Posted on 10/26/2004 2:49:24 PM PDT by focusandclarity
But superior U.S. firepower leaves hundreds of attackers dead near al Hillah By WAR DIARY By Dana Lewis NBC News Updated: 7:40 a.m. ET April 1, 2003NEAR AL HILLAH, Iraq, April 1 - On a small road leading to this south-central Iraqi town, American tanks ran into an ambush Tuesday that led to a furious firefight that ended with a smashing defeat for the lightly armed Iraqis. U.S. officials put the number of Iraqi dead in the hundreds.
OUT OF THE dust and haze came a hail of gunfire from Iraqi soldiers who were driving trucks and jeeps and even taxis.
The Iraqi army had been laying in wait for days on this road. As the Americans came north, the Iraqis opened fire with everything they had — automatic machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Most of the fire came from buildings alongside the road, and the Americans answered with everything they had — outgunning the Iraqis and leaving hundreds dead.
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Never bring a taxi to a tank fight.
Hundreds dead. Great news!
I don't get it. Why is this 18month old story news?
But superior U.S. firepower leaves hundreds of attackers dead near al HillahHundreds!? This was no typical terrorist strike. It seems the jihadis want a genuine military victory in Iraq in advance of our elections.
Oh, wait. I forgot to look at the date. This is old news.
What are you talking about?
The dateline was Updated: 7:40 a.m. ET April 1, 2003.
Post 4. Had my hopes up...
Funny...I didn't see this on Drudge's site today ;)
What are you doing? This article is from April 1, 2003. If it has some relevance to something going on spell it out. Fix the date on the posting, it is wrong. It's misleading to post events from 1.5 years ago as if they are going on today.
Dana Lewis works for Fox News now and will tell his story on Brit Hume's show today!
Are you a time traveler?
Not needed. Read: American Soldier & Thunder Highway.
dana is blowing up the story, no seals, no looting, just broken rockets, no explosives,,yeehawww
Before today not many people knew who Dana Lewis was, or that he walked through al Qaqaa with a cameraman on April 8th as an embedded reporter with the 101 Airbourne. I thought I'd give folks an idea of his kind of reporting. He now works in Moscow for Fox News. And will be interviewed by Brit Hume about that particular "walk through of al Qaqaa", on Fox News Special Report with Brit Hume at midnight EDST
Small Arms VS M1 Abrams = lotsa dead terrorists!
"Or job is to keep Heaven packed - with fresh souls!" - DI Sgt Hartman, AKA The Gunny, AKA R. Lee Ermey
Splain it to me
No, He is just submitting his resume for the New York Times. By the looks of it I say "Give this man a job!"
I'll wait to vote.
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