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Step by Step, Villain by Villain
 
Michael Ubaldi, October 23, 2003.
 

This will go down as a bad day for Ba'athists and other troublemakers in Iraq. Two out of four bombings foiled, and a spectacular find by American forces:

Military officials are still tallying the cache but have retrieved at least 317 4-foot rockets and 220 anti-tank mines. Fox News had exclusive access to the military during the operation about 45 miles south of Baghdad.

...An Iraqi citizen told the 1st Armored Division about a homemade bomb attack that was supposed to take place Thursday. After questioning the would-be attackers, American troops got information that led them to the weapons.

...[W]hen they blew up the initial find, they discovered the larger supply hidden about 5 to 10 feet underground in tunnels and holes. The weapons were all kept next to a mosque.


That last sentence opens a particular window into the enemy's psyche. Secular and religious terrorists captured by our forces don't deserve a shred of protection under the Geneva Convention, seeing as how they operate completely independent of it.