To: MEG33
He also implied it was not a dangerous mission,leaving out the diversionary action in another location.Is that what you heard.?He implied our guys walked in unopposed and got her with no resistance (and implication, at no risk).
I had not heard there was a diversionary action. Was there?
1,428 posted on
04/02/2003 9:48:53 AM PST by
cyncooper
("Some of the Iraqis... 'told me they would commit suicide if American bombing didn't start.'")
To: cyncooper
I had not heard there was a diversionary action. Was there?
I read and heard that Brig. General Brooks said that some "brave souls" rescued Jessica Lynch. It sort of implied to me that there were some casualties in this rescue.
1,433 posted on
04/02/2003 9:50:55 AM PST by
Lauratealeaf
(God be with out troops and President Bush)
To: cyncooper
My search didn't turn up an article but I swear I heard it on TV about the diversion.
1,444 posted on
04/02/2003 9:56:14 AM PST by
MEG33
To: cyncooper
The Marines attacked Nasiriyah PRIOR to the rescue operation for Jessica. From the
Wash Post:
U.S. Marines sent a large force led by tanks and armored personnel carriers to hit targets in the center of the city and to seize a key bridge over the Euphrates while the hospital raid was underway," a military source told the news agency. "The operation was timed so that U.S. forces rolled over the highway . . . bridge 15 minutes before the raid."
The Marine attack drew enemy forces away from the hospital where she was held.
1,501 posted on
04/02/2003 10:15:09 AM PST by
Timeout
(...an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm--GWB inaugural address)
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