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| Iraq Ambush Kills 3 U.S. Troops, Wounds 2 |
| 2003-09-19 |
| TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - Attackers ambushed a U.S. military patrol late Thursday, killing three American soldiers and wounding two on the outskirts of Saddam Hussein’s hometown. Damn! The assault near Tikrit came hours after insurgents ambushed two U.S. military convoys with remote-controlled bombs, opening a three-hour gunbattle in a volatile city 50 miles west of Baghdad. The U.S. military said two soldiers were wounded in the Khaldiyah ambush, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised questions about the Bush administration’s handling of post-war Iraq. The three soldiers from the Army’s 4th Infantry Division were killed when attackers opened fire with small arms in the village of Uja, just five miles south of the center of Tikrit, shortly before midnight Thursday, Lt. Col. William McDonald said. Uja was Saddam’s birthplace. The two wounded soldiers were evacuated to a medical treatment facility and the names of those killed were withheld pending notification of next of kin, he said. The soldiers were part of a patrol investigating a suspected site used to launch rocket propelled grenades, or RPG’s, at American military convoys. The weapons have been used to launch repeated attacks against the U.S. military in and around Tikrit. "They were responding to a suspected RPG site when the incident occurred," McDonald said. He provided no further details and did not say if any Iraqis had been killed in the firefight. I’m no military expert, but I really do think it’s time to lower the boom on Tikrit and surrounding environs. We need to teach the locals that you do NOT shoot at us and get away with it. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #15 It seems bombs are being put into candy and kleenex boxes and mixed in w/the trash. That could explain this story(Hat tip: Power Line) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2003-9-19 5:43:59 PM |
#14 Here's the link to the letter Anonymous mentions above: More From the Front:"Each bomb appeared to be a box (one candy, the other Kleenex) packed with C-4 explosives and nuts and bolts serving as projectiles. How they were detonated remains unknown... A median, elevated with planters, served as a directional backstop for the candy box concealed among so much other trash in this unsanitary country..."Go read the whole thing. |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2003-9-19 1:31:15 PM |
| #13 Porphyrogenitus has an interesting letter up. I suggest all read it. It seems bombs are being put into candy and kleenex boxes and mixed in w/the trash. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-19 12:06:27 PM |
| #12 Bomb-a-rama: I agree. This isn't Vietnam. I just think it raises too many negative connotations for those who watched the news in the 60's/early 70's. Maybe I'm just to sensitive? |
| Posted by: Tornado 2003-9-19 11:48:06 AM |
| #11 Don't you think their staying away from body counts because of Vietnam. Something to remember is that what is happening in Iraq with regard to U.S. military casualties is nowhere near the scale of Vietnam. Now Iraqi casualties, the reason they're probably not disclosing those is that anti-war groups will start screaming about "innocent Iraqi civilian deaths" even though it's insurgents that are being whacked. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-19 11:44:15 AM |
| #10 I don't care what all of you think about me. My goat just left me for a mule, my Penis Pump's(TM) batteries are dead, I can't find the tire repair kit for my blow up Shirley Sheep Doll (with vibrating action)(TM) and even my daddy won't poke me anymore. (Daddy, I told you the rash wasn't gone yet.) WAAAAAHHHHH! Why won't somebody (or something) love me? |
| Posted by: Mr. Stradamus 2003-9-19 11:07:33 AM |
| #9 Chuck: Don't you think their staying away from body counts because of Vietnam. I remember the tv news with the little figures showing the total dead per day. Blue guys and red guys. Too many bad memories. |
| Posted by: Tornado 2003-9-19 10:32:02 AM |
| #8 The military's refusal to disclose Iraqi casualties is starting to annoy me. We don't want to get into the whole bodycount mess, but it is vitally important that we present the cost that these bandits are paying for their attacks. E-mails from serving troops seem to indicate a ratio of 5-1 or greater. I think reports of our losses would be better balanced if the dead Iraqis were pointed out as well. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-9-19 9:43:27 AM |
| #7 stevestradamus:an irratating,irrational,recuring rash,treatment:repeated applications of topical Redwing leather to postierierior of the irratant,and liberal application of Muleskin encased knuckles to the cranium.Keep applying until a minimum of 6 knots raised.Repeat as necassary. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-19 8:36:19 AM |
| #6 Bad troll!....bad boy.... now get back in your cage and be quiet. Don't feed this clown. |
| Posted by: ----------<<<<- 2003-9-19 7:03:24 AM |
| #5 Mr stradamus. You would have people being gassed, opponents being put in plastic shredders, three month old babies having their eyes torn and you would be happy for this as long as the US loses so you can have an erection thinking in dead US soldiers. You are beyond repugnant. You are ready to have every Iraqui killed for your satisfaction, just as the sixties never-do-wells were ready to have every vietnamese and cambodian killed (by the VC and the Khmer Rouge) in order to shock daddy. |
| Posted by: JFM 2003-9-19 4:54:48 AM |
| #4 the poltergeist is back |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-9-19 4:35:50 AM |
| #3 hahahaha the happy Iraqis welcoming their Liberators in a peculiar very eccentric and uniquely Iraqi. Iraq where villagers who r suposed to welcome us with flowers suddenly throw away the flowers and start engaging us with Rpgs. Those soldiers who bit the dust had it coming. Iraqis r tired of loosing brother and sisters to trigger happy G.Is then getting an apology over the weekend. Oh we r sorry and we r investigating. How do you think Locals in Southern Utah would react if the FBI shot dead ten locals then apologized and offered each family 2500 dollars ahaha. Iraqi resistance is legitimate and must continue. 76 soldiers have bitten the dust and we r counting ahahaahah. |
| Posted by: stevestradamus 2003-9-19 1:46:43 AM |
| #2 Not run, walk, and remove all headcovers. You never know who you'll find. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-19 1:23:49 AM |
| #1 Run everyone out of town with whatever they can carry, then burn it to the ground. Have a nice walk. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-9-19 1:09:49 AM |