Posted on 11/09/2004 3:46:41 PM PST by Thrusher
Toby Harnden in Fallujah observes American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division taskforce avenging their fallen comrades as battle begins
After seven months in Iraq's Sunni triangle, for many American soldiers the opportunity to avenge dead friends by taking a life was a moment of sheer exhilaration.
As they approached their "holding position", from where hours later they would advance into the city, they picked off insurgents on the rooftops and in windows.
"I got myself a real juicy target," shouted Sgt James Anyett, peering through the thermal sight of a Long Range Acquisition System (LRAS) mounted on one of Phantom's Humvees.
"Prepare to copy that 89089226. Direction 202 degrees. Range 950 metres. I got five motherf****** in a building with weapons."
Capt Kirk Mayfield, commander of the Phantoms, called for fire from his task force's mortar team. But Sgt Anyett didn't want to wait. "Dude, give me the sniper rifle. I can take them out - I'm from Alabama."
Two minutes tick by. "They're moving deep," shouted Sgt Anyett with disappointment. A dozen loud booms rattle the sky and smoke rose as mortars rained down on the co-ordinates the sergeant had given.
"Yeah," he yelled. "Battle Damage Assessment - nothing. Building's gone. I got my kills, I'm coming down. I just love my job."
Phantom Troop had rolled out of Camp Fallujah, the main US military base, shortly before 4am. All morning they took fire from the Al-Askari district in Fallujah's north-east, their target for the invasion proper.
The insurgents, not understanding the capabilities of the LRAS, crept along rooftops and poked their heads out of windows. Even when they were more than a mile away, the soldiers of Phantom Troop had their eyes on them.
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| Posted by Keith in Iowa to snarks_when_bored On News/Activism 11/09/2004 5:36:19 AM CST · 2 of 29 Deja view...
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Damn right!!!
It's that attitude that makes terrorist's hit unarmed civilians.
I swear I searched for it before I posted it...
All apologies.
why?
I posted this on another thread, but it deserves a second mention here. I was not only proud of our boys but impressed with the new breed of soldier.
This morning on the way to work I seen the prefect video clip representing the Marines battling in Fallujah. Believe it or not it was on one of the morning shows.
The clip was of a Marine in the doorway of a building. He was shooting at the Terrorist scumbags occupying Fallujah. He was taking perfect aim (was a primary markmanship instructor in the Marine Corps so I am a good judge) and squeezing off rounds in a calm, cool, and calculating way.
You might say, "So what?" However, what you don't realize is that there were bullet reports impacting the building all around him inches away and he did not flich or waver. He was the perfect soldier and there was no movie magic, this was reality.
It's that attitude that makes terrorist's hit unarmed civilians.
The terrorists don't need a reason to hit unarmed civilians. Just like they didn't need a reason to fly planes into unarmed civilians in the World Trade Center. Our guys (heroes) are getting it right.
I noticed the heavy return fire on the video. Amazing.
Man. Our guys rock.
I saw a female patient in my clinic today. She was crying. She just got off her cell phone with her husband in Iraq. He lost some buddies there in the past 24 hours. He is going in tonight. He is artillary. She said she is worried but she looked at me and smiled and said "I know he will be O:K He is to damn mean to die".
You done good, T. Great post!
WOOHOO!
What video? Where, W?
Good for him! Those bastards have been killing our guys for far too long.
I noticed the same thing, but I wasn't sure if he was receiving fire or if there was another soldier kneeling behind the wall and shooting through the hole that was right alongside him. If he really was receiving fire then he has nerves of steel.
It's been on TV. Talk about a "rock!" Shitfire! I would have been eating dirt! Not this guy. Just stood there returning fire as bullets chipped away at the structure.
I saw the same thing on Fox this morning, twice. The first time, I saw the puffs on the wall in front of him and thought it might be gas from his own weapon. On the second take, I saw clearly that the slugs were incoming. And you're right, the warrior didn't flinch or duck. I assume he won that duel...!
It was on Fox News at 0700 today.
I wasn't being critical.
Terrorist's are will only attack when they have a high probability of success.
Bad press is worse than dying.
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