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2016-03-22 Iraq

Second attack on U.S. Marine firebase in Iraq

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-22 04:07|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Bell came under SAF (Small Arms Fire) but only 2 of the 10 attackers were killed? Counted ten did you? Air support? Pursuit?

The remaining attackers "ran away in fear," Warren said.

Fear? A ten man ISIS element engages a Marine fire base with SAF out of fear? It was a probing attack Colonel. They were simply doing as instructed. Please terminate the Pentagon drivel and get those people ready for the main attack. Is having a Marine fire base overrun with U.S. captives led away a regime 'legacy' for an incoming pub administration ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-22 04:28|| 2016-03-22 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2 The Daily Beast: ISIS Knew Just Where to Hit These U.S. Marines

"The U.S. military quietly acknowledged that the line between offensive and defensive warfare in Iraq blurred in Makhmour, as many expect the fire base to be part of the eventual fight to reclaim Mosul. Moreover, the defense officials said the fire base was to be the first of several, though they stopped short of specifics.

Even though they were at the front lines of the push toward Mosul, the Marines did not count in the U.S. military’s official figures of troops in Iraq. Rather they were listed as serving a temporary-duty assignment and therefore not part of the official 3,870 count of troops in Iraq [File under "How to Cook The Books - VRWC] . Up until Monday, the U.S. military has said fighting troops were part of their official figures."

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-03-22 09:32|| 2016-03-22 09:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Rather they were listed as serving a temporary-duty assignment and therefore not part of the official 3,870 count of troops in Iraq [File under "How to Cook The Books -

Yep, rotating 179 days of TDY just like the lst SFG(A) from Okinawa to Vietnam.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-22 09:58|| 2016-03-22 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 What would Putin do?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-22 09:59|| 2016-03-22 09:59|| Front Page Top

#5 the Marines did not count in the U.S. military’s official figures of troops in Iraq. Rather they were listed as serving a temporary-duty assignment and therefore not part of the official 3,870 count of troops in Iraq

Called it yesterday. And no - it won't be 179. More like 89. Six-month amphib deployments to the Gulf are passé.

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-22 10:49|| 2016-03-22 10:49|| Front Page Top

#6 The liberation of Mosul had better begin soon.

And it had better be successfully and quickly executed.

Posted by lord garth 2016-03-22 11:07|| 2016-03-22 11:07|| Front Page Top

#7 It's the third liberation of Mosul.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-03-22 15:19|| 2016-03-22 15:19|| Front Page Top

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