Posted on 12/05/2004 10:18:42 AM PST by bushisdamanin04
Second, will the New York Times, CNN, CBS, the Washington Post, and the rest of the great media make as much out of these soldiers being attacked from a mosque as they did when the Marine shot the terrorist in a mosque?
Third, it is about time that we view mosques in Iraq as legitimate military targets.
Enough of this. Let it be known that any Muslim terrorists using their mosques for a protective hide-out to kill Americans from will lose those mosques immediately. No mosque is worth one American life.
Friday’s fighting – the heaviest in a month of violence in Mosul – started after the outsiders arrived near the busy Yarmouk traffic circle, Brown said.
“They grabbed an innocent civilian bystander and just shot him in the head, threw him on the ground,” Brown said. “They did it to say to all the people around, ‘If you don’t get out of here, that’s going to happen to all of you.’”
This is why the insurgents failed in Falluja, and will fail in Mosul. The foriegn fighters are fanatical thugs who murder Iraqis at the drop of a hat. The locals in Falluja got tired of being abused and turned on them. They provided tons of devastating intelligence to our side.
An insurgency without the support of the people is doomed. These foriegn fighters aren't afraid to die, but they're far too stupid to make their deaths count towards victory. In the end, Mosul will turn on the foriegners, and the resistance will collapse.
FReegards,
Steel Wolf
Listen asswipe, this is a thread about two soldiers being killed. Take your smart ass comments and go to he!!.
Too bad we are handing power over - I'd opt for a rule of engagement that says "If you attack from a Mosque, we will level it after we have sent your butt on to hell".
Absolutely. Any mosque used as a base of attack should be turned to rubble.
God Bless Their Souls.
"when insurgents attacked"
Why do MSM's continnue to call terrorists insurgents. Are the reporters not educated in universities and colleges, I seem to beg the differ on this, most are educated idiots that do not understand how to use a dictionary. According to Merriam-Webster, insurgent: Etymology: Latin insurgent-, insurgens, present participle of insurgere to rise up, from in- + surgere to rise -- more at SURGE
1 : a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government; especially : a rebel not recognized as a belligerent.
2 : one who acts contrary to the policies and decisions of one's own political party.
The foriegners in Fallujah and Mosul are TERRORISTS!
Destroy it.
"Stryker troops responding to the ambush routed and killed an undetermined number of the gunmen ..." and flattened the mosque/enemy headquarters. That's what I wish had happened.
It's high time we reminded the ragheads that an attack from a mosque makes the mosque no longer a place of religious worship but a place of war and makes it a legal target for destruction -- and we should routinely destroy all mosques from which terrorists fire upon our troops.
We lack the will to do so.
blow it up and remind people of the Geneva conventions. Either they want panties on their heads or a safe place to worship. Pick one.
IF it's been said once, it's been said a thousand times here on FR - If we would level every Mosque when it's used as a position of attack, the thugs would soon run out of hiding places.
George Patton ... where are you!
I think we might have a key phrase in this:
"...a suicide bomber attacked a bus of Kurdish peshmerga militiamen who’d just arrived in Mosul from neighboring Irbil province. "...
IMHO this suggests that they are doing exactly the right thing in importing some Kurdish talent to the fray.
These Kurds are probably experienced and hardened combat Veterans and know just what to do with said "insurgents", and won't worry too much about what the red cross, UN, CBS or NYT think about it either.
It also appears that the jihaddists are aware of this possibility as well, since they seem to be targeting the Kurds as they arrive.
And since many of these terrorists are holdovers from the late and unlamented Saddam H. regime, methinks that there are a few old scores to be settled between them and the Pesmerga.
Surviving Peshmerga Militiamen will probably not be kind to these thugs when they catch up with them.
Best keep the "Imbeds" and cameras clear of their operations for a while, don't you think?
Some tender hearts in Europe and here in the US might be "offended".
And let me guess, the Mosque is still standing....
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