Marines: 11 insurgents killed in ambush in Fallujah [embedded reporter]

North County Times ^ | 4/25/04 | Darrin Mortenson

[lowbridge]

Let's hear more of this, our men ambushing them, instead of our men walking the streets as ambush bait.

Exactly! I hope there is more of this! The terrorists getting a taste of their own medicine, with our guys suffering no casualties!

Ambush those terrorists some more!!!!

[tiki]

This sure made me grin ear to ear.

[eeman]

I like the "Lined them up on the street, ID's out with no weapons!"

It is too bad they did not have time to slather them up with the pig lard.

[antaresequity]

Man I would love to see this Video....

Treated to a cooked meal instead of the normal packaged rations, the excited troops shed their gear in the dark and huddled around a digital video of the fighting recorded by a Marine combat cameraman. "That's the way it's done," said Sgt. Warren Hardy, 25, of Colorado Springs, Colo. "It couldn't have gone better in books."

[antaresequity]

"When they see the bodies lined up in the street in front of the mosque ---- IDs out and weapons gone," Moore said, "they're going to say, 'Things are really starting to go badly for us.' "

I guess we aren't sending decks of Aces of Spades any longer to the troops...and I am sure our guys took the ID cards [proof] and left their 'Wallets' behind in plain view...

Outstanding Job of tactical surprise...

[lowbridge]

bump

[snopercod]

...a mosque where gunmen gather almost daily to lead attacks against American troops.

These mosques sound more like armories than places of worship.

[RaceBannon]

Semper Fi Bumpus!

[hershey]

Just let the Marines do their job and they will...in spades. Thanks, guys. You're the best!

[hershey]

Me, too!

[Allegra]

Just let the Marines do their job and they will...in spades. Thanks, guys. You're the best!

Absolutely. These guys know what they're doing. There are people whining all over another thread about the ceasefire announced in Fallujah.

They seem to miss the point that the ceasefire is contingent on the rules set by the Coalition Forces..not the insurgents. If they don't comply they can...

Kiss their behinds good-bye!

[JOE43270]

I know I keep saying this but our MARINES and SAILORS in there are the BEST of the BEST. God Bless them all.

[rrrod]

NOTE: to Falluja,
Marines are out of cigs, no beer, no females and they are getting a wee bit testy!

[Aeronaut]

Great post! The idiot rag-heads messed with the Marines! Dumb.

[guitfiddlist]

I hate to see Marines dying while searching out the enemy hiding and shooting from around corners, and from behind blasted-out buildings. There should be one of these hovering over every contested street corner and looking through every suspect window and doorway, equipped with video/IR, and a light machine gun.

[Aura Of The Blade]

They slowly and quietly crept south house to house toward a mosque where gunmen gather almost daily to lead attacks against American troops.

Until all mosques in Iraq (and elsewhere) are destroyed, the islamo-guerillas will have a staging area to mount attacks against the troops and cvilians.

[I_saw_the_light]

I Loved this!!!
I would love to see those "insurgents" faces when they arrive to find their buds all lined up nice and neat like, waiting to be hauled off.(A##es were kicked, names were taken) Marines have a fine sense of humor.

[Faraday]

Do ya suppose the NYT or the AP will pick-up on this story? I hope this becomes standard practice in these snake pits. From the halls of Monteczuma to the mosques of Fallujah.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[river rat]

It's always nice to watch your enemy assume room temperature -- but I'm still waiting for the number of enemy KIA to approach 10,000....on multiple occasions...

Killing these bastards in onesy twosy fashion...won't get the job done..
There are more than enough lunatics to replace this small number of finally "peaceful Muslims".

Semper FIi