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Attack on Mess Hall in Iraq 10? dead
Fox News Channel | 12/21/04 | ChefKeith

Posted on 12/21/2004 5:31:14 AM PST by ChefKeith

Just mentioned on FNC:

Dining facility on U.S. Base in Iraq hit by rocket attack- 10 dead

Waiting for more info...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Virginia; US: Washington; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 25thinfantry; fallen; fobmarez; fortlewis; halliburton; iraq; mosul; richmond; rosepetals; strykerbrigade; taskforceolympia
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To: Lori675

Look, Bush is making a bad mistake with Mosul.
He should let thousands of Kurds go back there.
These Arab terrorists are hiding in Arab holmes in Mosul.
We need to bring in thousands of Kurds in Mosul.
The Kurds want to go back to Mosul, but Bush is not letting them in.
The Kurds would join with us is finishing off the Arabs.




source?

The Kurds seem to be attempting not to bite off more thna they can chew. Right now they are more worried about the Turks than anyone else.


161 posted on 12/21/2004 7:22:17 AM PST by MikefromOhio (20 days until I can leave Iraq and stop selling hot dogs in Baghdad....and boycotting boycotts)
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To: MikeinIraq
I just hope this doesnt repeat itself too often....

You and a lot of us here at home pray that it does not.

162 posted on 12/21/2004 7:22:45 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: M1911A1
If it was a mortar, how did those devils get in so close? I'm amazed that we would site a permanent base such that the entire perimeter out beyond mortar range could not be swept, secured and kept safe.

Prayers for the safety of all our troops -- and for the families devastated by today's news.

163 posted on 12/21/2004 7:23:09 AM PST by TXnMA (Attention, ACLU: There is no constitutionally protected right to NOT be offended -- Shove It!)
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To: NY Attitude

"Sounds like Nam again."

My father is a Nam vet and said the same thing. What can be done to keep this from being a Nam situation?


164 posted on 12/21/2004 7:23:12 AM PST by American Vet Repairman (Chirac- la petite chienne de l'Islamofascists.)
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To: ChefKeith
Kill them all.


BUMP

165 posted on 12/21/2004 7:23:29 AM PST by tm22721 (In fac they)
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To: mike1sg
It's a problem that you have everywhere there is an American military base, consulate, embassy, etc...

Basically, an American presence anywhere on the globe.

Unfortunately, there's no way you're going to be able to resolve it aside from completely walling yourself off from the population.

I just hope and pray that future attacks like this can be preempted before they come to fruition.

166 posted on 12/21/2004 7:24:12 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham (Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
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To: KoRn

Rockets can be fired many miles away. No need for an 'inside' job.

In case you don't realize it, there are locals that used to work these bases before we came in and took over. They know them better than we do! Then of course, we hire locals to work for us. And you can guess what they do after hours....


167 posted on 12/21/2004 7:26:18 AM PST by Eagle Eye (3/5 Got theirs. And then some.)
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To: MikeinIraq
The Kurds seem to be attempting not to bite off more thna they can chew. Right now they are more worried about the Turks than anyone else.

The Kurds have suffered some casulties in the past week. They are being picked off also.

The terrorist are killing any and every one that crosses their path. It was 3 Turkish embassy guards in Baghdad that were pulled from a vehicle, shot, one beheaded in the streets in broad daylight last week.

168 posted on 12/21/2004 7:26:36 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
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To: Eagle Eye

Glad yer OK........Hope ya loiter & sleep near a well made stack of sandbags called bunker till ya get out and home EE !

I know thats tough to do .........Stay Safe !


169 posted on 12/21/2004 7:26:51 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: TXnMA

mortars can go a pretty good way....couple of miles in fact for the big ones...

It was probably the normal 3 guys and a car...they set it up, threw them down and got the hell out of there....

Our bases are on the outskirts of the cities in iraq. The enemey knows this....

unfortunately it was a one in a million shot....


170 posted on 12/21/2004 7:27:04 AM PST by MikefromOhio (20 days until I can leave Iraq and stop selling hot dogs in Baghdad....and boycotting boycotts)
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To: tm22721
Kill them all.

Damn straight.

Onward to Saudi Arabia. That's the only reason we're in Iraq.


BUMP

171 posted on 12/21/2004 7:27:54 AM PST by tm22721 (In fac they)
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To: TexKat

yeah...

the terrorists are getting a lot of Iraqis killed too....


172 posted on 12/21/2004 7:27:55 AM PST by MikefromOhio (20 days until I can leave Iraq and stop selling hot dogs in Baghdad....and boycotting boycotts)
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To: mystery-ak

They (Iraqi's) would show up at the Norht Gate at Balad, they were searched and cleared, each little group you would hire would usually have one person that spoke English. The Camp Commanders had the responsibility to clear anyone that was going to work on post, they were given passes. System did not always work, we caught several with cell phones, who knows waht they were doing with those.


173 posted on 12/21/2004 7:28:24 AM PST by mike1sg ((Now Home)From the vacation paradise, the cradle of civilization; Iraq)
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To: Eagle Eye

And you can guess what they do after hours....




Camels?

We dont allow ours to leave if they continue to have projects and jobs for them.

I believe these were mortars....


174 posted on 12/21/2004 7:28:56 AM PST by MikefromOhio (20 days until I can leave Iraq and stop selling hot dogs in Baghdad....and boycotting boycotts)
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To: mike1sg

....giving coordinates?


175 posted on 12/21/2004 7:30:59 AM PST by mystery-ak (Please pray for Maj Tammy Duckworth)
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To: mystery-ak

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176 posted on 12/21/2004 7:32:23 AM PST by mystery-ak (Please pray for Maj Tammy Duckworth)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
There are also security guards being hired from other countries armed forces, which doesn't instill a lot of confidence.

You mean the Ghurkas? I don't have any problem with them at all.

I haven't seen any contract security guards at the base entrances in Iraq. And I've been to a couple of bases, too. Kuwait is a different story with Dyncors and/or CSA there.

177 posted on 12/21/2004 7:33:47 AM PST by Eagle Eye (3/5 Got theirs. And then some.)
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To: NY Attitude

high adventure, for sure...definitely had it's moments- read your bio...thanks for your service- I'll drink one to you tonight at the VFW...


178 posted on 12/21/2004 7:34:14 AM PST by nicko (CW3 (ret.) CPT, you need to just unass the AO; I know what I'm doing- that goes for you too, Major)
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To: TexKat; MikeinIraq

Bret Baird reports that many of the food service workers at the base in Mosul are Turks. I bet the Kurds love that.

Zarqawi's folks have claimed credit on an Islamic website, per FoxNews.


179 posted on 12/21/2004 7:34:58 AM PST by Amelia
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To: mystery-ak

Could be. I never liked doing it. I always wondered what they were saying to each other while you were standing there.


180 posted on 12/21/2004 7:37:19 AM PST by mike1sg ((Now Home)From the vacation paradise, the cradle of civilization; Iraq)
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