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2005-10-30 Iraq

Americans Attack Insurgents Planning Raid

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Posted by lotp 2005-10-30 08:40|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The militants fired on Apache attack helicopters which were conducting reconnaissance in the area. The helicopters fired back, and the insurgents retreated. When they tried to regroup, an Air Force F-15E jet dropped a 500-pound bomb on them, the military said.

I'm guessing the actual event wasn't quite so clinical.

Posted by Matt 2005-10-30 09:45|| 2005-10-30 09:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure al Reuters will be carrying the inevitable story of massive collateral damage and civilian casualties.

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

Posted by doc 2005-10-30 10:34|| 2005-10-30 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL doc. Is this photo Sherman? I'm thinking the Iraqi common folk must be getting a little pissed at the terrorists.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2005-10-30 10:45|| 2005-10-30 10:45|| Front Page Top

#4 William Tecumseh Sherman indeed ... How prescient this man was.

Posted by doc 2005-10-30 10:48|| 2005-10-30 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 WT Sherman, founder of the US Command and General Staff College. There is not a statue of him on the main square of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-30 11:20|| 2005-10-30 11:20|| Front Page Top

#6 There is not a statue of him on the main square of the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

They're not real fond of "Marching through Georgia" either.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2005-10-30 12:22|| 2005-10-30 12:22|| Front Page Top

#7 or Talking Heads: "Burning Down the House" :-)

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-30 12:29|| 2005-10-30 12:29|| Front Page Top

#8 "If war be the prescription of my enemy's choosing... I say, give it to him." -- General William Tecumseh Sherman

Posted by The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-10-30 12:35|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-10-30 12:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Also Saturday, a bomb hidden in a truck loaded with dates exploded in the center of the Shiite farming village of Huweder, about 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing 26 people and injuring at least 45.

These dirty rotten b@stards! In times past nearly everyone looked forward to getting blown by a loaded date.

Posted by Zenster 2005-10-30 15:45|| 2005-10-30 15:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Nice Zen! Next time ya wanna issue a coffee alert?

Posted by Doc8404 2005-10-30 16:23|| 2005-10-30 16:23|| Front Page Top

#11 :-0

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-30 17:02|| 2005-10-30 17:02|| Front Page Top

#12 An ugly SOB doc.

Posted by Scarlet 2005-10-30 17:47|| 2005-10-30 17:47|| Front Page Top

#13 But a magnificent general.

Posted by docob 2005-10-30 20:14|| 2005-10-30 20:14|| Front Page Top

#14 U.S. troops backed by helicopters and a jet attacked insurgents planning a nighttime ambush near an American base north of Baghdad . . .

That's "getting inside the enemy OODA loop" with a vengeance!

Posted by Mike 2005-10-30 22:04|| 2005-10-30 22:04|| Front Page Top

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