"assailants later regrouped in three clusters outside the base as the shooting continued for several hours". Am I a military genius OR does this sound like a !@#%%
TARGET to anybody with "gunships circling overhead" ? Bush is losing it on this past week if he let's his handlers keep him in the closet.
We DO need to let this go into a 3 part civil war and strengthen the weakest (which is probably the Kurds right now).
Semper Fi
Given the variety of hardware still floating around iraq, can we PUT a spectre over a combat area like this without signifigant risk to it?