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| Female U.S. Marines Ambushed in Iraq |
| 2005-06-25 |
| BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber and gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying female U.S. Marines in Fallujah, killing two Marines and leaving another four American troops presumed dead, the military said Friday. At least one woman was killed and 11 of 13 wounded were female. The terror group al-Qaida in Iraq claimed it carried out the bombing, one of the single deadliest attacks against the Marines - and against women - in this country. The high number of female casualties spoke to the lack of any real front lines in Iraq, where U.S. troops are battling a raging insurgency and American women soldiers have taken part in more close-quarters combat than in any previous military conflict. The women were part of a team of Marines who were assigned to various checkpoints around Fallujah. The Marines were returning to their base, Camp Fallujah, when the ambush took place Thursday night near the eastern entrance to the city, 40 miles west of Baghdad. At least one of the dead Marines in Thursday's attack was a woman, as were 11 of the 13 wounded. The woman was killed when the car bomber attacked the vehicle in which she was traveling. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 "Thus goes the pride of Arab Manhood - killing and maiming women, via suicide bombs." Right, they know what happens when they take on our women directly: Raven 42. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2005-06-25 21:04 |
| #9 AP, I fear you are correct. The terrorists have quite a few friends in the Senate. Teddy Kennedy being the Number One. I really wish I could adress the Senate and remind each and every one that they only speak for the people who elected them, period. They do not speak for the USA. The populace voted in a majority for the current administration. Only the President speakes for the US. I would tell Mr. Kennedy that , even though he has some faults, the President has never got drunk, run his car off a bridge, and drowned a young woman. Shut the fuck up! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-06-25 18:53 |
| #8 If the ass hats want to escalate, we should oblige them. How much more patience should the USA have for the PC war? |
| Posted by: SR-71 2005-06-25 12:35 |
| #7 presumed dead? That's a bit troubling. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-06-25 06:21 |
| #6 "They (Women Marines) don't have a nickname, and they don't need one. They get their basic training in a Marine atmosphere, at a Marine Post. They inherit the traditions of the Marines. They are Marines." (Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, USMC 1943.) |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-06-25 03:19 |
| #5 This is all the more reason to castrate and emasculate any and all convicted Al Qaeda found responsible for this - before they are execute them by hanging (over a pig pen). Send them to Allah with their own testicles and penis in their mouths. And be sure to post pictures of it to their relatives. They'll get the message. Sounds like a great career. Can I offer server space? ;o) |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-06-25 03:02 |
| #4 Specific reasons for this type of targeting: The females accompany the males to do the searches of females durign raids and checkpoints. And Joe, the problem is there are not front line, nor rear areas. THe cowards we are fighting kill their own women and children pretty indiscriminately. And they got lucky and managed to hit a bunch of Marines this time. Thus goes the pride of Arab Manhood - killing and maiming women, via suicide bombs. This is all the more reason to castrate and emasculate any and all convicted Al Qaeda found responsible for this - before they are execute them by hanging (over a pig pen). Send them to Allah with their own testicles and penis in their mouths. And be sure to post pictures of it to their relatives. They'll get the message. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-06-25 02:29 |
| #3 God bless them, they sure put it on the line. They're heros who gave it all for freedom, ours and the Iraqis. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-06-25 01:37 |
| #2 It is sadly apparant that we needed to deal harshly with these people in the beginning. The terrorists obviously have plenty of friends in the Sunni Triangle. The terrorists will shoot their wad to create as much chaos and death to break our will. After all, they have friends in the senate. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-06-25 01:25 |
| #1 Sorry iff I'm too traditional or conservative for my own good but I still say women per se have no place in the combat zone. or near the combat zone. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-06-25 00:28 |