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Ancient Iraqi minaret is U.S. army snipers' nest
Reuters ^
| 1/24/05
| Ibon Villelabeitia
Posted on 01/24/2005 1:52:06 AM PST by kattracks
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posted on
01/24/2005 1:52:06 AM PST
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kattracks
To: kattracks
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posted on
01/24/2005 2:09:32 AM PST
by
Route101
To: Route101
God Bless and protect our troopers... but I'll curse Reuters personally for this hit job intended to rouse anger against our troops for using an "ancient Iraqi minaret" to protect the citizens of Iraq from terrorists.
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posted on
01/24/2005 2:21:06 AM PST
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: coconutt2000
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posted on
01/24/2005 2:22:50 AM PST
by
Route101
To: kattracks
I bet 1,000 years ago, Iraqis were using that minaret to defend their city by keeping an eye out for threats. Times change, but some things remain the same.
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posted on
01/24/2005 2:23:54 AM PST
by
risk
To: risk
funny how our troops are not allowed to 'chip' the walls of a mosque but they can fire ROCKETS and MORTARS at the 1000 year old minaret...
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posted on
01/24/2005 2:25:35 AM PST
by
Irishguy
(How do ya LIKE THOSE APPLES!!!! HUH)
To: Irishguy
Meanwhile the people are probably really looking forward to voting - under the protective gaze of our snipers, who know they can go home when the people are back in charge and the thugs who'd shoot at their own precious historical monuments are en route.
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posted on
01/24/2005 2:30:01 AM PST
by
risk
To: kattracks
Two U.S. army snipers sit on the top of an ancient minaret Delivering "hole-ee"messages!
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:09:30 AM PST
by
leadhead
(Silence of the Yaks)
To: kattracks
Samarra minaret
View from top of minaret
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:22:37 AM PST
by
G.Mason
(A war mongering, UN hating, military industrial complex loving, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
To: kattracks
Cool, huh?
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:26:02 AM PST
by
Beckwith
(John Kerry has now met with the enemy during war two times, in 1970 and again in 2005.)
To: G.Mason
aim straight...aim true....
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:27:26 AM PST
by
Route101
To: Route101
"aim straight...aim true...."Yes sir! And with the .50 calibur it's a fast, flat track. ;)
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:46:48 AM PST
by
G.Mason
(A war mongering, UN hating, military industrial complex loving, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
To: kattracks
"Capt. William Rockefeller, in charge of the nine-man sniper team, said he has not received any complaints about using the minaret as a snipers' nest." Except for the incoming..
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posted on
01/24/2005 3:51:15 AM PST
by
Jaxter
("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
To: kattracks
Own the high ground! They can run, but they'll just die tired.
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posted on
01/24/2005 4:10:10 AM PST
by
Recon Dad
(One Shot One Kill)
To: kattracks
About time we started garrisoning troublesome mosques. The other choice would be to level them.
To: FreedomPoster
About time we started garrisoning troublesome mosques. Yeah, the military all of a sudden just figured this out! < / sarcasm >
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posted on
01/24/2005 4:38:48 AM PST
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: coconutt2000
Your #3 covers any comments I'd have made. Bump.
To: Route101
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posted on
01/24/2005 6:31:23 AM PST
by
treeclimber
("We will hunt the terrorists in every dark corner of the earth. We will be relentless." GWB 2001)
To: kattracks
50 calibre-rifle? I'd hate to be in the vicinity of the Jihadi who gets drilled with that-like getting splashed with a big Mac when a car runs over it.
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posted on
01/24/2005 7:45:31 AM PST
by
Larry381
To: kattracks
Samarra was once a famous city in the Abassid Caliphate but today it is a rundown, garbage-strewn town at the heart of the Sunni triangle, where the insurgency is relentless. Redundancy alert.
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posted on
01/24/2005 8:06:11 AM PST
by
naturalized
(Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called walking.)
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