[em2vn]

Now the world knows how many snipers are in the unit, where they set up at road blocks and their names. None of this information should be disclosed.

[SLB]

Now the world knows how many snipers are in the unit, where they set up at road blocks and their names. None of this information should be disclosed.

Have you notified the publisher of the Washington Times? I would bet there are several electronic copies of the Times delivered to various parts of Iraq and Afghaniston for reading by the bad guys.

[af_vet_rr]

Now the world knows how many snipers are in the unit, where they set up at road blocks and their names. None of this information should be disclosed.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was done deliberately, to maybe force the guerillas to change their tactics, and as a result expose themselves. I would think something like what the soldiers mentioned in this article would have to be approved up pretty far up the chain.

The Pentagon has not been shy about using the press as a weapon in this war :-)

[Tallguy]

Now the world knows how many snipers are in the unit, where they set up at road blocks and their names. None of this information should be disclosed.

No they don't. According to StrategyPage.com, the Army & Marines are recruiting their own snipers by identifying the most talented marksmen within combat infantry units. This article only speaks about the 'official' snipers that went through the school.

[Oatka]

"Now the world knows how many snipers are in the unit, where they set up at road blocks and their names. None of this information should be disclosed."

Agreed. On top of that, "The 23-year-old soldier and others rate their Iraqi counterparts low on training and ingenuity, saying opposing snipers invariably use upper stories of houses or rooftops and aren't armed with particularly accurate weapons."
GREAT, now the gooks know to stay out of the upper stories and rooftops.

This reminds me how the press always put our guy's lives at risk. Pre-Pearl Harbor pilots in the Phillippines saw a TIME magazine article that had a schematic showing all the blind firing zones on the new B-17. Jap pilots also read TIME.

A newspaper article bragged how the stupid Japs set their depth charges to explode at too shallow a depth, allowing our subs to escape. The Japs began using a deeper setting and we started losing more subs. Hence the new name "The Silent Service". Thank You Fourth Estate.