IRAQ: Troops Fired on from Mosque & Don't Return Fire

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[BagCamAddict]

June 8, 2003 Release Number: 03-06-30

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

3 ID PATROL ENGAGED BY SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM MOSQUE

CAMP DOHA, Kuwait -- Task Force 3-15 was engaged by small arms fire from a Mosque today near Fallujah.

Based from intelligence reports of plans to attack U.S. forces, Task Force 3-15 conducted aggressive patrols in the area to gain contact with enemy forces. However, the Task Force did not engage the attackers in the Mosque.

The unit came into contact with an enemy force of an unknown size firing from the same mosque the unit had contact from yesterday.

No Coalition forces were injured, but they did detain two individuals.

Pockets of resistance remain in the region between Fallujah and Ar Ramadi and they appear to be coordinated at the local level. Coalition forces continue to conduct active patrols to locate these pockets and destroy or capture the remnants of the former regime.

[BagCamAddict]

Put the mosque under seige and wait them out. Arrest everyone who comes out.

Oh no, we couldn't do that... might start a mass demonstration, and we wouldn't want that, now would we?

I wish the Iraqi people would stand up for themselves and tell these terrorists to get the he** out of their country. But after 30 years of oppression, I know they don't have the self-will to be able to do it. It's like an entire country of battered wives who have been brainwashed into believing they are impotent against the bad guys. The children of Iraq are the future of Iraq... the children have to be taught that are alternatives to fighting and killing.

[xJones]

Good thread. Shooting out of mosques and hiding behind women and children seems to be fine for these types.

[Arkinsaw]

If our guys are not allowed to fire at the Mosque, then why are they allowed to approach the Mosque so they can get fired at? Somebody is going to die needlessly unless one of the two situations is resolved.

[Radix]

How the hell did we ever get into the practice of fighting wars in this way? The business of War is to kill the enemy and destroy their resolve. Screw the mosque lovers. If they use a mosque as a bunker to engage our forces in active conflict, then we simply level the mosque.

It is that simple! Who can argue that logically? I am at the point now where I actually think that we should just Nuke em. I am sick of this sheite! Kill them, and bring our Troops home, in order that they can defend our borders.

This Country has lost it's mind.

Never vote for professional politicians. They have no values.

[The Brush]

Can you "tear gas" a mosque? I mean if it isn't in Waco?

[thinktwice]

May God save us all from man made gods.

Ths god of ancient Assyria, for instance, Marduk.

[Lijahsbubbe]

No kidding, look what the Arabs did to the Church of the Nativity. The same little game was played then. Can't fire at Muslims in a church now can we? To make matters worse, when they 'surrendered' they were handed bottles of Evian and sent to a resort.

They'll spit on and destroy any holy place that's not their own, and use mosques and churches to launch attacks from. But we must respect their religion.

Craziness? I'll say.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Can you "tear gas" a mosque? I mean if it isn't in Waco?

It looks as if we must respect the terrorists at all costs. They certainly have more leeway than the women and children at Waco did.

[ETERNAL WARMING]

It's time to stop the PC crap and let them have it. If they choose to make their mosques a battleground, then so be it. Their choice.

[Radix]

Something about the "Tomb of Joseph" comes to mind.

[Justin714]

Guess they're good Muslims too /sarcasm.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Blow them to Allah. It is what they want anyway. What makes Muslime houses of worship so much more valuable than Christian churches? In WWII we blew the hell out of a 15th century monastary on a mountain in Italy because the Germans were using it as a base.

[Salvey]

It's like an entire country of battered wives who have been brainwashed into believing they are impotent against the bad guys.

Great line; wish I had said that.

[Eaker]

Given time and a thousand burning mosques it would quit being news.

You kill roaches where they live.

Eaker

[breakem]

Any building from which we take fire should be leveled. Ther Israelis have it right.

[mathurine]

Mohammedanism seems a peculiar way of being in the world.

[hunter112]

It's time to start blowing the hell out of a village for every one of our soldiers who is killed or wounded. If we're going to deal with victory in such a wimpy way, we may as well send the damn French in to get shot at.

[holyh2o]

Yep, I know this Iranian guy who when the tape of the 130 gunship in Afghanistan came out showing the killing of many running Al Queda from the building said, you can't shoot them they are dressed in white!! Like they should be exempt for punishment from their actions because they are muslims. I think it is time for many to start proclaiming , you know we don't respect Islam, now go swirl around your rock in Mecca like a bunch of fish and get mad, get really, really, really mad now. Allah be damned. I think if we can bomb em, we can grow a pair and start saying it like it is. Who cares if they go off. Either in our time or theirs, which tactically through History produces the best results.
Truth...the basis of freedom. No truth, no freedom.

[holyh2o]

Yep, you are correct sir. These b-holes aren't worth one drop of our childrens blood, I smell Moab. Same with Israel, you know how it is going to be now, the PLO is Hezbollah, is al asqa, clear ya a nice killing zone, kick all pali's out permanently(deal with the labor problems another way), level the fake moon god crud and start rebuilding the temple. get ready to rock!!!! if we keep letting the enemy in they will take over eventually. I mean DUH!!!!! Then when the battle starts we will know who they are.