)

159 WIKI.  Maura was NOT a basketball player!

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at July 22, 2013 03:06 PM (u6lBN)

160 Gloria Allred has filed suit against Filthy Filner.
 
Just think, Gloria and ace are on the same side here.
 
A budding romance may be in the making.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2013 03:06 PM (cHZB7)

161 Our US team is supported by our partners in Washington DC. Blue on Blue MMA action!

Posted by: George Orwell crosseyed and painless at July 22, 2013 03:08 PM (mCNwt)

162 157 What do you want to bet that some of the GITMO detainees apply for and receive asylum here?
I applied for asylum at the HQ and I was denied.  Oh fiddlesticks!

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at July 22, 2013 03:09 PM (u6lBN)

163 "Somebody go back and get a shit-load of dimes!"

Posted by: Sheriff Joe at July 22, 2013 03:09 PM (Gq4HH)

164 161 >> The next time some neo-con suggests we intervene in an Islamic nation somebody should rub shit in their face.
 
Oooh Senator McCain, time for your facial. C'mere big boy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 22, 2013 03:09 PM (cHZB7)

165

**Bob Uecker voice**


"Just when we thought the Obama administration's disastrous domestic policies had taken an insurmountable lead, here comes their incomprehensible foreign policy, surging back out front.  Hang onto your hats sports fans, this year's Democrat Debacle Derby may come down to the wire."

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at July 22, 2013 03:10 PM (pxDth)

166 Look, I would normally be all over this, solving it an' shit, but I have a vacation planned and these are non-refundable tickets. Since you all are paying for it, you wouldn't want me to just let them go to waste, would you? I didn't think so. Back in a few weeks!

Posted by: Barry from the block at July 22, 2013 03:10 PM (WCe8r)

167

I think you mean "unlawful combatants". Yep, no uniform while armed in a combat zone can legally lead to a speedy, lengthy nap.

 

I sit corrected. IIRC, there's also that part about targeting civilians, too.

 

Not disposing of rabid animals  in  a rapid fashion    only emboldens them.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit. at July 22, 2013 03:11 PM (0HooB)

168 **Bob Uecker voice**

"Just when we thought the Obama administration's disastrous domestic policies had taken an insurmountable lead, here comes their incomprehensible foreign policy, surging back out front. Hang onto your hats sports fans, this year's Democrat Debacle Derby may come down to the wire."

Needs  the foul tip into Iran and N. Korea. heh.

Posted by: t-dubyah-d at July 22, 2013 03:14 PM (u6lBN)

169 I think I'll wait for Hajii's take.

Posted by: Mr. Dave at July 22, 2013 03:14 PM (Gq4HH)

170 New one

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2013 03:14 PM (lZvxr)

171 I guess the M2s in the corner guard towers weren't working that day.

Posted by: Trainer's looking to join a Militia. at July 22, 2013 03:21 PM (7EbAY)

172 Allred said that Filner had asked McCormack Jackson to “work without her panties on He's runs a Green office. The A/C is on 74 and no panties, it's cooler and... No flies in his office. I denounce myself.

Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at July 22, 2013 03:28 PM (wR+pz)

173 Who is this yammering woman on 6pm news? She will not shut up. I wish Charles K would smack her. Wut?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky's Royal Ate-e-quat at July 22, 2013 03:31 PM (baL2B)

174 Ace on fire, new one.

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2013 03:35 PM (lZvxr)

175 This sort of thing is why I have long believed in the death penalty for terrorists.

Posted by: WannabeAnglican at July 22, 2013 03:41 PM (F1wnk)

176 I don't understand why, in this sort of situation, the wardens just don't start immediately killing Al Qaeda prisoners. Oh I know-- "But you're not supposed to." Well, you're not supposed to plot to bomb and shoot prison guards, either. Why not? They are legitimate combatants in war. You think the U.S. hasn't killed guards when freeing its forces? Special pleading much? You're calling for a major war crime. Launching an attack against armed combatants to free your captured forces is not a war crime.

