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| "Suicide Charlie" Provides Wake Up Call For Insurgents |
| 2004-11-23 |
| Assembling in the dead of night, the Marines of "Suicide Charlie" prepare to provide the wake up call of a lifetime for a handful of known insurgents. They mount their vehicles and head towards the small town on the banks of the Euphrates River and as the sun rises the Marines knock on the insurgents door in a way that only Marines can. "Room service, we got a frag grenade, I mean pillow for you." With a bang on the door, the Marines entered houses with such speed that the insurgents didn't have time to react to the early morning visitors. At the completion of this early morning visit, the Marines leave with five insurgents detained and weapons that could have been used to kill coalition forces or innocent Iraqi civilians. The Marines of 1st Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted simultaneous cordon and knocks on three houses' to capture insurgents. They entered through the front door of the first house and began clearing the each room, said Sgt. Tobey J. Owens, squad leader, 1st Squad. The Marines had cleared most of the house when they entered a small room in the rear. They discovered a man crouching along the wall with a loaded weapon pointed at them, stated Cpl. Travis M. Ball, team leader, 1st Squad. "We were on top of the man so quickly he did not have time to react," said Owens. "I kicked him as Ball tackled him to the floor so he would not have the opportunity to shoot at us." That's Leatherneck understatement for: we whipped his bitch-ass and made him cry for his mama. The squad captured the armed insurgent, Kais Atal Mutatharer, who had worked with the U.S. Army as a translator in the Al Qaim area. Suprise meter did not budge. |
| Posted by:Jarhead |
| #4 anymouse, once a Marine, always a Marine! And thank you for your service. |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2004-11-23 9:09:58 PM |
| #3 Makes me proud to an American, and a Marine (a long time ago)! |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-11-23 2:04:54 PM |
| #2 I'm Kevin Sites and I approved this article. Honest!! |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-11-23 1:43:02 PM |
| #1 Just like the Israelis, the Marines find that the best time to kill terrorists is 4-6 am. Apparently, terrorists aren't morning people. Curiously, neither are University liberals who typically don't take classes before 1100am. |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-11-23 10:56:08 AM |