Did anyone else also notice that this "insurgent" who had just killed an American soldier was headquarted in a HOSPITAL. I don't want to hear anymore crying from liberals that the big bad U.S. military is targeting peaceful hospitals and ambulances. This is the kind of s**t that has been going on for 3 years now, with the terrorists using hospitals, ambulances, etc.
"This is the kind of s**t that has been going on for 3 years now,"
Please watch what you say on this site, we are not the DU.
Regardless of the way the MSM ignores this subject, This is the kind of s**t that has been going on for 30 years now, with the Palestinians and other Arabs - just ask Israel. They (the bad guys) consider it a legitimate form of warfare.
December 11, 2004
Ramadi Hospital Used as Ambush Firing Position
From Reuters via The Australian :
"Soldiers from the 1st Marine Division ... were ambushed by insurgents operating in and near the Ramadi General Hospital and Medical College," the military said. A statement said the attack took place yesterday.
"Some of the muzzle flashes of insurgent firing positions were observed as originating from windows within the hospital."
The military said rebel fighters had turned off all the lights in the hospital and surrounding buildings as the soldiers approached, before unleashing rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire as soon as the lights were turned back on.
"Soldiers pushed through the ambush, returning defensive fire, some of which was aimed at insurgents in the hospital," the statement said.
It said no US soldiers were wounded or killed in the fighting, but did not give any information about insurgent casualties. The US military's account could not be confirmed.
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The Marines said they would return to speak with staff at Ramadi's hospital to assess the damage caused in yesterday's firefight and investigate the incident.
In a separate incident in the city, the 1st Marine Division said it had destroyed a large weapons cache discovered in a suburb of Ramadi late yesterday.