Posted by: Random at July 22, 2013 05:53 PM (kgEV0)

177

Too late to (another) dead Iraq thread, twice today.  Just "for the drawer", as Soviet samizdat writers called it, to sum up the first thread:

 

* no, for the thousandth fucking time no, the US did not "arm" Iraq in the 1980s.  Iraq was a filthy rich oil state in a blocking position to protect (at that time, in a real sense) other, even fucking filthier rich oil states, from Iran.  They paid mostly cash.  They actually had a pretty impressive cadre of educated technical and engineering types and were quite well organized (for an Arab state).  They armed themselves, with their own $$$, Saudi/Kuwaiti/Gulfie $$$, and (well-rated) debt.  They bought mostly Soviet-bloc arms (in design, if not origin).  They bought some high-end specialty stuff from South Africa, Sweden, Italy.   The USSR, China, Egypt, France, and others "armed Iraq".  NOT the US.  Our aid was almost entirely intel, provided late in the war, to forestall defeat in the southern/marshes/Basra campaigns.  And the Kuwaiti tanker-reflagging - and related smash-mouth abuse of Iranian naval forces in the summer of 1987 - was to prevent Iranian horizontal escalation of the war against Iraqi allies/financiers/Gulfies.  As for being an "ally" of Iraq, I recall very clearly the deputy chief of mission at our Baghdad embassy telling me in early 1988 that he was in the most hostile environment he'd ever seen, to include Sofia Bulgaria, in that era the coldest of the Cold War diplomatic environments behind the Iron Curtain.

 

* The 64 helos built for the Shah and then sold to Iraq (one of which sits at the Flying Leatherneck museum in San Diego, a bootleg Gulf War I trophy) made NO DIFFERENCE in 1991, notwithstanding Schwarzkopf's bizarre fixation on Iraqi helicopters.  Iraq did not have an offensive doctrine, training, or experience in using helicopters as most imagine, and in any case Basra, Najaf, Karballah, and other southern rebellion centers were "pacified" via very low-tech methods (artillery, rounding up military-age males and shooting them in ditches - check out the front page of the NYT in June 2006 for a graphic illustration of this, as it was the "cleanest" evidence site found in connection with the Iraqi tribunal case from the 1991 repression).

 

*  Leon Trotsky on a popsicle stick, WTF with the "we provoked the Sunnis" and "de-Ba'athification was a mistake" mythology?  (let's toss in "disbanding the Iraqi Army" as it usually accompanies these silly misconceptions)  Executive summary:  nothing we did/didn't do in 2003/2004 had any impact on the Sunni decision to resist, save perhaps that we were TOO indulgent of their concerns, too fanatically devoted to assuring them they had a future instead of making them wonder about that and have a stake in behaving.  You don't have to have spent several years there to understand this.  Those in the comments who referred to tribal division and warring being fundamental features of Iraq were mostly right. 

 

However, our "mismanagement" had nothing to do with provoking the Sunnis - on the contrary, the failure to come down on them like a billion tons of ripe dates starting in 2004 was the key mistake.  Along with (1) ending the occupation far too soon, and (2) failing to acknowledge the war Iran was waging on us - actually, the dramatic escalation of the war they've waged since 1979 - and retaliate decisively.  TF Black and McChrystal's stuff was all well and good, but no substitute for a major campaign of punishment of the Pasdaran and the Tehran regime, for which many options were available. (BTW, the perception that the US was in fact kicking Iranian ass would have helped both with the Sunnis, who are paranoid about Shi'ite allegiance to Tehran, and many Shi'a, who are hostile to Iran, to that regime's velayet-i-faqih governance, and who fought in their millions - enthusiastically against their co-religionists in the Iran-Iraq war.

 

*  more than anything, my take-away from Iraq, personally and strategically, was/is that the US is now a fundamentally unserious country, and as such, a treacherous menace to its allies, its most motivated citizens, its fantastic heritage and influence on human history, and the principles fundamental to its creation.  From the pathetic whining and lazy ignorance (abundantly illustrated on this morning's comment thread) of the "conservatives" to the despicable idiocy of the GOP "leadership" such as McConnell, to (of course) the loathsome and incomprehensible moral inversion and outrageously irresponsible behavior of most of the "press" and libs and Dems - it's doubtful any country in history ever betrayed its best citizens more damnably.

 

 

 

Posted by: non-purist at July 22, 2013 07:58 PM (afQnV)

178 Since we departed early and set the conditions for widespread Iranian control in Iraq, the Sunnis have gone back to the mattresses.  The civil war that we smothered when the Sunnis came over during the Awakening has kindled back in to fire.  Point is that some if not many of the persons identified as "AQI" are not AQI at all but merely Sunnis who see themselves as fighting to rid their country of Iranians and their puppets.  These guys, who not so long ago were doing a pretty good job of trying to kill us, are now trying to kill our enemies.  Civil war is ugly, but condemnation of Bush aside, 30 years of tyranny is likely to end with a lot of retribution and bloodshed (South Africa was an exception not the rule).    

Posted by: TE Lawrence at July 23, 2013 10:53 AM (PDTch)

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