U.S. Troops Kill 4 Iraqis After Patrol Attacked

Reuters | 12/27/03

[kattracks]

Dec. 27 MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers killed four Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday after coming under rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire, U.S. military officials said.

Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division, which controls a large swathe of northern Iraq, said they were checking for improvised explosives devices often used by guerrillas against U.S. troops when they came under attack.

Staff Sgt. Eldon Noble said U.S. troops returned fire, destroying a car from which they had been attacked and killing its four occupants. Iraqi paramedics pulled charred corpses from the car, which U.S. soldiers said was carrying RPG rounds.

U.S. troops in and around Mosul have repeatedly come under attack in recent weeks, including a car bombing that wounded dozens of soldiers.

[river rat]

Frankly, it doesn't matter to me what the hell "lights them up"....so long as the bastards get "lit up".

I have become so impatient -- and there are so many of these bastards that need kill'in....

Semper Fi

[brooklin]

What gets me, is that they can have an AK-47. We can't even have Ak-47's without all kinds of permits.

[Delta 21]

Here ya go. Take it easy.

[McGavin999]

I noticed that the Saudis arrested 4,000 insurgents who came over their borders. Ever wonder if they were transported across that border by large, tan colored vehicles :o)