U.S. Military 10 Soldiers Wounded in Kuwait Attack

Reuters ^ | Sat March 22, 2003 06:36 PM ET

[Bad~Rodeo]

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Ten soldiers have been wounded in an attack on Camp Pennsylvania, a military base in northern Kuwait, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

A U.S. military spokesman gave no further details. But Jim Lacey, a correspondent for Time magazine who was at the camp, told CNN two grenades had been rolled into the command tent in the camp, in what appeared to be a "terrorist attack."

[Bad~Rodeo]

Please delete. Retired Chemist beat me to the punch...L~

[Restorer]

With all due respect, let's try to keep our terminology straight. Attacks on armed enemies are not terrorist attacks. Although the perpetrators are subject to summary execution if they are not in uniform.

Terrorists are what they are because they intentionally target civilians.

[Amerigomag]

in what appeared to be a "terrorist attack."

Not much terror created when you fragg the command tent.

[Bad~Rodeo]

Don't shoot the messenger. Reuters report

[tjg]

Well said. If we call hand grenades in a command tent 'terrorism', how can we call 40 cruise missles and four 2000 # bombs in Saddams cammand center legit?

[Restorer]

Okay. I won't. I just object to some categorizing all those who fight back against Americans as terrorists. It just dilutes the meaning of the word.

[faithincowboys]

I pray for them and their families. May God heal them and protect their comrades.

[vapatriot98]

Sounds like the soldiers are wounded bad according to news reports...

[vapatriot98]

Terrorism? Folks we are at war!!!

[Dec31,1999]

It's very simple: they're on our side. Unlike yourself, I might guess.

[merrin]

Well said. If we call hand grenades in a command tent 'terrorism', how can we call 40 cruise missles and four 2000 # bombs in Saddams cammand center legit?

If they managed to sneak into the camp wearing Iraqi uniform and carrying arms openly, you have a point.

[Bad~Rodeo]

I concur

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Here's the article on Fox's website.

U.S. Troops Attacked in Kuwait; 10 Wounded


Saturday, March 22, 2003

KUWAIT CITY — A camp of the 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait was attacked early Sunday with grenades and small arms fire, wounding 10 people, including six seriously, U.S. military officials said.

"From our reports it appears that a terrorist penetrated Camp Pennsylvania, one or more terrorists threw two hand grenades into a tent," said George Heath, spokesman at Fort Campbell, Ky., home base of the 101st.

He said 10 people were wounded, six seriously.

The injured were rushed to a field hospital but military officials had no word on their conditions, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Owens said from Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar. Their names and nationalities were not released.

The attack, which included small arms fire, happened at a rear base camp of the 101st, near the Iraqi border, U.S. military officials said.

The military did not identify the unit of the 101st that was in the camp but said it had been in Kuwait for about one week.

Most of the division has entered southern Iraq.

Iraq has fired at least seven missiles over its southern border toward U.S. troops and Kuwait City since the start of the U.S.-led campaign to oust Saddam Hussein.

Sunday's attack was the fourth against Americans in Kuwait since October. Kuwait was the main launching point for the tens of thousands of ground forces who have entered Iraq.

The 101st Airborne is a rapid deployment group trained to go anywhere in the world within 36 hours. The roughly 22,000 members of the 101st were deployed Feb. 6. The last time the entire division was deployed was during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, which began after Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait.

Most recently, it hunted suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Three Kuwaitis were arrested last month on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks on U.S. forces in the tiny, oil-rich emirate.

The men were described as Muslim extremists who followed the principles of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden. The arrests followed several attacks against Americans in Kuwait.

On Jan. 21, Islamic extremists were blamed for killing a San Diego computer contractor and injuring another American close to Camp Doha, where U.S. forces are based.

A Kuwaiti policeman faces trial on charges of shooting and seriously wounding two U.S. soldiers on Nov. 21 after allegedly stopping their car on a highway.

In October, Muslim fundamentalists killed one U.S. Marine and injured another on a Kuwaiti island. Other Marines killed the gunmen, who were religious extremists.

[md2576]

4th attack in Kuwait since October.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

With all due respect, you assume the "attacks" were made by Iraqi soldiers. Perhaps they are foreign nationals, or even Kuwaiti...then it would be a terrorist attack.

[dvan]

Unfortunately it doesn't speak well of the security measures around the camp does it? This is something that we will need to protect against all through Iraq.

[Dahlseide]

Assuming perimeter guards were not asleep - I was caught "nodding" once while on maneuvers at Camp McCall in '56- FOX reports non-military types supplying Camp Pennsylvania could be the culprits. With my perfect hindsight, I suggest it was a colossal "mistake" to not employ plain old GIs to haul supplies, I pulled KP numerous times.

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

My bet it was a Kuwaiti