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Masked Guerrillas Battle U.S. Soldiers in Iraq
Reuters ^ | 9-11-03

Posted on 09/11/2003 1:56:57 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy

Masked Guerrillas Battle U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

Thu September 11, 2003 02:17 PM ET

KHALDIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Masked guerrillas attacked U.S. soldiers repairing a broken-down truck on Thursday, prompting a firefight that left buildings burning in a town in Saddam Hussein's former heartland, witnesses said.

The U.S. military could not immediately give details of the incident, which took place in the so-called "Sunni Triangle," and it was unclear if anyone was hurt.

The attackers fired two rocket-propelled grenades at soldiers working on the truck in the afternoon, after which two U.S. tanks arrived and fired at nearby buildings in Khaldiya, about 45 miles west of Baghdad in a Sunni Muslim area where anti-U.S. resistance has been strongest.

There was also heavy machine-gun fire on both sides, the witnesses said.

"This is a warning to any army which wants to come and take over our country," one local man shouted as flames blazed from the vehicles and a building behind him. "Any troops coming here, we will attack them like we attack Americans."

U.S. troops occupying Iraq are attacked 15 times a day on average and have lost nearly 70 soldiers in combat since major hostilities were declared over on May 1 after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

Saddam's heartland was in the Sunni Muslim areas to the north and west of Baghdad.

After the incident in Khaldiya, a crowd of Iraqis gathered chanting: "We sacrifice our blood and soul for you Saddam."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: guerrillas; iraq
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To: mystery-ak
How is your hubby doing?

I hope he is safe and sound
21 posted on 09/11/2003 2:12:11 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: Revolting cat!
LMAO
22 posted on 09/11/2003 2:12:41 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: PatrioticCowboy
I heard a few days ago that we had went 7 days without a casualty in Iraq.

Can anyone confirm?

23 posted on 09/11/2003 2:13:17 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: PatrioticCowboy

Once again, look at the M.O..

They went after an exposed truck convoy. Not an armored vehicle to be had. They did not go after dismounted infantry. I don't want to think of what the Iraqis looked like after the infantry got done with them.

There is a reason the Marines suffered no KIA after May 1.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

24 posted on 09/11/2003 2:13:38 PM PDT by section9 (To read my blog, click on the Major!)
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To: Eaker; ASA Vet; PatrioticCowboy
my thoughts too.
25 posted on 09/11/2003 2:14:05 PM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: Coop
Hopefully our fighting forces took them up on this offer.

Well *I'd* sure feel obliged.

26 posted on 09/11/2003 2:15:31 PM PDT by Terriergal ("multipass!")
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To: InterceptPoint
I think it was 8 straight days, broken on Tuesday, unfortunately, with two more deaths. May they rest in peace.
27 posted on 09/11/2003 2:15:39 PM PDT by Coop (God bless our troops!)
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To: PatrioticCowboy
Mike is sound, but not safe...he's in the Sunni triangle..Balad( a place you hear nothing about)..his base(Camp Anaconda) has over 20,000 US troops, they have been mortared at least once a day and sometimes many more...so far, no deaths, just injuries....they keep hunting them down. killing/capturing them, but there are more to take their place.
28 posted on 09/11/2003 2:23:15 PM PDT by mystery-ak (Happy Birthday, Mike...wish you were here.)
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To: section9
There was a fascinating "lessons learned" publice debriefing held in early August by USMC Lt General Conway, Major Generals Mattis & Amos, and other Marine commanders. It was shown on CSPAN 3 at 3 am, but it was very, very enlightening to me.

They noted that the Army strategy of putting Command HQs out in the boondocks, accessable only by rough roads was instrumental, in their opinion, to the casualties they were taking. Many of the KIAs and woundings the Army has suffered has been attacks on Convoys, slowed by rough road and reliably predictable to enemies given the remote location of the Command centers and the singular roadway access to them.

29 posted on 09/11/2003 2:31:54 PM PDT by ArneFufkin
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To: PatrioticCowboy
I agree with you

Agree with what? Would you like to share that with us or is this a on-on-one chat line? Almost everone includes a prvious response from the sender, and then responds to the sender so that we can "connect the dots" without have to wend our way through possible 200 messages. Make sense to you?

30 posted on 09/11/2003 2:49:02 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: mystery-ak
I am glad that he is not harmed
31 posted on 09/11/2003 2:50:10 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: section9
Well, guerrillas don't try to attack strength.

They attack the weakest spots to build up more and support, don't they?
32 posted on 09/11/2003 2:51:16 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: Cobra64
Okay. I am sorry.

I am not really skilled with html.
33 posted on 09/11/2003 2:52:13 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: mystery-ak
I will be sure to pray daily for your hubby's safety
34 posted on 09/11/2003 2:53:03 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: InterceptPoint
That is true that we did not suffer any casualties for almost 8 days.

I am so sad to see that that streak has been shattered
35 posted on 09/11/2003 2:53:57 PM PDT by PatrioticCowboy
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To: mystery-ak
...if they are going to start wearing masks, it should make it a litler easier to identify these terrorist.....IMHO they should have leveled the town, but that's just me.

My thoughts exactly. If I were a major running this gig, I'd say to my guys, if you see a guy wearing a mask, he's fair game for a three bullet burst .223 lead injection.... Then move on. Sweep the streets until these nut-case Islamic (religion of peace) assholes dry up or shoot themselves in the head and get laid in hell. </end rant> But "I did good" as Stainman would say.

36 posted on 09/11/2003 2:54:16 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: PatrioticCowboy
Okay. I am sorry. Hang in there. There are a whole bunch of folks here that are ten times smarter than I am on this HTML venue.

I am not really skilled with html.

It's not that tough. I don't know HTML either compared to most of FReepers.

About all I know is that you can do a copy, then when you hit reply just type carat symbol the letter "I" carat symbol then paste. That will italicize what you copied. Then you can reply to that sentence/paragraph/whatever you pasted, then... turn off the italisize by typing carat symbol the "/" symbol, the letter "I" and then the close carat symbol. I'm still ttrying to figure out how to get pictures of my 1964 AC Cobra pictures on Free Republic.

37 posted on 09/11/2003 3:14:43 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
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To: PatrioticCowboy
I hope to God that our military adopts the ROK Tiger Division tactics from the Vietnam era

Hmmmmm??? Maybe we should ask for a few ROK combat brigades for Iraq...they could work on there hunting scumbag skills.

38 posted on 09/11/2003 3:18:24 PM PDT by demlosers
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To: PatrioticCowboy
Considerate of them to wear masks. Helps our guys know who to shoot.
39 posted on 09/11/2003 3:36:08 PM PDT by Ronin (Qui tacet consentit!)
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To: demlosers
Indeed. The ROKs would most definitely give the Saddomites a lesson in effective tactics.
40 posted on 09/11/2003 3:41:36 PM PDT by Ronin (Qui tacet consentit!)
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