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Marines bomb Fallujah mosque
Herald Sun (AU) ^ | 07 Apr 04 | Staff

Posted on 04/07/2004 6:16:41 AM PDT by veronica

US marines pressing an offensive in this Iraqi town west of Baghdad bombed a mosque in the center of the town Wednesday and killed up to 40 insurgents inside, a marine officer said.

The attack came from a jet aircraft at a high angle to minimize the impact, the officer said.

"We wanted to kill the people inside," said Lieutenant Colonel Brennan Byrne.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: byrne; enemy; fallujah; iraq; killed; marines; qwagmire; religionofpeace; stickithelenthomas; vigilantresolve
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To: buffman
The officer, obviously. The reporters just also saw helos supporting Marines on the ground during other parts of the fight, probably, and jumped to a conclusion about where the shot came from.
381 posted on 04/07/2004 8:29:29 AM PDT by JasonC
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To: cajungirl
I've never thought Kerry was going to be the candidate. It'll be Hillary. He's just out there doing the dirty work - he can say whatever he wants, because he's not really going to be accountable for it.

And of course, what he wants to say is destructive to the US and destructive to the war effort. But I guess I'm getting off the thread topic...sorry!
382 posted on 04/07/2004 8:29:53 AM PDT by livius
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To: null and void
He will say "health reasons" and we will all know why.
383 posted on 04/07/2004 8:30:17 AM PDT by cajungirl (<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
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To: boxerblues
Five Marines had been shot from the mosque before commanders authorized the use of air power and laser-guided missiles against it.

I'll be looking to see if Dan Rather mentions this little fact when he "reports" this tonight. Not likely. Hopefully from now on they will level any mosque upon the first shot.

384 posted on 04/07/2004 8:31:14 AM PDT by FlyVet
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To: archy
Is that a slab of reactive armor on the door of that Humvee?
385 posted on 04/07/2004 8:31:43 AM PDT by null and void (John f'ing Kerry - More positions than the Kama Sutra...)
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To: archy
Great pics at 373 of our modern "Sgt Rocks"!
386 posted on 04/07/2004 8:31:44 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: livius
But I guess I'm getting off the thread topic...sorry!

We are talking about terror, war and fighting against the enemy. No, Hillary fits into those topics quite well. No need to apologize...:-)

387 posted on 04/07/2004 8:31:53 AM PDT by Types_with_Fist ("You'll never get the pass code Eric!")
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To: cajungirl
YEAH....MENTAL health....re: Kerry.
388 posted on 04/07/2004 8:32:02 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Hey....Washingtonians (the State) ....DONATE to FR Monthly....it's easy, fast, and BEST.)
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To: veronica
Killing muslim terrorists hiding in their muslim terror base of operations, MOSQUES!

It's about frikkin' time.

No islam, no terror.
389 posted on 04/07/2004 8:32:24 AM PDT by tubavil
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To: CaptRon
I'll apologize for the mosque when they apologize for the Chruch of the Nativity.

Not that Im opposed to the bombing the mosque but the palestinians didnt bomb the church of the nativity. They may have used it as their litter box and personal garbage bin but they didnt level the church and they didnt mistreat the priests.

390 posted on 04/07/2004 8:33:05 AM PDT by Dave S
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To: archy; StriperSniper; Mo1
NOTE: His scope.

WE OWN THE NIGHT.


391 posted on 04/07/2004 8:33:22 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: MEG33
2 incidents of Western reporters being kidnapped in Iraq...just in on Fox.

Interesting. Just a few days ago the islamofacists were treating film crews like royalty. Now they are going to have trouble getting their message out. And as they say in hollywood, if you're not in the frame, you don't exist.

392 posted on 04/07/2004 8:33:52 AM PDT by js1138 (In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
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To: txrangerette
"Polish troops just
killed Sadr's top aide, in Karbala
I believe."

Anyone heard anything about how this is playing out in Poland??? FReepers A Pole the other day said the Poles would leave if this situation developed...that they didn't want to fight...just do humanitarian work...

393 posted on 04/07/2004 8:34:17 AM PDT by Getsmart64 (LANTIRN - Designed to kill, maim, and destroy ....America's enemies...)
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To: veronica
Brett on FoxNews, Pentagon is saying gunfire coming from inside mosques. Troops return fire into mosques.

Apparently, 1 reporter and cameraman weres captured at one location and 'several' captured at another location. Who (which groups) actually did the captures is unknown.

Terrorist have a strategy to capture newspeople.
394 posted on 04/07/2004 8:34:27 AM PDT by TomGuy (Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
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To: dennisw
Actually in this war 10 is low. 100 is high.
395 posted on 04/07/2004 8:34:57 AM PDT by JasonC
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To: dennisw
Go Marines!
396 posted on 04/07/2004 8:35:17 AM PDT by tubavil
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To: metesky; null and void
I believe those 150 dead Iraqis are fighting *with* us, not *against* us, in which case 150 dead is tragic. Remember that the coalition is on the side of good Iraqis, and that there are a number of Iraqis fighting *with* us against *bad* Iraqis and other bad people.

I suspect the number of dead *bad* Iraqis is much higher than 150....
398 posted on 04/07/2004 8:36:28 AM PDT by Theo
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To: veronica
CNN reporting: "In Fallujah, where U.S. Marines have been engaged in running battles with insurgents over the past 24 hours, a U.S. military source said U.S. forces dropped a 500-pound bomb on a wall near a mosque.
399 posted on 04/07/2004 8:36:59 AM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: tubavil; yall
Got a meeting to prepare for. BBL. Keep the thread warm, and the guns hot...
400 posted on 04/07/2004 8:37:21 AM PDT by null and void (John f'ing Kerry - More positions than the Kama Sutra...)
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