[bert]

-——an armed assault on the compound began, well-planned and executed by men not only armed with mortars but capable of firing them to lethal purpose – a rare combination among the excitable mobs of the Middle East-——

That is, they did not run out from the building corner, point the AK47 vaguely down the street and fire an indiscriminate volley. They aimed and fired mortars. The attack was by professionals, trained military. Real warriors. The attack was not by raghead zealots who typically fire their weapons into the air is spurts of bravado.

It was Pearl Harbor all over again

[TXnMA]

Both my sons are mortarmen. When I described the attack, they said, in essence:

" Just any yo-yo who picks up a mortar can't drop rounds on target like that. Those guys were professional mortarmen. They already had the coordinates of their firing point and their target dialed in."

Protesting mob? Bravo Sierra!!