Posted on 06/20/2006 3:36:36 AM PDT by xzins
Moderator: Just Announced Fox News. They said it was coming from Reuters via the Iraqi Defense Ministry
Agreed. But I doubt we will ever again fight that way.
I am not sure but it sounded like the driver of the three Humvee was killed and the other two humvee's did not come back to support them.
I think we will have to wait for the details on this one.
It means that control is not what civilians think it is.
It is military dominance; it is not military observation of every square foot of terrain.
But it also suggests that the killing was done locally.
ping to #395
It might fit the Diana Irey campaign as a handout flyer against Murtha.
It makes me wonder if a convoy of 3 is enough. I also wonder why an exclusively U.S. convoy; why not conjoined U.S./Iraqi?
...and not much more than that to the new Democrats and the DBM who use them only for there own ends to bash our efforts there, our President, and our country. They in their own way are as evil as the terrorists.
(listening to ABC News and they have the obligatory man-on-the-street who says it's time to cut and run)
I agree. We drop leaflets saying that the women and children have 48 hours to get out and then we flatten the place. We demand that the terrorists are turned over or we will continue to bomb. There are some innocent people over there and I feel sorry for them. Unfortunately, the Iraqis who do help us are kidnapped or their family members are kidnapped or they are murdered. Most of them are probably scared to death to assist us even if they wanted to. Fact is, we're never gonna win the hearts and minds over there. Never. People have been fighting in that region for THOUSANDS of years. Ever read up on the history of Iraq? One bloody revolt after another. Most of the population is so young there that they have absolutely no concept of freedom. They've lived under tyranny and poverty their entire lives and they grew up hating the U.S. And we're going to change all of that in a few years? Gimme a break. If we're going to fight this war, we need to fight it with more firepower, more troops and just get it the hell over with.
I only hope this did not happen to them because they feared taking out the terrorists and then be charged with murder by our own government.
http://jednet207.tripod.com/PoliticalLinks.html
and what does Murthawi have to say on this? is he concerned that these soldiers where killed in cold blood, in ways not compliant of the Geneva Convention? that fat prick
Reported on Michelle Malkins site that one of the lessons learned is that you do not split a small force in these situations, especially when you know that capture means death. Either you all go or you all stay.
Discussion here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1651955/posts
be my guest to use it (even if just the idea) if it can help.
Lets see how this works in the real world. Some hadji type knows that US soldiers have this device. A head shot is made taking out the US soldier with a clean kill. Body is dragged to an ambush site and the homing device is activated. Rescuers show up and hadji opens up with RPGs. Still think it is a good idea?
Rumor is that their bodies were found skinned -- religion of peace, yup
He also said given the situation of what happens when you are captured by them, he doubts any soldier would allow themselves to be taken alive.
In agreement.
Thank you for standing up for our troops, Spiff.
IMO, war is an Old Testament matter...
In this undated photo released by the U.S. Army, Pfc. Thomas Tucker is shown. A group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Monday, June 19, 2006, it had kidnapped Tucker and Army Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, who were reported missing Friday while manning a checkpoint. Iraqi Maj. Gen. Abdul-Aziz Mohammed, announced that the bodies of Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., had been discovered on a street in Youssifiyah, just south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)
Yeap the squad leader who called in said that if the reports he heard are true, the squad leader made a mistake in splitting his forces.
This is true...hubby talked about this last night....This is an old Indian trick....a small force attacks, you split your forces and follow...then the real attack begins......hubby is terribly upset over this and can't believe they split up and left 1 Spc and 2 PFC's alone........they are trained not to do this...
"They don't have a prayer".
Nor do they have GOD. Their god is aligned with satan... if not satan himself.
LLS
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