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| Suicide Bomber Kills Five U.S. Troops | |
| 2003-03-29 | |
| Edited for relevance. Five American soldiers were killed Saturday when a homicide bomber in a taxi detonated explosives outside the Iraqi city of Najaf, a U.S. military officer said. A taxi stopped close to the checkpoint, and the driver waved for help. As five soldiers approached the car, it exploded, Capt. Andrew Wallace told Associated Press Television News on Saturday. Wallace said the victims were part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Divison. The attack occurred at a U.S.-manned checkpoint on Highway 9, north of Najaf. The homicide bombing Saturday was the first against U.S. and British forces since the invasion of Iraq began.
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| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #10 Screw it, now is the time to tell the whole middle east that they had better get their collective heads out of their asses or if they really want to keep this shit up that two places ain't gonna be there anymore. Any quesses which two |
| Posted by: Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-03-29 19:55:09 |
| #9 Speaking of israelis, IIRC local suicide bombers are not desperate men on the street spontaneously deciding to blow themselves, but trained volunteers with rather large logistical needs (clerics, lecturers, bombmakers, safe-houses, drivers,...). So, perhaps, either Irak is using AAI kurds or AQ types, has a homegrown structure (but it doesn't support terrorism, does it?), or has received a few palestinian "specialists". I hope the remains of this bastard might be IDed. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-29 11:36:05 |
| #8 MEGA-DEATH DOCTRINE Rantburg posters still support limited-war against Iraq, even though this is proven to be pure folly. As US troops have taken the first suicide-massacre hit, since 9-11, the President of Syria has been emboldened to incite these atrocities against Americans everywhere. As US troops prepare to start their dainty search of 1,000,000 houses in Baghdad, will common sense finally possess you people? Is it not reasonable to believe that the Fedayen could recruit 200,000 wild animals for their defense of Baghdad? The BUSH-DOCTRINE of both diplomatic and military exportation of democracy and liberty to places where these are anathema, while imposing suicidal rules-of-engagement on intervention troops, is untenable. All the President has delivered is: election victories for Islamo-fascists in Pakistan and Turkey. How in the hell can this piece of hearts-and-minds' junk work? http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/06/20020601-3.html Project ahead. Bush sent America's best to Iraq. And that includes selfless persons who left professions in order to serve Reserve ranks. Why deliver these people to suicide bombers and explosive rigged housing? Common sense dictates that the following must occur: the governments of Iraq and Syria must be ordered to execute every member of the jihadi organizations, and submit to occupation in order to prove compliance. And this must be done under the threat of nuclear blackmail. Faced with a life or death choice, the peoples of these entities will quickly turn against their governments. |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-03-29 11:25:30 |
| #7 Afghanistan and Iraq are places where what we consider normal values are turned upside down. This is just the reality of their societies. We Merkins are beating our heads against the wall trying to find a rational explanation. We need to learn from our mistakes (as tragic as many of them are) and deal with the realities of suicide/homocide bombers, shifting alliances based upon whim/greased palm, soldiers fighting w/o uniforms or through deception. That is the reality and the bad news. The good news is that we Merkans have a steep learning curve and can adapt quite quickly to the new realities of the Islamist shithole that is the middle east. We certainly do not want a large number of these nutcases in or near our or our allies' countries. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-29 11:02:37 |
| #6 My God the midle east is a death cult, winning this thing could be worse the losing it in the long run. These people don't run to the sound of the cannon becuase they want liberty, its becuase they like the sound. Iraq under U.S. occupation will look like Israel on a grand scale. The religion is evil, there leaders are evil and death prevails. Beat them to a pulp and start over. |
| Posted by: Darkmark 2003-03-29 17:03:00 |
| #5 Annoy, Er, I mean, Anonon - exactly which Rantburg poster's are you speaking for? Could you be specific? |
| Posted by: anon 2003-03-29 15:23:17 |
| #4 In the next few weeks a lot of Iraqis will lose a lot of cars. But not thru suicide bombings. |
| Posted by: RW 2003-03-29 06:28:17 |
| #3 F**king Middle East is a sick hate filled death cult. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-29 05:56:53 |
| #2 Who knows? But It won't happen again. I hope we're consulting the Israelis on how to deal with this sort of thing. Brits are used to dealing with car bombs and ambushes, but the IRA seem like regulars compared to the towel-head thundermonkeys. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-03-29 05:02:52 |
| #1 Why would five soldiers simultaneously approach that taxi near a checkpoint? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-03-29 04:53:32 |