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| Cowardly Jihadis Try to Force Child to Take Grenade |
| 2005-02-12 |
| U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, foiled an attempt by a terrorist to coerce a child into accepting a hand grenade at approximately 1 p.m. in Ramadi Feb. 10. Lt Gen Mattis was right - these guys lack the balls to attack directly. The Soldiers, currently assigned to the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, were conducting a patrol in the northeastern sector of the city when they observed a blue 4-door sedan with three military-aged males pull up near their position. The driver exited the vehicle and approached a child, estimated to be 10-years-old. The two exchanged words and the adult gave the child a hand grenade. The child and the adult exchanged possession of the hand grenade several times. The grenade was dropped after U.S. Soldiers fired a warning shot in the direction of the terrorist. The child ran away as the adult returned fire with a handgun. The adult then jumped into his vehicle and attempted to flee the scene. The patrol fired disabling shots into the vehicle to prevent the terrorists from escaping. A brief firefight ensued, which resulted in one terrorist being killed and two terrorists being wounded. The patrol evacuated the wounded to the medical facility at their forward operating base. The unit recovered the grenade from the scene, but was unable to locate the child. There were no U.S. casualties. (h/t commenter Papa Ray at Blackfive) |
| Posted by:too true |
| #12 That depends on the positioning. If the child was somehow close to the line of file it might be better to fire a warning shot then risk hitting the child. (If we did fire and wound the child I bet the MSM will be all over it... "Military targetting Children" while failing to mention the gernade of course). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-02-12 11:54:01 PM |
| #11 "The grenade was dropped after U.S. Soldiers fired a warning shot in the direction of the terrorist." -um, we don't fire warning shots. It's against the ROE. Somebody was going for a head shot on the adult and missed. |
| Posted by: Chase Unineger3873 aka Jarhead 2005-02-12 7:53:02 PM |
| #10 I wonder how you say "Islamo-pussy" in Arabic? 'Allah Akhbar!' of course. I'm sure the MSM will give this all sorts of coverage... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-02-12 7:10:47 PM |
| #9 Unless, of course, they deliberately only wounded the 2 so that they could have a little chat together ..... heh. |
| Posted by: too true 2005-02-12 6:09:05 PM |
| #8 We need new rules of engagement. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-12 4:45:28 PM |
| #7 That a few cowardly jihadis would recruit a child to do their dirty work comes as no surprise. That two of three terrorists would survive a firefight with Marines? I'm shocked. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2005-02-12 4:34:19 PM |
| #6 We need to bring in the RAB from Bangladesh to take care of these dacoits and miscreants. |
| Posted by: Rightwing 2005-02-12 4:28:06 PM |
| #5 BigEd - you forgot "Ow! Ow! ...Rosebud!" |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2005-02-12 4:15:51 PM |
| #4 It reminds me of that Jihadi doctor complaining early in the war that these evil americans aim for the head and chest and he simply can't help the ones that got shot when they do that. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2005-02-12 4:05:08 PM |
| #3 Im A. Jihadi, Professional Terrorist, speaks: Allah be Praised! He provideth young children to d our dirty work so that we may live and plan more such things in the future. Allah Akhbar- Allah Akhbar! Oops Infidel Dog General Mattis is coming. Oh! Allah protect me... Mattis has his pistol drawn, and a smile on his face. He says I'm hurting little kids. {A shot rings out} {Gurgling is heard in the background} |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-12 3:48:26 PM |
| #2 I wonder how you say "Islamo-pussy" in Arabic? Leftist. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-02-12 2:59:51 PM |
| #1 All hail the brave Jihadis, great and fearsome recruiters of children! I wonder how you say "Islamo-pussy" in Arabic? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-02-12 2:50:02 PM |