yup...notice the yellow Hezbollah flags
Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
Posted on 04/18/2002 1:31:31 PM PDT by LarryLied
received via email:
Hello Everyone,
Just to let you know the Embassy in Bahrain was attacked yesterday at 4:00 p.m. The five Marine Security Guards and the two Regional Security Officers were the only ones protecting the Embassy. The Embassy was closed so luckily we only had to protect ourselves and the Embassy compound from destruction. The protest was a pro-Palestinian rally that started a few miles from the embassy and became fueled for violence as radical Muslim groups took charge and led the march on the embassy at 3:30 p.m.
The march was between 2600 and 3000 protestors, but we do not have an exact count because it just happened several hours ago. The protestors were throwing rocks, sticks and fire bombs at the embassy. Between 20 and 30 protestors climbed the wall and started setting the cars, trucks and embassy on fire. When the protestors climbed the walls, the 5 Marines were authorized to use necessary force.
We shot tear gas into the crowd of over 2600 people to try and turn them away from the compound and then continued destruction of our pov's and satellite communication equipment, which was outside the embassy but inside the compound wall. At 4:10 p.m. no firefighters had arrived, so three Marines had to leave the embassy under covering fire of the Marines with gas on the third floor to go to the back of the compound to put out the fires themselves.
We sustained minor injuries from the protestors attacking us with rocks and sticks as we chased them out of the compound and back over the walls using force, while the remaining Marine put out the fires to the best of his ability. After the fires were secured the Marines pulled back into the embassy and continued to force the protestors back onto the highway behind the embassy. The protests were mainly secured by 7:00 p.m. and the investigation was in full swing by this time as well. The Marines stayed at the embassy for security throughout the night and will continue to do so today.
The host government was embarassed that they could not control its own people and that their riot control police were no match for the number of protestors.
The King of Bahrain instructed the Ministry of Interior to fix the problem before dawn, so that minimal damage would be seen this morning. When the Marines were told at 6:00 a.m. this morning we could leave to go get some sleep, we drove past the outside of the embassy and were amazed. The grafitti had been painted over, the guard shacks that had been burned were replaced, the fire bomb burns on the wall had been painted over, the thousand's of rocks that had been thrown were swept away, and the barbed wire that surround the embassy the previous day was gone. Other than the total destruction of all government property inside the compound it looked to anyone passing by, that nothing had really happened.
The host government represenatives called the Ambassador last night and told him they would replace everything that was destroyed and that cost was not an issue. The Kingdom of Bahrain is so scared of pissing off the U.S. that it will do anything in its power to preserve its relationship with us even in the shadow of ignorance from it's own people. The entire fight was caught on video because we saw the Al Jazerra News choppers over our heads. The video may or may not be released because it will be handled the same way the Daniel Pearl murder was handled, since the government will try and pressure what is released and given the fact that the news agency that filmed the riot yesterday is the same one that had the Daniel Pearl murder on tape.
This is the story of what took place on April 5th 2002 in Manama, Bahrain at 3:30 p.m., regardless of what you see or hear. Before I leave and go treat my scrapes and cuts and then go to bed for about 12 hours, I would like to say that the two RSO's and five Marines kept the Embassy from burning to an embarassing pile of United States image, and successfully held off and injured any one that intended to come take our pride from us.
Did I mention the riot was at least 2600 people? Just wanted to make sure anyone out there who thought the Marines who guard the embassies were NOT bad ass boys with guns, does not have that in their heads anymore.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am off to bed because I am dead tired, but it was worth it because I had the time of my life yesterday, by far the most fun I have ever had. And one more thing, the American flag is still flying as high and bright as it was before the riot and the protestors' flags are lying on the ground covered in mud.
FR posts on the attack:
Bahrain Protesters Smash Windows at U.S. Embassy
Thousands protest Zionist atrocities(Bahrain:site of US Air and Naval base)
Protester Dies of Injuries Suffered in Demonstration Outside US Embassy in Bahrain
Sorry, it addressed the validity of the letter, but I should have looked farther down the page.
chookter, Marines can read and write /humor. Actually, given the tense changes "The Marines" next "We", I'd say it's bogus. Even with lousy writing skills, you don't alternatively refer to yourself that way. And an Embassy Guard wouldn't refer to other guards as the Marines.
On the long shot that its valid, in a unit that small, someone is in a world of something right now.
A friend of mine was a Navy MD and went to Nam. He later told me about how he was operating on wounded marines and army soldiers in a MASH type of a situation, when Charlies started to slip into the camp and began firing and throwing grenades.
The wounded Marines who were not under anesthesia got their weapons and hobbled out or crawled out of the OR tent and the little recovery tent. Then, they took care of the Charlies and came back for their surgery or back to the recovery tent.
My friend was amazed. The young marines were concerned about his safety, his nurses and corpmen, and they did not feel that they did anything special. They were just being Marines and doing what had to be done.
Don't give out a name. Just put the headers here, name x'ed out. Simple stuff, Mr. Lied.
The threat from within the U.S. border - By Steven Emerson
You are really a dumb b*stard, Mr. Lied. Now, why would a marine spam the net with such a message? I notice you don't know this guy from Adam, so it was obviously spammed, no?
Until you put up something more substantial than your round-the-head mouth, I'm gonna assume that Mr. Lied lied again :).
Of course not. That is why I posted this. To find out. However the Israeli seminar gang is interested in nothing else. Cachelot's comment addressed nothing. Just another vapid personal attack out of the blue.
Faking stuff again, Mr. Lied?? I do believe that is against the rules?
yup...notice the yellow Hezbollah flags
Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)
Really, Lied? It addressed you. And it requested the HEADERS, which you probably know what is if you're not mentally deficient, which I'm beginning to feel a bit sceptical about frankly :)).
This is against the rules:
You are really a dumb b*stard, Mr. Lied. Now, why would a marine spam the net with such a message? I notice you don't know this guy from Adam, so it was obviously spammed, no? Until you put up something more substantial than your round-the-head mouth, I'm gonna assume that Mr. Lied lied again :). 33 posted on 4/18/02 8:10 PM Eastern by Cachelot
I would push the abuse buttom, not because I care, but because it is important for people to see what you are all about. Never disappointed in you. Most every thread on which I reply, you pull the same schtick.
Indeed, seeing what's up is important, Mr. Lied. So when are you going to show us the headers of this famous email of yours, which does not show up on the link that clearly says "email"?
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