Posted on 09/11/2006 5:05:41 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
RELEASE No. 20060911-02
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq – In response to insurgent small arms fire, Coalition forces delivered air precision munitions on the houses used by insurgents for the attack west of Habbaniyah today.
The medical evacuation helicopters took enemy fire during the evacuation of a wounded servicemember. The medical evacuation was successfully completed.
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It seems to me that this should be standing operating procedures.
When you come under fire, return fire to hold the enemy in place and then call in a strike.
It is their SOP. They only reason they report the use of precision air strikes is so that leftist and radical islamic media groups don't come out and report that the coalition troops just dropped bombs on civilians, killing them.
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
Bump!
Multinational Force: [ muffled voice ] Candygram.
Woman #2: Candygram, my foot! Get out of here before I call al-Qaeda. You're the shark, and you know it.
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