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Terrorist attack backfires
Multi-National Force, Iraq ^
| December 04, 2005
| Edward Loomis
Posted on 12/04/2005 9:24:47 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
December 04, 2005
Release A051204d
Terrorist attack backfires
TIKRIT, Iraq Army and Air Force units teamed up to crush an ill-conceived terrorist attack against an Army patrol near Balad the morning of Dec. 3.
The attack began with a hail of small-arms fire directed against the patrol. The Soldiers quickly located and engaged the gunmen, forcing them to take cover. The patrol called for close-air support and two Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons responded by dropping laser-guided bombs. Two terrorists were killed in the short engagement.
One Soldier was treated at the scene for minor injuries and returned to duty.
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For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: balad; cas; iraq; oif; soldiers; usaf
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You need more lead in your diet, Ahkmed.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
2
posted on
12/04/2005 9:26:48 AM PST
by
dighton
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Beautiful work. Come out, come out where ever you are, our guys will be there to meet you.
3
posted on
12/04/2005 9:26:57 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(Free Scooter; Tony Schaffer for the US Senate)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; Admin Moderator
Wrong title. Should be "Terrorist attack backfires".
To: Admin Moderator
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Two terrorists were killed Terrorists?
I thought we were fighting insurgents!
6
posted on
12/04/2005 9:34:13 AM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
but... but... it IS "Terrorist Attack..." oh.
the Mods are swift today
7
posted on
12/04/2005 9:35:06 AM PST
by
King Prout
(many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Keep those bombs and bullets comin'.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Confirmed! Terrorists named. IBin Pharteen and his cousin Ubin Pharteen.
9
posted on
12/04/2005 9:36:35 AM PST
by
splint
(...another proud member of the sand to glass club!)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Yikes! Laser guided bombs? Two take out only two terrorists wielding small arms?
Hate to nitpick here, but couldn't a grenade launcher have done it for about 1/10,000th the cost?
To: King Prout
They changed it. I had the wrong title on this originally.
To: SolutionsOnly
12
posted on
12/04/2005 9:42:44 AM PST
by
splint
(...another proud member of the sand to glass club!)
To: SolutionsOnly
Usually when this happens, it's because there's already aircraft flying nearby that can come in and hit them real quick. It's not like they launch a special mission just to take out two guys. The laser guided bombs aren't real expensive either. They're conventional dumb-bombs with a seeker head installed and fins that move on command to steer the bomb.
Considering only 1 American got hurt in the original terrorist attack and he's good to return to duty, I'd call it a hell of a bargain.
To: splint
Then don't
It was a reasonable question...and since I see that a reasonable answer was posted later, all is well.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
It's certainly a bargain when measured up against the lives and medical expense our soldiers.
My point is that the terrorists aren't worth the cost of a bomb.
To: Izzy Dunne
Actually they're reformers.
/sarcasm
16
posted on
12/04/2005 9:55:47 AM PST
by
Valin
(Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege)
To: SolutionsOnly
Re: your #10.........my thoughts precisely. Talk about overkill.......sheesh.
To: SolutionsOnly
I could buy that, I don't think the terrorists are worth the cost of the bomb fuse. But it isn't worth sending 20 guys into a dug-in position to get shot-up when you can immediately solve your problem by dropping a 500-pounder, which frees up the squad to go do something else.
And, consider the cost savings (and not just in dollars) of having nobody get hurt and having the squad immediately freed up to go do something else. I would opt for doing what's quickest and safest.
To: RightOnline
But it sure beats having a good guy get killed by some cornered terrorscum who knows he's going to die, and consider the time invested in spending an afternoon trading shots with two guys who are well under cover. They took the quickest and safest option.
In the grand scheme of things, the cost is minimal. We dropped more ordnance during 'Shock and Awe' than in the whole rest of the conflict combined.
To: RightOnline
I believe it is a Marine axiom that
"Using a sledgehammer to kill an ant make perfect sense - it does no harm to the hammer, and the ant will never return to battle you again"
I'll stand by to be corrected if I got this wrong.
CAS=Death on call
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posted on
12/04/2005 11:10:34 AM PST
by
ASOC
(The result of choosing between the lesser of two evils, in the end, leaves you with, well, evil.)
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