Posted on 04/08/2004 7:10:53 AM PDT by Diogenesis
GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 4/8/04 - Fallujah, Abu Ghraib, Sadr City, Nasiriyah, Kirkuk, Mosul, Najaf
BREAKING: Fallujah - US Marine heroes in Liberated Iraq BREAKING: Abu Ghraib - Behind enemy lines and MISSED OPPORTUNITY BREAKING: Nasiriyah - Italian heroes protect Freedom BREAKING: South Korean and Japanese hostages BREAKING: Sadr City, Kirkuk, Mosul, Najaf
========= Fallujah =========
BREAKING: HEROES IN FALLUJAH
In Fallujah, US Marine heroes on patrol and watch
as they guard Freedom in Liberated Iraq,
this morning, Thursday April 8 2004.
In Fallujah, with the Iraqi special forces,
here heroes of a unit formed by Kurdish peshmerga.
BREAKING: BEHIND ENEMY LINES
In Fallujah, behind enemy lines firing at US heroes.
In Fallujah, women supporting Sunni terrorists
pose at the Abu Khanifa mosque.
=========== Baghdad ===========
South Korean and Japanese hostages
taken and tortured by terrorists who were not turned into glass.
========= Abu Ghraib =========
BREAKING: BEHIND ENEMY LINES
In Abu Ghraib, 21 miles northwest of Baghdad,
behind enemy lines and on the roof of the terrorist headquarters.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY
In Abu Ghraib, Sunni terrorists at a US supply vehicle.
Another opportunity missed to kill the terrorists.
BREAKING: --- MOVEMENT BEHIND ENEMY LINES
To Fallujah, Sunni and Shiite terrorists join forces
as they load food supplies on trucks before heading to Fallujah,
from the Um Al Qura mosque in west Baghdad,
this morning, Thursday April 8 2004.
========= Sadr City =========
BEHIND ENEMY LINES
In Sadr City,on the trail of Muqtada al-Sadr Shiite terrorists
and the Army of Mehdi at their HQ.
========= Kirkuk =========
Near Kirkuk, ~30 km away, on the trail of Muqtada al-Sadr terrorists.
========= Mosul =========
In Mosul, on the trail of Muqtada al-Sadr and Hamas terrorists.
========= Najaf =========
In Najaf, , on the trail of Muqtada al-Sadr terrorists
who guard the entrance of Ali's shrine
where they have replaced Iraqi police officers, previously guarding the shrine.
========= Nasiriyah =========
In Nasiriyah, Italian heroes guard and protect Freedom.
========= Solar Prominence from SOHO =========
Solar Prominence from SOHO
Today the Democrats are attacking the USA in Washington, DC as the valiant US military
fights for Freedom around the Earth.
Won't you spend a few hours today helping for success in the War for Enduring Freedom? Thank you.
END OF TRANSMISSION 4/8/04 .......... K
Walt
========= Fallujah =========
BREAKING: HEROES IN FALLUJAH
In Fallujah, US Marine heroes on patrol and watch
as they guard Freedom in Liberated Iraq,
...Thursday April 8 2004.
Volunteer worker Noriaki Imai was one of three Japanese nationals that were kidnapped by a terrorist group in Iraq. Three Japanese nationals, including a woman, and eight South Koreans were reportedly being held hostage in Iraq, adding a new element of chaos to the fiercest fighting between US-led forces and insurgents since Baghad fell a year ago.(AFP/JIJI Press/File)
Nahoko Takato, a Japanese aid worker, is shown in this undated photo. Takato is believed to be one of three Japanese civilians who have been taken hostage in Iraq and have been threatened with death unless their country withdraws its troops from the U.S.-led coalition, news reports said Thursday, April 8, 2004. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
Soichiro Koriyama is shown in this undated photo. Koriyama, 32, a freelance journalist, is believed to be one of three Japanese civilians who have been taken hostage in Iraq and have been threatened with death unless their country withdraws its troops from the U.S.-led coalition, news reports said Thursday, April 8, 2004. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
A still from South Korean television network MBC shows South Korean church minister Kim Sang-mi being interviewed in Baghdad after she escaped an Iraqi armed group April 8, 2004. Seven South Korean members of a church group have been taken hostage in Iraq the South Korean foreign ministry said on Thursday. An Iraqi group detained the seven church ministers earlier on Thursday near Baghdad. (MBC TV/Reuters)
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda speaks to reporters during at a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo April 8, 2004 after three Japanese nationals were kinapped and were being held hostage in Iraq. Japan has no plan to withdraw its troops from southern Iraq and demanded the immediate release of three civilian hostages taken by a previously unknown Iraqi group, Fukuda said on Thursday. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Of course you are right that we are not using our full contingent of weaponry, but such is the burden of being the GoodGuys who do everything we can to minimize the deaths of innocent civilians. A few days ago, I spent many posts debating why we could not simply NUKE FALLUJAH!! While I want to do everything we can to minimize the loss of our soldiers, America cannot help but be the GoodGuys in any conflict in which we are engaged. In the long run, the Moral Authority that we retain by minimizing the loss of innocent life ultimately saves military lives as the vast majority of the folks we are liberating come to recognize our efforts and eventually shun those who snuff out innocent lives as a battle strategy.
That said, if we know a concentration of insurgents are holed up in a particular Mosque, by all means, drop a MOAB on it and rid the world of that concentration of vermin!!
Mosques can always be rebuilt.
FReegards...MUD
This whole war is accomplishing so much more than anyone anticipated. It's also a perfect example of the troops putting their asses on the line to protect their loved ones and all Americans back home! I know it's their job. None of them, oh by the way, looked too terribly distraught. I saw many smiles in those pics. It must be nice being part of the best trained, best managed, best equipped military force in the history of the world and to be taking on walking dirtbags.
SEMPER FI fellas! Godspeed to each and every one of you!!!
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