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| Iraq |
| US raiding and digging in against insurgents |
| 2005-12-05 |
| Marines staked their claim to the abandoned youth center in Husayba last month with a Hellfire missile and two tank rounds that destroyed a corner of the building and part of the roof. Weeks earlier, residents had forsaken the center to insurgents who were using it as an armory and a staging point for attacks. The fighters fled before the American assault but left evidence that their flight had been in haste, including a half-eaten bowl of fresh figs in a makeshift sniper's roost above the center's theater. This was the last building in a five-day sweep of the town, a point at which the Americans, in the past, would usually have loaded up their armored vehicles, driven back to their desert bases and prepared for a new raid elsewhere, leaving the door open for a return of the rebels. But this time the marines immediately began digging in, and Iraqi troops joined them. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #5 I think one of the biggest misconceptions pushed by the Media is that the Enemy terrorist are never ending fearless enemy who are basicly perfect. The terrorist mess up alot and pay heavy in blood and they surely are not anything near perfect or invulnerable supermen. The best is the regeneration idea this is pure stupidity of course they send replacements the Germans in WW2 had replacements all the way through the war all the way up to the end when their was replacements but they were nazi youth (kids and not 18-25yr old kids another media insult but 8-13yr old kids) and of course old men 50+. I wonder if retards, dogs, women, forced victims, and hell parents of other dead jihadi's would maybe be a sign that their inumerable masses are not so inumerable and the bench is gettin thin? |
| Posted by: C-Low 2005-12-05 20:54 |
| #4 To this reporter embedded with the assault force, the Iraqis often seemed disorganized, complacent and undisciplined, etc.,etc... To that I prefer Bill Roggio's post from husaybah (11.29): The Marines of 1st Platoon of Lima Company have varied opinions of the Iraqi soldiers, which range from unimpressed to pleasantly surprised at their courage and fighting abilities. Several explained how Iraqi troops saved their hides during Operation Steel Curtain, when the Iraqis identified a home the Marines were going to enter as being rigged with IEDs. When Explosive Ordnance Disposal arrived on scene and detonated the device, the entire house was destroyed in the blast. âMost of our squad would have been killed in that house. They saved my and my friendsâ lives that dayâ said Lance Corporal Mendoza. The Marines have worked with several groups of Iraqi troops, theyâll tell you there are good soldiers and bad soldiers, and some units are better than others. This is the story of all armies. The words of respect, coming from these Marines who have set high standards for performance, gives hope for the future of the Iraqi Army. |
| Posted by: SwissTex 2005-12-05 15:20 |
| #3 a semi positive and factual article from the NYTimes how did this get through? |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-12-05 15:13 |
| #2 "There are a lot of knuckleheads here that need to die" I think there are a LOT of places where that phrase would be appropriate, not just in Iraq. Congress, California, New York, France, Britain, and the Philippines come readily to mind. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2005-12-05 12:34 |
| #1 There are a lot of knuckleheads here that need to die," And that, in a nutshell describes the best approach to the ignorant bigots in the house of Islam. Based on what I saw in Iraq. Keep killing the aggressive knuckleheads (rapidly) untill the the survivors get a clue--or at least are no longer physicaly able to present a threat. |
| Posted by: N guard 2005-12-05 10:33 |