Rebels attack U.S. convoy outside Fallujah, witnesses said

AP ^ | 1 April 2004 | Unknown

[Cap Huff]

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) Insurgents attacked a U.S. military convoy near Fallujah on Thursday and a Humvee vehicle was burned, witnesses said.

It was not clear if there were any casualties. U.S. officials in Baghdad said they could not confirm the attack.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

"We need to drop one of those MOABs about a quarter of a mile outside the city limits,just to give them something to think about."

Honestly I wouldn't mind if we dropped it directly on the city, but we know that isn't going to happen.

[Allegra]

We should employ these tactics (total martial law, rounding up of insurgents through large scale operations which in effect take any male individual into custody above the age of 14 who so much as looks suspicious, brutal suppression of any resistance, internment camps and heavy interrogation of those we take into custody, execution of any individuals founding to have taken part in any such atrocities, and a wholesale reorganization of all civil authority in the area)...

Oh, I soundly agree with that and suspect that something along those lines is underway as we speak.

It's the knee-jerk "nuke 'em" and "drop a dasiycutter in the middle of town" crowd on here I just don't get.

:)

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Blackwater Consulting/Blackwater Training confirmed, for Blackwater Security Consulting of Moyock, N.C., providing security for food delivery in the Falluja area, according to a statement from the company. The occupation authorities have hired hundreds of private security guards for a range of duties. Witnesses in Falluja said several of the men had Defense Department badges, though such identification is common for contractors working for the occupation. A senior military officer said the four were retired Special Operations forces — three Navy Seals and one Army Ranger. American officials declined to immediately identify the dead men. ~ Link, w/ more info, insight.

 

 

[EricT.]

FOXNews headline:
"THEIR DEATHS WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED"

Paul Bremer is pi$$ed about this too. Things are going to happen.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

It's been twentyfour hours and we still haven't done anything. The subhumans in Fallujah will be increasingly unable to connect our retaliation with their provocation. The liberal press, complicit in this atrocity, will confuse the sequence of events for its own subversive purposes. Let's at least send a Hot Squad down to the souk, drag a few of the local wiseguys into the street and fry their a$$es. Tic-toc, Tic-toc, Tic-toc . . . Comon guys!!

[Bringbackthedraft]

"And when they do, they should be found the next day in the public square after undergoing a sex change. If you know what I mean."

I wonder if that would have any bearing on the 72 virgins? While we're at it, remove their tongues too.

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

I think a lot of people are are angry as hell about this as they should be. I have been sending E-mails to different people in positions of power as I'm sure others have. I think it does help a little when we show how much we support and demand a strong response which makes it easier for them to make decisions. I don't expect it's going to be anything along the lines of what a lot of us want, but I'm sure they will step it up. I just hope they don't only step up the raids for awhile and then go back to how it was. They need to have the strongest reaction they have had during this entire war up until now. One that makes a major impact on these guys.


Here are the results of the Michael Savage web poll.

Leaflet and Bomb Sunni Triangle?(32471) 98%

Be Sensitive to their needs?(775) 2%


I can't see how anyone could vote that we need to be more sensitive to their needs. I don't understand those 775 idiots. Why should we be sensitive to the needs of people full of hatred toward us. Some which are willing to mutilate and desecrate American corpses? Even if you don't think we should bomb the Sunni Triangle I don't see how you could vote for the other option. If you guys want to vote on the Savage web poll just follow this link... http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/index.html

[adam_az]

ERASE
FALLUJAH

[ThermoNuclearWarrior]

One of the things that has bothered me the most about this is that NO MARINES RESPONDED WHEN WE KNEW THE ATTACK WAS HAPPENING! They should have sent Marines in there as soon as they heard about this attack. They just let these people mutilate and play with these corpses openly for hours!


I haven't even seen a report that says we have the bodies in our custody yet. Does anyone know if we have them or know where they are? Why wouldn't we go in there to get the bodies of these Military vets? We just let them mutilate them in front of all these people and cameras. Does anyone know why we didn't try to prevent this or at least stop it after it started happening?

We just let them get away with this in a town we are suppose to control. We should have dispersed the crowd by killing some of them with an A-10. Wouldn't that have been a reasonable option if didn't want to risk confronting them on the ground for some reason? It seems whoever makes those decisions failed unless someone has a good reason that we shouldn't have went in.

[Broadside Joe]

Well then you'll love this. not.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1109266/posts

[txrangerette]

On another thread, a story done
by the foreign press(enemies of
the USA) said locals threw parts
of bodies in the river or fed them
to dogs.

FWIW...

[DollyCali]

Most excellent post TNW...

We need to make decisive strong actions - I trust the military to do the right thing...The marines will want to not see this diplomatically swept under the carpet.

They need to see that their position is going to be protected. I don't blame them for wanting revenge.

The savages that did this only understand Brute force mentality

Our kids over there are NOT target practice.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

What is so magic about 24 hours?

[DollyCali]

Sent Savage link, this thread link & poll link to my email list. Thanks

Now I await the flames...

*** sigh ***

[DollyCali]

Because He/She is a PISSED OFF American.

Welcome to FRee Republic.. day one..

Interesting first post

[maestro]

These folks have too much free time on their hands?

Re-locate them all to Antarctica for 'insight' therapy?

/sarcasm