August 04, 2004

Maybe the worm begins to turn
Posted by McQ

A surprising development in Fallujah:

In an extraordinary assault, gunmen in the city of Fallujah stormed a kidnappers' lair and forced the overmatched militants inside to flee, freeing four Jordanian truck drivers held captive, local officials said Wednesday.

The raid, in a city that has long been hostile to the U.S. military and supportive of Saddam Hussein, marked the first time local gunmen had broken foreign hostages out of captivity. They called the kidnappers "terrorists" and outsiders.

These weren't US "gunmen", or Iraqi troops or Iraqi police. This was a vigilante group who took on the kidnappers.

Interesting ... especially in Fallujah. Maybe the silent majority of Iraqis are becoming tired of the mayhem and murder. Maybe this will become a trend.

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