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2005-06-08 Iraq-Jordan

At Least Seven Killed in Iraq Truck Convoy

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Posted by Fred 2005-06-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 a group of heavily armed and masked men came to watch.

So ... why didn't the group get blown away?????

Posted by 3dc 2005-06-08 01:29|| 2005-06-08 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 No humvee of MPs to save them this time.

Lining up the dead like that is a military tactic. Worrying development.

Posted by gromky">gromky 2005-06-08 03:05|| 2005-06-08 03:05|| Front Page Top

#3 I suspect they were lined up before they were killed. Standard Saddam era mass murder technique.

Posted by phil_b 2005-06-08 04:33|| 2005-06-08 04:33|| Front Page Top

#4 The last time I understood the concept, the reason to convoy is to provide group protection by accompanied military escort. There is no reason to convoy if there is no escort/support. There is a lot of traffic in which to hide among for singular transfers, so why create an obvious big target unless there is some inside work being done by the dispatchers to provide big juicy targets.
Several bullet-riddled trucks were on fire and bystanders, including young boys, were seen taking items from the trucks. And this sounds like it could be a crimial conspiracy using the war as cover to set goods up for looting.

Posted by Jert Flinert7749 2005-06-08 09:34|| 2005-06-08 09:34|| Front Page Top

#5 On the sea convoy is still safer than individual ships even with no escort. Weird yet true. Operational Analysis never lies. :>

Posted by Shipman 2005-06-08 10:00|| 2005-06-08 10:00|| Front Page Top

#6 There is no reason to convoy if there is no escort/support.

the escort was provided by a private security firm. Who obviously failed.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-06-08 10:05|| 2005-06-08 10:05|| Front Page Top

#7 JF:
Shipman has a point. Even unescorted convoys help because that makes fewer targets. If you imagine every truck going separately, that would be a steady stream of targets traveling past and the terrorists can pick their time and place. Go in convoys and they have to attack at a certain time at a certain place, which they may not logistically be capable of.

Of course, if they do hit the convoy, they have a much bigger payoff.

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