[FreeReign]

A protracted firefight between Marines and insurgents in a residential suburb of this besieged city culminated today with American helicopter gunships and tanks firing at a mosque and toppling the minaret, further dimming hopes for a peaceful end to the three-week siege.

Despite a nominal cease-fire extended by the American authorities on Sunday, the pitched battle lasted several hours, leaving one marine and at least eight insurgents dead by the Americans' count.

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For some reason it irks me that the NY Times in paragraph one describe how we fired on a mosque and toppled its minaret *and* they wait for paragraph two before they describe the important information -- We killed 8 bad guys and we lost one brave good guy.

[jimbo123]

The New York Times is openly rooting for the enemy. Why would anyone be surprised at their take on the enemy's mosque.