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U.S.-Led Forces Close In on Baghdad
www.foxnews.com ^
| Monday, March 31, 2003
| AP
Posted on 04/01/2003 12:40:29 AM PST by AFPhys
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Capt. Chris Carter winced at the risks his men would have to take. Engaged in a lightning-fast raid for this Euphrates River town, they were battling for a bridge when -- through the smoke -- they saw the elderly woman. She had tried to race across the bridge when the Americans arrived, but was caught in the crossfire.
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TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 7thinfantry; bridgebattle; euphrates; hindiyah; iraq
A good article - really gives the flavor of the battle our boys are waging. All the elements of the civilian and military action are given, including search/exploitation of prisoners and facilities captured.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:40:29 AM PST
by
AFPhys
To: AFPhys
Moral authority!
While the elite iraqi RP use woman and children as sheilds we risk life and limb to save an innocent.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:47:52 AM PST
by
PFKEY
To: AFPhys
These RPGs seem to be everywhere. If one can punch a 2 inch hole in a bradley, then it's a significant weapon. What is it? Do we have anything like it?
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:49:58 AM PST
by
peeve23
To: AFPhys
Good article.
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posted on
04/01/2003 12:50:19 AM PST
by
MEG33
To: peeve23
Rosie O'Donnell
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posted on
04/01/2003 1:25:29 AM PST
by
zarf
(Republicans for Sharpton 2004)
To: AFPhys
Re:
Carter, a 32-year-old Army Ranger, ordered his Bradley armored vehicle to pull forward while he and two men ran behind it. They took cover behind the bridge's iron beams.
Carter tossed a smoke grenade for more cover and approached the woman, who was crying and pointing toward a wound on her hip. She wore the black chador, common among older women in the countryside. The blood soaked through the fabric, streaking the pavement around her.
Medics placed the woman on a stretcher and into an ambulance; Carter stood by, providing cover with his M16A4 rifle. Then she was gone, and Monday's battle for this town of 80,000, 50 miles south of Baghdad, raged on.
God love these guys. Tears are in my eyes as I post this.
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posted on
04/01/2003 1:29:27 AM PST
by
sonofatpatcher2
(Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
To: peeve23
These RPGs seem to be everywhere. If one can punch a 2 inch hole in a bradley, then it's a significant weapon. What is it? Do we have anything like it?
It's a Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher. The Iraqis, I believe, are using Russian made RPG-7's, seen below.
We have our own version of an 'RPG'--the M-72 LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon). More info on the LAW can be found
at this link.
Hope that helps!
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posted on
04/01/2003 2:01:30 AM PST
by
GBTexan
To: GBTexan
Thanks, Tex. It does help.
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posted on
04/01/2003 2:08:37 AM PST
by
peeve23
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