Posted on 07/22/2015 7:10:26 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Marines and sailors risked their lives for one another in Chattanooga last week, trying to distract the gunman who assaulted a naval center, helping people scale a fence for safety and returning fire at the attacker, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Some of the five servicemen who were fatally wounded effectively sacrificed themselves during the assault on Thursday, diverting the gunman away from a larger group of potential victims, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation into the killings.
“This could have been a lot worse,” said the official, who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation. “It could have been a horrible, horrible massacre — so much worse.”
At a news conference here, the F.B.I. confirmed that at least one service member shot at the attacker, but did not say whether he managed to wound the gunman, Mohammod Abdulazeez, who was killed minutes later in a shootout with the Chattanooga police. . .
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Maybe they wanted to lose the autopsy report. "Lives Saved by Marine Taking Down Terrorist" is NOT the headline Obama wants to see.
“Huh? What is your theory about what happened? They have a lot of witnesses.”
There were a lot of witnesses at Waco II, too.
Hussein wants us to believe this was just another random shooting, and telling us that the dead were trying to save “other innocent civilians” supports that narrative.
The muslim came to shoot American soldiers, and the latest media story has a lot of people here believing the headline exactly as written because it’s not seemingly directly related to politics.
“Huh? What is your theory about what happened? They have a lot of witnesses.”
There were a lot of witnesses at Waco II, too.
Hussein wants us to believe this was just another random shooting, and telling us that the dead were trying to save “other innocent civilians” supports that narrative.
The muslim came to shoot American soldiers, and the latest media story has a lot of people here believing the headline exactly as written because it’s not seemingly directly related to politics.
Islam means submit!
“At a news conference here, the F.B.I. confirmed that at least one service member shot at the attacker, but did not say whether he managed to wound the gunman,”
Two questions:
Was this person armed in contravention of orders/policy?
How common was sidearm carry in CONUS in the last several decades? Say going back to 60s and 70s? I seem to remember NCOIC/CQ sometimes having a sidearm, but I was little, not sure.
They saved their brothers and possibly sisters—Marines and sailors.
They did what Marines do. And those Marines would save civilians if there were any there to be saved.
“They did what Marines do. And those Marines would save civilians if there were any there to be saved.”
Thanks, I have no doubt of that, but I don’t trust a word the NY Times publishes, even if it seems to have no direct relationship to politics, and especially when it supports the Fraud’s narrative.
A friend told me that one of the slain actually had a gun?
Any confirmation?
Multiple news sources have confirmed. But I have not read if they have identified which Marine had a gun. A naval officer also had a gun and used it. A relative of one of the Marines said the shooter was wearing body armor. I have not seen any such info from the FBI.
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