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2007-07-15 Iraq

Air strike kills five insurgents; Raid nets four al-Qaeda insurgents

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Iraq

#1 Air power is a bitch, especially when you have none.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-15 10:50|| 2007-07-15 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Ah, yes ! Four more sources of intel.

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-15 10:51|| 2007-07-15 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm somewhat troubled by this "proportional" fire stuff now appearing in MNF-I releases. "Proportional" is a concept of interest only to detached outside observers with an insignificant role, who generally can be disregarded. "Decisive" or "overwhelming" or "effective" are concepts related to humanitarian impulses - i.e., the desire to minimize killing and mayhem in an armed conflict by eliminating the sources of conflict (our enemies) at lowest cost all round. Those concepts, common sense and history show, are reliable.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-07-15 12:46|| 2007-07-15 12:46|| Front Page Top

#4 I think, Verlaine, that the "proportional" comment is there to express that the Iraqi military forces didn't empty their magazines into the person they were arresting. Many Southwest Asian military members have a habit of emptying an entire magazine when one or two shots would have sufficed. The more rounds expended, the more collateral damage that is inflicted. This, along with such concepts as "aiming", "sight picture", "grouping", etc., is an expression of professional training, rather than anything else.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-07-15 15:25|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-15 15:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Verlaine,

You are reading "lawyer-speak". Not military-speak, belive me. My number one concern and complaint about our approach to the socalled WoT has been the RoE's and how the lawyers are controlling both strategy and tactics. And it won't get any better if you put a Donk in the WH.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-15 15:27|| 2007-07-15 15:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Only 9... I know there are some very diappointed virgins. C'mon, let's help satisfy the virgins! 9 only gives work to 648 of them...

Posted by Tell D Truth 2007-07-15 20:58|| 2007-07-15 20:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Only 9... I know there are some very diappointed virgins. C'mon, let's help satisfy the virgins! 9 only gives work to 648 of them...

Posted by Tell D Truth 2007-07-15 20:58|| 2007-07-15 20:58|| Front Page Top

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