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US Sentry Saves Troops By Killing Suicide Bomber
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 12-10-2003
| Jack Fairweather
Posted on 12/09/2003 6:35:45 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
The hero Called SPC.ROSS is why the USA is so great and will win this war.A HERO AT 23 HOW GREAT IS THAT GOD BLESS YOU SON AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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posted on
12/09/2003 7:03:26 PM PST
by
solo gringo
(Always Ranting Always Rite)
To: blam
Hero Bump!!!
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posted on
12/09/2003 7:08:28 PM PST
by
2111USMC
(the few, the proud, The Marines!)
To: CholeraJoe
"he should have plugged the guy with one short burst."
Sad but true. Sgt. York killed seven with seven shots. How times have changed. 'Spray and pray' seems to be the tactics of too many young amateurs in both law enforcement and the military. I am willing to give Spc. Ross a pass this time because of the outcome.
Practice, practice, practice!
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posted on
12/09/2003 7:11:31 PM PST
by
Buffalo Head
(Illigitimi non carborundum)
To: Buffalo Head
Ya-HOO! Three cheers for Spc. Ross!
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posted on
12/09/2003 7:15:41 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: PureSolace
Nice shooting Spc Ross!
To eliminated the Ba'ath Party we must speak to Syria with a few division on there border and a few carriers off there shore. This story has me thinking about signing up.
To: Buffalo Head
I hope those of you that are complaining about this young man's marksmanship are joking. Had he not been an expert in the use his weapon, then there most likely would have a lot of dead Americans.
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posted on
12/09/2003 7:46:54 PM PST
by
Turbo Pig
(If They Don't Respect US, They Should At Least Fear US.)
To: CholeraJoe
With a SAW or M-60, he should have plugged the guy with one short burst. Have you ever fired one of these weapons? I've never fired a SAW, but I'm quite familiar with the M-60, and they're not that easy to control. So let's see- was it pintle mounted, on a tripod, using the bipod, or just resting on some sandbags, if that? Was the drive of the bomb courteously driving straight towards him, or was the car jouncing all over the place in the dark (or worse, with the rising sun behind it)? And after a long night of boring guard duty, exactly how awake and alert was the shooter to start with. I saw the young man did a damn fine job- and they need to reward him with a medal and a bigger machine gun (ma duece rocks!).
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posted on
12/09/2003 7:52:57 PM PST
by
TexasBarak
(aka Captain Cantankerous!!- www.postalbanks.com)
To: blam
Spc Ross, from Kentucky, fired almost 100 rounds before the car, pitted with bullet-holes, came to a stop. A second later, the vehicle blew up. Need to buy those troops some bigger guns. If it was a .30 get him a .50 if a fifty, get him a 25mm. Maybe mount the turrent of a damaged Bradley up on the tower? In a war, as opposed to hunting or even ordinary self defense, there's no such thing as "too much gun" (unless you have to carry it of course. :) )
Way to to go Specialist Ross! Buy that man a steak, some freedom fries and if he so desires, a beer. :)
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:04:47 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: blam
Let's hope he is not charged with use of excessive force that is barred by the Geneva Convention, uh, the UN, uh, the EU.
To: blam
What a hero!
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:11:17 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: CholeraJoe
Give him a medal and send him back for more target practice. With a SAW or M-60, he should have plugged the guy with one short burst. Maybe the cab was lightly armored, wouldn't take all that much to stop a 7.62x51 and even less to stop a 5.56x45. Course he could have shot the engine, and in fact since the Jihadie was sill alive enough to set the thing off, the shooting the engine may have been what stopped him...that or a "deadman switch".. I sorta hope the latter.
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:13:54 PM PST
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: blam
If the French had resisted the Nazi occupation as much as Iraq resists American liberation, half Adolph's army would have been tied down in France.
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:13:55 PM PST
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com/)
To: blam; prairiebreeze; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Thank you, blam. Great post. Thanks for the ping, prairie. (^: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sixty soldiers were hurt in Iraq attacks yesterday. One man halted a bloodbath...
Hundreds of American soldiers owe their lives to the prompt action of a 23-year-old sentry.
In the faint pre-dawn light Specialist James Ross saw a car, its headlights on, accelerate towards his guard tower at the entrance of the Talaafar military base, near Mosul.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you, Spc. James Ross !
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:19:59 PM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: PistolPaknMama
ping
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:22:12 PM PST
by
basil
(basil)
To: blam
It seems to me a court-martial is in order. After all, he failed to read the suicide bomber his rights before inconveniencing him.
To: blam
There truly is a God. Thank you Spc Ross, and thanks, blam, for posting this.
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:24:49 PM PST
by
basil
(basil)
To: El Gato
I haven't heard that there are ANY '60s that are still issued. The 5.56mm SAW or Ma Deuce is all the troopies have to stop vehicles. While Browning's Best is still around, I would bet money on a SAW. I'm told it's rpm is 900+, so 100 rounds was not that long a burst, but it is still too small a round. 750 gr. AP beats 55 gr. FMJ every time.
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:31:32 PM PST
by
jonascord
(Don't bother to run, you'll only die tired...)
To: blam; Poohbah
Excellent shooting by Specialist Ross.
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posted on
12/09/2003 8:32:52 PM PST
by
hchutch
("I don't see what the big deal is, I really don't." - Major Vic Deakins, USAF (ret.))
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Bump!
To: jonascord; archy
I'm not sure there would have been enough time to fire 100 rounds from an M2 and a SAW would be a little weak for perimeter defense...maybe a 7.62x51 M240...archy will know for sure...
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posted on
12/09/2003 9:27:48 PM PST
by
in the Arena
(Richard Thomas Kastner - KIA - Phuoc Long, South Vietnam - 15 November 1969)
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