Key Iraqi site reported wrecked

AP Wire ^ | Aug. 27, 2002

[sam_paine]

Is this allowed by the Americans with Disabilities Act? Is it fair to make your enemy blind? Surely that's not fair!! CALL THE ICC!!!!

[OldFriend]

I like this kind of incremental war.......inch by inch......getting closer all the time!!!

[eureka!]

"destroyed a major military surveillance site that monitors American troops in the Persian Gulf, witnesses said Tuesday"

Always the first to go in modern war. Take out communications/intel/command posts. Leave 'em blind and guessing. Worked in '91, will always work. I liked Hackworth's assessment too: "In '91, we had 'smart bombs'. Now we have 'genius bombs'". God bless American technology and protect our brave fighting forces....

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Allied airstrikes reportedly wreck key Iraqi surveillance site in south

[1Old Pro]

I like this kind of incremental war.......inch by inch......getting closer all the time!!!

It's like they are making Iraq spend time and money and tie up their "experts" in developing new sites and then in one fell swoop, after months of construction, they are destroyed. It must effect their morale as well.

[Michael Barnes]

No doubt...Almost like a cat that plays with it's catch just before killing it.

[fivecatsandadog]

destroyed a major military surveillance site .....killing eight civilians and wounding nine others.

Yeah, right. Civilians killed, no military, at a major military site. More B...SH-ussein.

[hellinahandcart]

Basra, a major port city on the strategic Shatt Al Arab waterway.

Heh heh heh...he said "shatt"...

[bert]

I like this kind of incremental war.......

Me too. Pressure,pressure, pressure......anuerism.

[princess leah]

Raaaaaaaarr!!! Why don't you go back to DU since you can't seem to figure out that we are at work with these people and they would kill you in an instant if their weapons were up and running!

[princess leah]

Oops - I meant we were at WAR, not work...obviously we can't work with them!

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

I think he was being sarcastic. Read it again.

[aShepard]

What was that rant about. Read his post!

[bandleader]

Hmmm,Another little hors'doeuvre before serving up the MAIN COURSE!!!

[blam]

I read in an earlier report that there were 35 sorties on this strike. That seems a lot compared to what has been reportedly destroyed. Is there more to this story? (35 sorties?)

[bandleader]

Back in the good old days(Desert Storm)the road leading OUT of Basra was quaintly referred to as"The Road of Death"!If they(the media)hadn't shown us those pictures(George C.Patton Jr. must have LOVED them)maybe we could have finished the job.Too many "LiboCrites"went all weak in the knees and stopped the slaughter which would have ended with the LIBERATION of Baghdad and the Iraqui nation!!!!

[NRA2BFree]

I like this kind of incremental war.......inch by inch......getting closer all the time!!

Yeah, me too and then when they least expect it....wham!!

[OldFriend]

South, south, south, NORTH, wonder who will get it next! How's about the middle!!

However, may I ask for an extra prayer for my son's friend who is flying those missions over Iraq.

[dighton]

The Iraqi military said the allied warplanes on Sunday bombed areas in Basra province, 330 miles south of Baghdad, killing eight civilians and wounding nine others

Funny how according to them, our raids kill only civilians.