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| "Resistance" tactics target Iraqi civillians |
| 2004-05-01 |
| By Terry Boyd, Stars and Stripes European edition. EFL. Hat tip: Tim Blair. [Lt. Nicholas] Bradley and his Company A platoon from the Fort Hood, Texas-based 1st Cavalry Divisionâs 91st Engineer Battalion left Camp Blackjack on Thursday morning at 9:30 for a lightning daylight raid on a mosque in their sector of northern Baghdad. The brigade command ordered the raid after collecting intelligence from informants. The mission was aborted after only a few minutes when soldiers saw the first roadside bomb and realized they were driving into a trap. . . . Rolling through the Al Khadrah neighborhood just outside the Blackjackâs gates, Bradley, a 27-year-old from Salt Lake City spotted the fresh pile of dirt on the side of the road. âThe trash starts to look familiar, believe it or not,â Bradley said of the second nature scanning skills many soldiers learn. So, his platoon pulled over to deal with a roadside bomb. With the area secure, bomb explosives soldiers from the 752nd Ordnance Company out of Fort Sill, Okla., arrived and prepared to detonate the bombâs 155 mm artillery shell. As they worked, locals gathered. Between turns at trying to unsnarl traffic, Bradley and his team â Sgt. Jeremy Lewis and Spc. Timothy Heim â talked about how this fit a recent pattern of attacks in which insurgents wait until bomb disposal teams arrive, then attack with mortars. Seconds later, their fears came true. Three mortar rounds landed only about 50 feet from their up-armored Humvee. Miraculously, no soldiers were injured. But two small Iraqi boys lay dead. A third, older boy tried to drag himself to safety. Bradley, Heim, Lewis and the rest of the soldiers somehow stayed almost supernaturally calm. Although they expected rocket-propelled grenades to follow the mortars, they rushed to check the bodies of the children, and to drag the wounded boy to safety. âGod, thatâs horrible,â Bradley said quietly after the situation stabilized. . . . Despite their outward nonchalance, Bradley, Heim and Lewis would like more than anything to fight the enemy straight up. âWe donât want to hurt anyone who doesnât deserve to be hurt,â Bradley says. Insurgents lobbing mortars into a crowded neighborhood âshows they donât care,â he says. âIEDs, RPGs and mortars guarantee civilian casualties,â he adds. âIf they really cared, they would wait till we were in an open field, and say, âLetâs do it.â But theyâre terrorists.â Note to Michael Moore, Kos, al-Jazeera, and others of that ilk (this means you, Murat): The "brave" Iraqi "minutemen," the guys you are rooting for, deliberately go out of their way to cause civillian casualties as a matter of policy. Our guys donât. To the objective observer, that says a lot--about us, them, and you. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #13 Thanks, B. Feel free to use anywhere and everywhere possible. The Hate America Cult has to get the message. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-01 3:04:57 PM |
| #12 follow his path, share his fate. cool! I've never heard that before. I've always thought of these apologists as the willing passengers (or enablers if you wish) of drunken drivers. Your phrase sums that thought up much better. |
| Posted by: B 2004-05-01 2:39:10 PM |
| #11 Murat, you are a fucking terror-apologist whore for citing this Goebbels-inspired filth, which mixes well-known Balkan war rape images with the authentic pictures from the Baghdad prison. Julius Streicher: follow his path, share his fate. Time is running out for the lying animals of the Hate America Cult. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-05-01 2:32:14 PM |
| #10 Serb? They look kinda Balkan perhaps... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-05-01 1:17:30 PM |
| #9 At Murat's link (if your interested) - does anyone recognise the uniforms the guys are wearing in pictures with the women? Russian? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-05-01 1:16:14 PM |
| #8 What can Murat say accept looking in full disgust at pictures of heroic American... Whoa, is this full-on Murat/Gollum stuff, or what?! Hey, Murat (both of you) - you go back to your cave and stroke your preciousssss pictures. If we want your weird hypocritical opinions, we'll ask for them. OK? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-05-01 1:08:48 PM |
| #7 Murat Did Turkey improve its her treatment of prisonners since "Midnight Express"? |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-05-01 1:05:26 PM |
| #6 Woops, a then finger typing glich, accept should be except. |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-01 1:01:27 PM |
| #5 What can Murat say accept looking in full disgust at pictures of heroic American understanding of liberation: http://www.albasrah.net/images/iraqi-pow/iraqi-pow |
| Posted by: Murat 2004-05-01 12:59:45 PM |
| #4 R.C. Well maybe the marines should take some damn pictures! Notice that the uproar over the humiliation did not start until an USA network (CBS as I recall) televised the photos. Maybe, just maybe, if we provided video and/or pictures of the use of human shields / killing of civilians / etc.... people will take notice. Until then we better get used to agreements like the 'Fallujah accords'..... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-05-01 12:47:05 PM |
| #3 Of course, none of this matters because a handful of US soldiers humiliated some Iraqi prisoners. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-05-01 11:24:42 AM |
| #2 Nice commentary, Mike. |
| Posted by: docob 2004-05-01 9:22:04 AM |
| #1 Islamic Heroes⢠|
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-05-01 9:21:58 AM |