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2005-08-06 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-08-06 19:41|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 âWe are here to project combat power into an area where there hasnât been much in the past,â said Lt. Col. Mark Davis, commander of 2-14âs taskforce.

Thank you Turkey.

Posted by AzCat 2005-08-06 20:15|| 2005-08-06 20:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Phil, most likely the townspeople faded away themselves ... went to stay with relatives, maybe some of the men and boys held essentially as captives by the insurgents but not the women, kids, older people. They wouldn't want to be burdened with them.

Posted by leader of the pack 2005-08-06 21:32|| 2005-08-06 21:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks, LotP; that makes more sense.

It also makes sense that maybe it didn't happen just yesterday, but over a longer time period.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-08-06 22:16|| 2005-08-06 22:16|| Front Page Top

#4
"avis acknowledged that most Iraqis had left town but said they didn't leave under instructions from U.S. troops."/I>

the fact that it wasn't american driven them leaving, and that they found so many weapons left behind is curious.
Were most of the folks living in this town sympathetic to the insurgents? It's hard to follow the logic that the town was held hostage, that's alot of people. I don't think the insurgents are that organized, are they?
I think not.

Posted by Jan 2005-08-06 22:33|| 2005-08-06 22:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Also, it kind of boggles the mind, that they could take the civilians with them, but not the weapons?

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-08-06 22:52|| 2005-08-06 22:52|| Front Page Top

#6 SO in other words, LotP is probably right, as I said earlier.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-08-06 22:52|| 2005-08-06 22:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Instant comment from a friend: This is like if we were able to take and hold the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-06 23:23|| 2005-08-06 23:23|| Front Page Top

#8 just a wild thought, what if "all the weapons" was really only a small percentage of what they did take with them.
That in their minds the few weapons left weren't that many.

Posted by Jan 2005-08-06 23:33|| 2005-08-06 23:33|| Front Page Top

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