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2004-04-14 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Sherry 2004-04-14 14:55|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Link error -- goes to Scrappleface.

Posted by Tom 2004-04-14 3:52:40 PM|| 2004-04-14 3:52:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Opps ---- try this one (maybe Fred can fix)
http://www.nctimes.com/military/iraq

Posted by Sherry 2004-04-14 3:54:26 PM|| 2004-04-14 3:54:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 But one of the comments to the Scrappleface piece (which is hilarious) offers this on the Marines on Fallujah:

Here's the word from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (2/4) commander in Fallujah. You may not have this perspective from media sources. It was written to the families of his Marines.
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Dear Ladies, the last two days have been the hardest two days this battalion has faced in over 30 years. Within the blink of an eye the situation went from relatively calm to a raging storm. You've known that since arriving there has been violence; attacks have been sporadic and mostly limited to roadside bombs. Your husbands have become experts at recognizing those threats and neutralizing them before we are injured. Up to this point the war has been the purview of corporals and sergeants, and the squad they lead.

Yesterday the enemy upped the ante.

Early in the morning we exchanged gunfire with a group of insurgents without significant loss. As morning progressed, the enemy fed more men into the fight and we responded with stronger force. Unfortunately, this led to injuries as our Marines and sailors started clearing the city block by block. The enemy did not run; they fought us like soldiers. And we destroyed the enemy like only Marines can. By the end of the evening the local hospital was so full of their dead and wounded that they ran out of space to put them. Your husbands were awesome all night they stayed at the job of securing the streets and nobody challenged them as the hours wore on. They did not surrender an inch nor did flinch from the next potential threat. Previous to yesterday the terrorist thought that we were soft enough to challenge. As of tonight the message is loud and clear that the Marines will not be beaten.

Today the enemy started all over again, although with far fewer numbers, only now the rest of the battalion joined the fight. Without elaborating too much, weapons company and Golf crushed their attackers with the vengeance of the righteous. They filled up the hospitals again and we suffered only a few injuries. Echo company dominated the previous day's battlefield. Fox company patrolled with confidence and authority; nobody challenged them. Even Headquarters Company manned their stations and counted far fewer people openly watching us with disdain. If the enemy is foolish enough to try to take your men again they will not survive contact. We are here to win....

Posted by Matt 2004-04-14 4:50:23 PM|| 2004-04-14 4:50:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Stay within your game gents. Think clear thoughts and sleep if you get a second.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-14 5:03:14 PM|| 2004-04-14 5:03:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 And Dad sez you should change or wash your socks if you get a minute.
And make sure they're dry from Dad.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-14 5:04:36 PM|| 2004-04-14 5:04:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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