[Zyke]

This is the first I have heard of this. Thought I would post it. Good details about the event.

[barker]

26 killed - 1 arrested. Good ratio.

[MEG33]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1371347/posts
After Action Report - Raven 42 Ambushed! (Account of defeated terrorist ambush in Iraq)
Blackfive.net ^ | 3/26/05

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1371051/posts
more comments here..Great job Kentucky National Guard!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1370142/posts
(AP account)

[SLB]

I think this was posted, but it still makes for good reading. I retired from the Kentucky Army National Guard in 1994. My prayers are with these citizen-soldiers.

[Wurlitzer]

Ah! The world is now a better place with 26 less mudslimes. Way to go USA. Great kill ratio.

Still have millions to go but you have to start somewhere.

[MarIboro]

BUMP! With pride from the Bluegrass state.

[upchuck]

Although I realize, "Loose lips sink ships," I wish we could get detailed reporting like this about every firefight, even the ones that don't end as well.

Makes me proud of our troops!

[alpha-8-25-02]

BEST POST ALL MORNING!

GODSPEED!

[LRS]

Messing with Kentucky folk during March Madness is not a good idea!

[Congressman Billybob]

This has been posted before, more than a week ago. It is an excellent history of one engagement. But posting it twice is deceptive to the readers, who might think it is a new engagement.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "The Fatal Attraction of the Inside Straight"

[em2vn]

Do we have any aerial recon in that country ? A big WEll Done to our people but why in the world did they need to fall into the ambush. We damn sure own the air. Why can seven cars with trunks and doors open set unseen with forty to fifty armed yucks in an ambush position?
If we have a convoy rolling an aerial recon of the route would be handy.
I wish the part about the shadowing Humvees hadn't been posted. Next time the convoy will be allowed to pass and the shadow vehicles will be the target hoping the Humvees from the convoy will come to their assistance. So long to the entire convoy.

[Deetes]

The Pope's passing will cause this story to be buried but just so you know.

This was two weeks ago. And it wasn't buried they were on the morniing news shows and all over FR.

Although it is a great great story. I'm wondering more about the Abu Griab deal that happed yesterday . I wonder how many terrorists we got.?

[MNnice]

"Of the 7 members of Raven 42 who walked away, two are Caucasian Women, the rest men--one is Mexican-American, the medic is African- American, and the other two are Caucasian-the great American melting pot."

That's 6.