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2003-03-28 Iraq

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Posted by Bulldog 2003-03-28 04:42 pm|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't know, every time civilians get hit it's a market so that many people get killed and more can watch.
If there is another "market attack" I don't believe in miracles anymore. Why should America target a market or strike one in error all the time?

Posted by True German Ally 2003-03-28 17:16:11|| 2003-03-28 17:16:11|| Front Page Top

#2 TGA - Why, indeed? Iraq can easily blow up bombs in the market. If it was American, they would neither hear the plane nor see a rocket.

Posted by paj 2003-03-28 17:32:42|| 2003-03-28 17:32:42|| Front Page Top

#3 2 meters x.5 meters for the crater. Does any one out there really think the ordanance the USAF is using is leaving that small of a hole. I'm starting to wonder if the RG is firing artillery into the city

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-03-28 17:34:03|| 2003-03-28 17:34:03|| Front Page Top

#4 That was exactly my point, paj. Maybe next time they invite Al-Jazeera for live coverage?

Posted by True German Ally 2003-03-28 17:54:54|| 2003-03-28 17:54:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Your right those are artillary rounds. Their shelling their own damd people. Two Markets in two days. I wonder if it will happen again. Three times a charm.

Posted by George 2003-03-28 18:20:49|| 2003-03-28 18:20:49|| Front Page Top

#6 The options are howitzer round, mortar round, dud SAM missile or box full o' semtex. The odds of two SAMs falling on two different markets are pretty slim. So let's exclude that. Howitzer trajectory is too shallow plus the odds of missing are too great, especially when dealing with semiliterate Arab farm boys manning the guns. Mortar has a better trajectory, but the mission failure risk is similarly high. Occam's Razor sez: box full o' semtex.

Posted by 11A5S 2003-03-28 18:53:39|| 2003-03-28 18:53:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Sounds like ol' Saddam is copying the own goal market bombing by the Muslims in Sarajevo which killed 50+ people. They blamed it on the Serbs, which was one of the triggers for Bill Clinton's "Operation Forget Monica".

Posted by Jabba the Tutt 2003-03-28 21:17:16|| 2003-03-28 21:17:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Do you think they'd get the message if we just told them we really WERE targeting their markets?
Does anyone have any doubt that if we really wanted to, we could?

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-03-28 22:18:03|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-03-28 22:18:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Seen the pictures. Definitely Iraqi self-bombing. BBC of course claims it is "obviously" a cruise missile (where's the evidence?) and make it their "top story". Someone at Centcom needs to make it clear it's similar to fedayeen attacks on civilians.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2003-03-29 01:11:12|| [radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentevents/] 2003-03-29 01:11:12|| Front Page Top

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