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Surrender or Die

Is the title of Michael Yon’s latest on Baqubah, with some comment on the coverage.

AP’s there now: 80 percent of upper level AQ leadership scooted, 80 percent of lower level leadership still there, with several hundred AQ deadenders determined to fight to the death.

NYT on Iraqi whack-a-mole.

Topics: Iraq, military

  Posted by Jules Crittenden at 9:30 am on Friday, June 22, 2007

4 Responses to “Surrender or Die”

1. RebeccaH Says:
   June 22nd, 2007 at 5:49 pm

   I know they don’t have much TV (except for al-Jaqiyyah) and the Intertubes are a real challenge, but you’d think the word would filter down eventually: When the going gets tough, the bosses desert like rats from a sinking ship, leaving the cannon fodder to be turned into pink mist.

2. Purple Avenger Says:
   June 22nd, 2007 at 6:41 pm

   “When the going gets tough, we hang you out to dry”

   Hard to tell if that’s an AQ recruiting slogan or a democrat one…

3. Jeff Kouba Says:
   June 22nd, 2007 at 7:14 pm

   The higher-ups also fled when the US went into Fallujah in November 2004. Must be nice to be a speed bump, I mean soldier, in jihadi outfit.

4. saltydog Says:
   June 23rd, 2007 at 7:12 am

   But, I thought they were all eager to become martyrs! Wouldn’t this give them the perfect chance?

   Perhaps we need to drop leaflets after all: Here’s your chance to meet lots of girls without worrying about those deadly hair-rays!

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