Night of fear and fire as US soldiers strike

The Times (U.K.) ^ | 11/24/2001 | CATHERINE PHILP AND SHAHZADA ZULFIQAR

[Miss Marple]

“It’s because of the grace of Allah,” he said, “that we are alive today.”

No, Abdullah, it is because of the merciful actions of the soldiers of a Christian nation.

[Cicero]

Holy Mackerel. American soldiers risk their lives getting them out of their trucks before they are bombed, and they complain about it? And they say they owe their lives to Allah? I don't think so.

[Hillary 666]

“It’s because of the grace of Allah,” he said, “that we are alive today.”

Wrong, sucker. You are alive by the grace of U.S. Special Forces.

[Hillary 666]

Right on, Miss Marple, I picked up on the same thing you did.

[A Navy Vet]

"No, Abdullah, it is because of the merciful actions of the soldiers of a Christian nation."

Well said!

[No Truce With Kings]

And they say they owe their lives to Allah?

Only if Allah wears U.S. Army battledress and carries night-vision goggles.

[rightwingextremist1776]

“How will they feed their families now?” Mr Mohammed asked. “What is the point of this?”

I'm sure some of the survivors of the Twin Towers have asked the same thing.

Hey Mr Mohammed, we have an old saying in these parts....What goes around, comes around!

[BlueCrab]

Great tone O UK Times...
Where's George Orwell when you need him?

[VOA]

Abdullah is grateful to have escaped with his life, but he gives no credit to the Americans’
efforts to avoid civilian casualties by removing the drivers from the convoy.

I think we now have an OBJECTIVE, QUANTITATIVE reason to prevent Muslims from
immigrating to the USA.
We don't want a stupid country full of Abudullahs. What a moron. The US soldiers risk
detection and death to spare his life (and his buddy) and this is how the typical
Islamic mental process works?

Keep these morons the freak out of my beloved country!

[vladog]

I know guys who would cut their throats in their sleep. In fact the guy who typed this would have done it. Always remember no good deed goes unpunished.

[Cleburne]

"Why the heck did they let us go?" wonders Abdullah. "In my country we stuff as many infidels and enemies into the tanker, then we torch it."
He then added, "But the evil Americans must die because of all those poor orphans with big sad eyes they killed! Rah-rah!"

Stuff like this makes me feel good to be an American: our guys get the job done while doing theri best to avoid even the deaths of armed enemies. I doubt there have been to many countries like that in history.

[McGavin999]

Before setting off on their journey from the Iranian border, many try to camouflage their garishly painted trucks with branches and tumbleweed found in the desert.

WOW, how clever. We'd never be able to figure out that the giant tree moving down the highway was someone trying to smuggle something in to the Taliban. ;o)

[pattycake]

I'm glad you found this article, I read it in the Washington Post (no that is not my paper of choice, hubby found it). I was trying to figure how to post it and stay within FR's guidelines. Thanks, I love this story. This is how I always thought they operated, clean, quick and to the point and get out of there.

[Barnacle]

He believes that a higher force intervened that night.

Yea, you can call the forces higher. We call them Special.

[Straight Vermonter]

Blackened barrels that had once held petrol and paraffin lay scattered around a charred lorry. Bullet-holes perforated the side of one of the tankers.

Anyone know what they are using paraffin for?

[IronJack]

Anyone know what they are using paraffin for?

Knowing these stone-age hillbillies, probably candles.

[IronJack]

Guess after the DELTA FORCE got its butt kicked by real Taliban fighters, they had to turn to unarmed truckers. Wow, am I ever impressed...NOT.

Are you talking about Mogadishu? Or have your hallucinations started up again?