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2003-03-25 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-03-25 07:16 pm|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Some of the 7th Cavalry's equipment was damaged in the attack

equipment had to sent back to Kuwait to clean the spit wads off the windshields.

Posted by Brew 2003-03-25 21:02:49|| 2003-03-25 21:02:49|| Front Page Top

#2 The abortive Iraqi armor rush from Basra was futile enough, but this? Foot soldiers attacking the 7th Cav? On purpose? I thought these guys weren't allowed to drink. The battlefield postmortem should be very interesting on this one, hopefully we'll get some daylight reports starting soon.

And what's with the equipment check? Either something important was damaged, or the reporter was trying to be evenhanded: "Lessee, one hundred fifty enemy kills, but they...dinged the coffeepot! Damn yooouuuuuuu!"

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-03-25 21:59:33|| 2003-03-25 21:59:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Report is that an Abrahms drove over a bridge that collapsed and they could not get it out of the ditch. 2 others were hit by RPGs in the rear, but were returned to service.

Posted by OldSpook 2003-03-25 23:45:13|| 2003-03-25 23:45:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Yep, FNC has an update. The Iraqis attacked during the sandstorm. Perhaps they thought that gave them homefield advantage, to sneak within RPG range? It seems that our Bradleys and their 25mms got a lot of use. Hopefully we'll learn more now that the storm is subsiding.

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-03-26 00:07:08|| 2003-03-26 00:07:08|| Front Page Top

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