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IRAQI CHILD SHOT WHILE POINTING AN AK-47 AT U.S. FORCES
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Posted on 11/28/2003 8:48:24 AM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl
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November 28, 2003
Release Number: 03-11-49
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRAQI CHILD SHOT WHILE POINTING AN AK-47 AT U.S. FORCES
AR RAMADI, Iraq Elements of the 1st Infantry Division conducted a mission in Ar Ramadi today. While on patrol, the soldiers witnessed two men with weapons running into a nearby residence. The soldiers followed the men in order to apprehend them for questioning.
Upon approaching the house, a seven-year-old child came out with an AK-47 rifle pointed at the soldiers. A soldier responded in self-defense and shot the child in the foot. The child was rushed to the nearest army medical facility for treatment and further evacuated by air to Baghdad.
This incident is currently under investigation.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ak47; iraq; iraqichildren
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To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
Upon approaching the house, a seven-year-old child came out with an AK-47 rifle pointed at the soldiers. A soldier responded in self-defense and shot the child in the foot. ~~~~~~~~~~~
1st Infantry Division Soldier shows amazing restraint.
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posted on
11/28/2003 8:50:24 AM PST
by
Ragtime Cowgirl
( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Frikkin kid is really lucky to be alive period!!! You just don't do that with heavily armed soldiers around, especially given the circumstances.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
"1st Infantry Division Soldier shows amazing restraint."
And extremely good aim, I might add.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I seem to remember this sort of "use the children" technique being popular with marxists and muslims in the past, too.
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posted on
11/28/2003 8:54:13 AM PST
by
wizardoz
("They're not Americans; they're Democrats." -NetValue)
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To: el_texicano
And extremely good aim, I might add.LOL! Depends on what he was aiming for!
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posted on
11/28/2003 8:55:35 AM PST
by
wizardoz
("They're not Americans; they're Democrats." -NetValue)
To: bpizzle
should have shot him in the headWelcome to FR. Have you come to make conservatives look vicious?
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posted on
11/28/2003 8:56:53 AM PST
by
wizardoz
("They're not Americans; they're Democrats." -NetValue)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
It's sad when little kids used in wars. The soldier probably had a crying baby to comfort after he stopped him from shooting them.
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posted on
11/28/2003 8:58:05 AM PST
by
CindyDawg
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Sounds like they ran in, gave the kid a gun, and sent him outside to run interference while the ran out the back door. I suspect there is a special place in hell for such men.
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posted on
11/28/2003 8:59:03 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
(Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Amazing restraint, cool headedness and good aim.
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:00:07 AM PST
by
Defender2
(Defending Our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, Our Country and Our Freedom!!!!)
To: el_texicano
"1st Infantry Division Soldier shows amazing restraint." And extremely good aim, I might add. I got news, he wasn't a good aim nor was he showing "amazing restraint"--the kid would've been deader than a hammer had this guy not missed the center-mass shot he was going for. My guess is the kid came out, guys were ducking, jumping, dropping, and this one Joe got a shot off and accidentally hit the kid in the foot. Pure luck was involved here, folks. That kid should be dead.
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:00:24 AM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
(It's been said before, I'll say it again: Freedom Isn't Free!)
To: bpizzle; hellinahandcart
Here is another one!!!!
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:01:58 AM PST
by
Eaker
(When the SHTF, I'll go down with a cross in one hand, and a Glock in the other.)
To: Future Snake Eater
Oh well, the kid's really fortunate to be alive anyway. Yeah, I can understand the aim being off when all hell breaks loose like that.
I agree, like you said, that kid should be deader'n a doornail. But boy, wouldn't that give the socialist media some fodder to hammer our boys with?
To: Future Snake Eater
That kid should be dead.I agree that training would dictate center mass, but some troops have been thinking long and hard and may be deviating from their training because they don't want to wake up every night with a dead child's face haunting them.
I am not saying that it is right, but it has happened before.
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:06:10 AM PST
by
Eaker
(When the SHTF, I'll go down with a cross in one hand, and a Glock in the other.)
To: el_texicano
But boy, wouldn't that give the socialist media some fodder to hammer our boys with?I think that's what they were counting on.
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:06:26 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
(Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
To: Eaker; hellinahandcart
Another knuckle-dragger dropped his guard for a moment.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Excellent work.
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:10:08 AM PST
by
First_Salute
(God save our democratic-republican government, from a government by judiciary.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
What is a seven year old child doing holding an AK 47? My son who is only eleven wouldn't even be allowed to hold that kind of weapon. I'm not comfortable that he shot a GLOCK and according to my hubby, he did very well!
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:11:55 AM PST
by
Arpege92
To: el_texicano
I agree, like you said, that kid should be deader'n a doornail. But boy, wouldn't that give the socialist media some fodder to hammer our boys with?You know it. I'm very glad this guy's aim was so off in this case. Not that I want the kid dead or anything, but the negative PR alone would be bad enough by itself.
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posted on
11/28/2003 9:12:24 AM PST
by
Future Snake Eater
(It's been said before, I'll say it again: Freedom Isn't Free!)
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