Posted on 04/06/2004 10:32:51 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
U.S.troopssuffered dozens of casualties at the hands of rebellious Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad, as Americans were still reeling from the barbarous and gruesome ambush of four civilian security contractors protecting food convoys in Fallujah.
Those victims' charred bodies were mutilated and dragged through the streets in a despicable manner eerily reminiscent of the Black Hawk debacle in Mogadishu, Somalia. After TV screens worldwide filled with photos and videos of that 1993 incident, Bill Clinton promptly withdrew our troops.
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