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| Iraq |
| Bus attack a suicidal new tactic |
| 2003-03-28 |
| United States troops say they are dealing with a new tactic from Iraqi soldiers - a willingness to use civilians in suicide attacks to halt the American advance. As coalition soldiers drove through a dust storm on Wednesday afternoon, fighters believed to be from Saddam Hussein's Baath Party drove a bus, the passengers still aboard, into a Bradley fighting vehicle. I had heard about this, but not the part about civilians being on board. The bus hit the Bradley and bounced off. Then a Abrams bounced the bus with a 120mm round. The brief and vicious firefight left the road littered with bodies, all Iraqis, and wrecked vehicles. Small-arms fire cracked and popped overhead even as medical personnel attended the Iraqi wounded. US commanders said they expect suicide attacks to become more commonplace as coalition forces move toward Baghdad. "They have decided on suicide missions to get at us," said Charlie Company commander Captain Jason Conroy, 30. "We need to be really careful about any civilian vehicles approaching us." No shit! He said the 7th Cavalry had lost two Abrams tanks to attacks by civilian fuel tankers. "They are just running the trucks into the tanks and exploding them. They could do the same with cars loaded with [munitions]." You let a fuel tanker get that close? Stupid, stupid, stupid! Among the Iraqis captured in Wednesday's battle was one who appeared to be wearing an American-style desert camouflage uniform. There have been reports that Saddam has outfitted his troops with American and British uniforms - either to confuse invading forces or to stage atrocities against civilians that can be blamed on coalition troops. One thing the Iraqis missed, our guys are all wearing chem suits over their uniforms. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 scooter - you know any muslims? I have an acquaintince who is an Afghani, who was tortured by the Taliban. your sentence is not only ugly, it is vile. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-03-28 12:16:59 |
| #5 Scooter, Yeah, it's an ugly sentence to type, but it's a view that's getting harder and harder to refute. Anymore, I just think of them as Orcs. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2003-03-28 12:11:10 |
| #4 Anonon: I'm ONLY for "3. annihilate the entire 5,000 member House of Saud." and "5. prohibit touchy-feely solemn declarations from Western leaders, about the "comfort" that Muslims get from prostrating toward a 8 inch round black stone." I'm going on record as opposing the remainder. Vigorously. I'll be writing letters to my congressman if we go beyond these. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-28 11:46:39 |
| #3 Dear Anonon, very sympathetic and tender. Really, i was so touched i nearly cried. |
| Posted by: glen 2003-03-28 11:40:41 |
| #2 Scooter McGruder: Cut off the snake's head, and the body dies. The way to get rid of the Islamic murder cult, is: 1. depopulate Mecca and Medina, and then nuke them. 2. use nuclear blackmail, to force states to liquidate all of their internal jihadis. 3. annihilate the entire 5,000 member House of Saud, and seize their oil on behalf of the productive world. 4. destroy every mosque and madrasa on the face of the earth, allowing only personal worship at home (no bringing out the carpet at work). 5. prohibit touchy-feely solemn declarations from Western leaders, about the "comfort" that Muslims get from prostrating toward a 8 inch round black stone. Any occupation of Iraq is going to be under intafada conditions. Selling that is getting harder by the minute. "Hearts and minds" is not cost-effective. |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-03-28 10:54:40 |
| #1 I hate to slur a religeon of nearly a billion people, but it's an undeniable fact Muslims are murderous AND suicidal nuts! Trying to treat them like normal human beings is a huge mistake. The sooner we help them accomplish their goal (death), the better. The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim. I realize that's an ugly sentance to type, but I know in my heart that it's true. |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2003-03-28 09:51:50 |