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| Iraq-Jordan |
| Marine and insurgent tactics evolve |
| 2004-11-17 |
| The insurgent safe house in Fallujah looked like every other one on the block, except that it was carefully marked with two new bricks, hanging from cord on the outer wall. Explosives experts had already been in the carport, and blown up several mortar tubes set up in the back of a truck - a mobile artillery unit favored by rebels. But Tuesday 1st Sgt. Rodolfo Sarino wanted to take the counterinsurgency effort one step further, in keeping with the volumes of new information US troops are learning every day about the rebellion they are trying to crush. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 Fascinating article. Thanks, Dan. as usual, the CS Monitor continues to outshine the other supposed news organizations. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-11-17 11:23:46 AM |
| #5 What took 'ya so long? And he lit a match. Within minutes, the store was on fire, adding belching black smoke to Fallujah’s acrid skyline - and depriving mobile bands of insurgents of at least one life-giving larder. |
| Posted by: WT Sherman 2004-11-17 8:23:13 AM |
| #4 Marines say they have found lots of drugs in safe houses, probably amphetamines similar to speed, to keep them awake. Al Qaeda safe houses in Kabul, after the Taliban fell in November 2001, contained such drugs. Death Cult has its raves. Another recruiting tool? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-17 8:19:45 AM |
| #3 Sheer poetry, TGA :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-11-17 7:45:46 AM |
| #2 I'm getting a bit weary about that "insurgent" thing. True, not all "insurgents" are bona fide terrorists. But you lie with terrorists and you die with terrorists. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-11-17 5:17:46 AM |
| #1 Even though the patient may be feeling better, he should keep taking the medicine until it's completely gone, well after the apparent symptoms have disappeared. This is necessary to prevent leaving behind resistent strains or creating the dreaded superbug. So be good little The Doctor is IN. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-11-17 5:13:22 AM |