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US destory the elite guard - Baghdad next - Opinions ?

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    #32
    SkepticOne
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    I think the main thing they will need to take out in Baghdad will be the TV and radio stations. Once this happens, the US will declare the town 'taken'. There may still be snipers in buildings and various fanatic types roaming around, but the authority of the regime will be gone.


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    #33
    Sparks
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    Yeeeessss....
    And Northern Ireland has seen the same tactics remove the power held (illegally, immorally and unethically) by the paralilitaries...
    :rolleyes:

    Fact is, Baghdad isn't going to be Stalingrad - at least not for more than a few hours or days. It's going to be Beirut, Jeni and Belfast all rolled into one. :(


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    #34
    SkepticOne
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    Originally posted by Sparks
    Fact is, Baghdad isn't going to be Stalingrad - at least not for more than a few hours or days. It's going to be Beirut, Jeni and Belfast all rolled into one. :(
    Yes. It is will be very easy to 'take' Baghdad. The question is the extent to which an underground resistance will operate and for how long. There will need to be an intensive mopping up operation.


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    #35
    Sparks
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    Yes, I can see the logic in it though.
    "Well, we can't oppose them in open desert, they can out-range us with their aircraft. We can't oppose them in surburbia because we don't have enough cover for our TOWs to use them safely. So we let them get into the built-up areas where we can use snipers, tows, booby traps, and other palestinian measures to fight them."


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    #36
    SkepticOne
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    Originally posted by Sparks
    Yes, I can see the logic in it though.
    "Well, we can't oppose them in open desert, they can out-range us with their aircraft. We can't oppose them in surburbia because we don't have enough cover for our TOWs to use them safely. So we let them get into the built-up areas where we can use snipers, tows, booby traps, and other palestinian measures to fight them."
    There has been speculation that this was the Iraqi tactic from the beginning - engage the coalition forces and then draw back into the cities. However, if coalition media is to be believed, it appears that they got a far greater pounding during these engagements than they bargained for. During the battles outside Baghdad, one US commander estimated a 50% reduction in strength of two Republican Guard divisions.


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