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Mosque on Fire After U.S. Air Strikes in West Iraq
Reuters ^
| 10/11/04
Posted on 10/11/2004 9:37:46 AM PDT by TexKat
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. marines engaged in heavy clashes with scores of insurgents near a mosque in western Iraq on Monday, leading to U.S. air strikes which damaged the mosque and left it ablaze, the U.S. military said.
A U.S. military spokesman said marines came under fire from around 100 insurgents near the town of Hit, about 107 miles west of Baghdad, and engaged in an hour-long firefight.
Air support was called in after the guerrillas took up positions around a mosque in the town. "The mosque is partially damaged and currently on fire," the spokesman said.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allacampfire; hit; iraq; mosqueonfire
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:37:46 AM PDT
by
TexKat
To: TexKat
Well, it's about time!!!
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:39:06 AM PDT
by
lothor
To: TexKat
Hope the Marines brought hot dogs and marshmallows.
To: TexKat
Why was it not vaporized?
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:39:26 AM PDT
by
GW and Twins Pawpaw
(Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
To: TexKat
Aw, where's allah when ya need him? Must be his smelly will.
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:39:27 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: TexKat
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:39:40 AM PDT
by
tomahawk
To: TexKat
Is this a step in the right direction?
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:39:55 AM PDT
by
NoClones
To: lothor
Mosque on fire?
Hope it is the first of many.
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:39:59 AM PDT
by
riri
To: TexKat
2 effing bad, it happens. Our troops are at war, do the American people realize the press is selling us down the river?
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:05 AM PDT
by
Williams
To: TexKat
So much for Bush calling off all raids until the election! Also...they left out "Holey Mosque"!
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:10 AM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Want me to show you a little trick to take your mind off that pain?)
To: TexKat
Oh, that's a shame.
I wonder if this means that we are willing to invoke our rights under the Geneva Convention now and consider mosques used by terrorists as legitimate military targets.
It would be about time.
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:12 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: TexKat
Did anybody bring KINGSFORD?
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:17 AM PDT
by
lothor
To: Stonewall Jackson
..and some pork ribs to smoke.....
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:20 AM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Carpe Sharpei !)
To: Puppage
I'd suggest that they have opened a portal to Hell.
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:22 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(SeeBS News - We Decide, We Create, We Report - In that order! - ABC - Already Been Caught)
To: TexKat
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:27 AM PDT
by
Seeking the truth
( www.0cents.com - See Vietcong Vets for Kerry stuff here!)
To: lothor
Our forces have conducted responses like this before, despite many posts around here to the contrary.
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:28 AM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: TexKat
"Mosque" = Islamic arms depot.
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:40:44 AM PDT
by
USF
To: TexKat
"The mosque is partially damaged and currently on fire." Allah peanut butter sandwiches!!!
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:41:02 AM PDT
by
rickmichaels
(Genuflection masked as civility is the mark of a coward)
To: TexKat
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:41:09 AM PDT
by
Libertarian4Bush
(DECISION 2004: IT'S THE SPITBALLS, STUPID)
To: TexKat
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posted on
10/11/2004 9:42:01 AM PDT
by
WoodstockCat
(DNC and John Kerry: Forgers R' Us)
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