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2003-07-11 Iraq

US troops come under heavy attack but no casualties

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Posted by Anonymous 2003-07-11 12:40:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Cyber Sarge....
"Oh my! They attackef us?"

You got a lisp or something?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-7-11 12:34:22 AM|| 2003-7-11 12:34:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 How can it be "heavy attack" when there are no casualties?

Wouldn't "ineffective attack" be a more appropriate description?

Posted by Ralph 2003-7-11 2:40:48 AM|| 2003-7-11 2:40:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 No Ralph. You're not thinking like a reporter or an editor. You they must convey the dire nature of everything - the impending calamity. Iraq is ~~in danger of turning into Vietnam~~ not yet utopia and things are still violent, which is really shocking when you think about it.

Posted by Tokyo Taro 2003-7-11 3:39:30 AM|| 2003-7-11 3:39:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 How can it be "heavy attack" when there are no casualties?

This is another anonymous posting. To liberal America-haters, a "heavy attack" is any engagement where the assailants are using anything heavier than pistols.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-7-11 9:04:53 AM|| 2003-7-11 9:04:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "Several" means less than what ? 100 ? 50 ? 20 ? rounds. I would guess that training exercises expend more ordnance than these "heavy attacks"
Can you imagine veterans from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam being subjected to this "heavy attack" ? Would they have batted an eyelash ?

Posted by Domingo 2003-7-11 10:50:45 AM|| 2003-7-11 10:50:45 AM|| Front Page Top

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