Posted on 10/07/2006 7:04:37 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
AUSTRALIAN troops have told how they killed at least five Iraqi insurgents while fighting off an attack aimed at wiping out the 60-strong force of Diggers.
In the first action specifically targeting Australian troops in Iraq, the Townsville-based Diggers fought an hour-long battle in the strife-torn city of al-Rumaythah.
The insurgents' aim, commanders on the spot said, was brutal: surround and kill the Australian force.
At least 30 balaclava-clad insurgents dressed in black, carrying AK-47s and grenade launchers – but shielded at times by civilians – attacked the Australian column as it visited a police barracks in the city on September 26.
In a bold move, the Diggers – led by 32-year-old Major Andrew Stevens, of the Townsville-based 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment – called in US Air Force F-16s, which buzzed the insurgents to scare and distract them.
After an exclusive briefing, The Sunday Mail can reveal details of how a visit by Major Stevens and a team of reconstruction experts to al-Rumaythah – a city of 75,000 – turned into a wild, bloody gunfight with thousands of rounds of ammunition fired.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
Born tough, raised tougher. The citizens of the Commonwealth are remembering who they are. Hats off to our Digger brethren.
Does that make the civilians enemy combatants? How can you distinguish the enemy and civilian?
BTTT!
Man it sucks that they lost their lives when wacky Muslums learn Don't take on Aussies
...in which case, Rule 303 is the governing law.
"Even though they were co-ordinated and they were able to deliver a lot of firepower, I haven't had to put a single Band-Aid on any of the people involved in the action.
"There wasn't a single mark on any of the vehicles. And we had one bullet go through one tyre which didn't affect the performance of the vehicle.
"It was certainly co-ordinated – but co-ordinated in a particularly Arab way."
Ya know, it just doesn't get any better than this.
Arabs are such pu$$ies. Too funny.
That last line sums it all up perfectly...great post Aussie.
Two items of good news here: None of the good guys was injured, and at least five of the bad guys were sent to their just rewards.
What are these Muzzies fighting for? If they win, what do they get....100 more years living in a sandy shithole at the heel of some ruthless dictator. If the west wins, they will have freedom, all people will have at least a chance, ruthless, feckless, and failed leaders can be cast aside at the stroke of a pen. They can still have their religion. They can still have their culture. The only thing they won't have is the senseless violence. Maybe i've answered my own question...they are fighting for the rule of 'senseless violnce.'
They want to kill us all. They remind me of a line in the movie "Independence Day," when the alien creature, controlling the voice of the dead scientist, is asked by the president: "What do you want us to do?," and the alien replies: "Die."
It'll come! :-)
Good on you Diggers!
I'm not into taglines, but if I had one it would be that. What a classic (and true) line.
It was a great combat story about our brave (and rugged) Aussie friends, but it was also very revealing about how Coalition forces are hampered by these almost impossible 'rules of engagement'. Take away the political correctness handcuffs and they'd have killed all 30 insurgents.
Because since the days of mohammed violence is all they've ever known; and their 'religion' demands it from them. Their 'religion' also provides a convenient path to virgin paradise for them when they die fighting the 'infidel'.
Let's face it, when we entered into Badhdad we walked into a time warp that took us back 1,000 years. The people in that God-forsaken part of the world haven't advanced out of the dark ages yet, except, of course, when it comes to building weapons. If the master plan to civilize and 'democratize' them ever works, it will be the greatest miracle of all time, apart from Christ's Resurrection. I'm not holding my breath waiting for it though.
You're spot on. Different rules for each side!
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