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Report:Marines dropped devices similar to napalm on Iraqi targets
SacramentoBee ^ | Aug 5 03 | None Given

Posted on 08/05/2003 1:43:27 PM PDT by JeeperFreeper

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Marine Corps fighter pilots and commanders say they dropped firebombs similar to napalm on Iraqi troops earlier this year, according to a report published Tuesday. The Marines say that in March, U.S. warplanes dropped dozens of incendiary bombs near bridges over the Saddam Canal and the Tigris River in central Iraq to clear the way for troops headed to Baghdad.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: crispycritters; deadiraqisoldiers; iraq; marines; naplm; smellslikevictory; war
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USMC "Snake and Nape"(political correctness be damned)
1 posted on 08/05/2003 1:43:27 PM PDT by JeeperFreeper
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To: JeeperFreeper
I love good news.
2 posted on 08/05/2003 1:44:34 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Here's to Hillary's book sinking like the Clinton 2000 economy)
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To: JeeperFreeper
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/958641/posts
3 posted on 08/05/2003 1:44:41 PM PDT by New Horizon
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To: JeeperFreeper
Damn shame......about that fire at the Jim Beam factory, that is.
4 posted on 08/05/2003 1:45:16 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: New Horizon
Same subject, different article I think
5 posted on 08/05/2003 1:45:40 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: JeeperFreeper
Total destruction of the enemy. Whatever it takes...
6 posted on 08/05/2003 1:46:22 PM PDT by clintonh8r (You can have no better friend and no worse enemy than a United States Marine.)
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To: JeeperFreeper
So they dropped napalm.Cool.

Last I heard, the object was to kill those who are trying to kill you-only do it first!

Where in heaven's name do they come up with
Writers dumb enough to submit such a story ?
Editors dopey enough to accept it?
Publishers lame enough to pay for such crap ?

7 posted on 08/05/2003 1:49:26 PM PDT by genefromjersey (So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
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To: clintonh8r
Total destruction of the enemy. Whatever it takes...

Killed the enemy soldiers, left the bridges intact. Sounds like it was the best tactical choice for those situations. But you know our left-wingnut friends, anything that even remotely reminds them of Vietnam drives them nuts.

8 posted on 08/05/2003 1:50:32 PM PDT by dirtboy ("How do you work this thing?" - question from Hillary supporter at a book signing...)
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To: JeeperFreeper
this is great news... don't let the libs control the methods of warfare.
9 posted on 08/05/2003 1:51:28 PM PDT by bedolido (None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
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To: AppyPappy
You are correct sir...just posting a similar thread for the halibut.
10 posted on 08/05/2003 1:51:34 PM PDT by New Horizon
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To: JeeperFreeper
And that'ssssssssssssssss....bad?

Hey, "Peace through Superior Firepower".

11 posted on 08/05/2003 1:54:38 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
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To: genefromjersey
Where in heaven's name do they come up with Writers dumb enough to submit such a story ? Editors dopey enough to accept it? Publishers lame enough to pay for such crap ?

California, Dewd.

Both articles.

I am shocked, shocked. Saddened.

Snicker..haha,Napalm-like- They said "Napalm-like" ..chuckle, snicker, *snork*

12 posted on 08/05/2003 1:58:44 PM PDT by Gorzaloon (Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
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To: dirtboy
But you know our left-wingnut friends, anything that even remotely reminds them of Vietnam drives them nuts.

That's because they WON in Viet Nam, and have been doing less and less winning lately. They miss the good old days.

13 posted on 08/05/2003 2:00:20 PM PDT by Gorzaloon (Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
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To: JeeperFreeper
Only one question...do I call some friends or celebrate alone?
14 posted on 08/05/2003 2:01:02 PM PDT by steve8714
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To: JeeperFreeper
I love the smell of "firebombs similar to napalm" in the morning!
15 posted on 08/05/2003 2:01:05 PM PDT by FReepaholic (My other tag line is hilarious.)
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To: New Horizon
just posting a similar thread for the halibut.

You did that on porpoise!

16 posted on 08/05/2003 2:05:15 PM PDT by talleyman (Caviar emptor (a warning from the sturgeon general))
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To: Gorzaloon
Ah. California. It must be all the whale shit that washes up on the coast...or maybe all the self-righteous New Englanders who moved there to get out of the cold.
17 posted on 08/05/2003 2:09:22 PM PDT by genefromjersey (So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
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To: talleyman
just posting a similar thread for the halibut.

You did that on porpoise!

Keep clam, everybody.

18 posted on 08/05/2003 2:14:19 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("Leave Pat, Leave!")
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To: JeeperFreeper
Musil described the Pentagon's distinction between napalm and Mark 77 firebombs as "pretty outrageous."


Gee, since one is napalm and the other isn't, I think it's pretty reasonable to draw a distinction between them. Oh, wait, there I go being again, discriminating against firebombs and offending the sensibilities of incindiaries again. I better stop before the left labels me as one of their never-ending "-ist" words.
19 posted on 08/05/2003 2:39:13 PM PDT by sc2_ct
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To: JeeperFreeper
I do believe left and right will agree :
Napalm on combatants - OK ; on civilians - Not OK
20 posted on 08/05/2003 2:50:56 PM PDT by Seajay (Ordo e Progresso)
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