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2004-11-15 Iraq-Jordan

Message from the USMC to Fallujah, Payback (Picture tells the story)

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Posted by OldSpook 2004-11-15 09:52|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Marines never forgive and forget - its against USMC Policy.

May those Blackwater guy's souls rest easy - they have been avenged more than a hundred-fold if you want to look at it that way.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-11-15 9:56:22 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:56:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Yup.. a dish best served cold..

Posted by Howard UK 2004-11-15 10:22:26 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:22:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks for posting this, OS. I noticed that, according to the notes surrounding the photo, it has not yet been released (meaning, I suppose, that the press has not yet requested it for publication). No surprise there.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-11-15 10:29:44 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:29:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 That should have been written in Arabic, in nice, large letters.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-15 10:42:17 AM|| 2004-11-15 10:42:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 It wasn't "scribbled" as the Getty Images notes state. It was printed quite neatly.

Posted by eLarson 2004-11-15 10:56:23 AM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-11-15 10:56:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 eLarson's absolutely correct! It was VERY neatly written! The Marines are, after all, MASTERS of communication! True, much of it is non-verbal, but they always manage to get their point across.

Semper Fi

Posted by Justrand 2004-11-15 12:05:07 PM|| 2004-11-15 12:05:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 US Marines of the 1st division enter a house to take up position

in the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 15th, 2004

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-11-15 2:06:29 PM|| 2004-11-15 2:06:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Damn OSHA gonna be pissed. An open stairway is an accident waiting to happen, next they'll allow smoking at their workplace.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-15 3:17:44 PM|| 2004-11-15 3:17:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 The Marines never forgive and forget - its against USMC Policy.

May those Blackwater guy's souls rest easy - they have been avenged more than a hundred-fold if you want to look at it that way.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-11-15 9:56:22 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:56:22 AM|| Front Page Top

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Posted by OldSpook 2004-11-15 9:56:22 AM|| 2004-11-15 9:56:22 AM|| Front Page Top

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