Thursday, February 10, 2005
from the mean streets of Ramadi
This just in - published unedited, exactly as it was received - from 1st Marine Division (my old division) HQ near Fallujah, less than two minutes ago:
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq - U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, foiled an attempt by an insurgent to coerce a child into accepting a hand grenade at approximately 1 p.m. in Ramadi today.
The soldiers, currently assigned to the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, were conducting a patrol in the northeastern sector of the city when they observed a blue 4-door sedan with three military-aged males pull up near their position.
The driver exited the vehicle and approached a child, estimated to be 10-years-old. The two exchanged words and the adult gave the child a hand grenade. The child and the adult exchanged possession of the hand grenade several times.
The grenade was dropped after U.S. soldiers fired a warning shot in the direction of the insurgent. The child ran away as the adult returned fire with a handgun.
The adult then jumped into his vehicle and attempted to flee the scene. The patrol fired disabling shots into the vehicle to prevent the insurgents from escaping. A brief firefight ensued, which resulted in one insurgent being killed and two insurgents being wounded.
The patrol evacuated the two wounded insurgents to the medical facility at their forward operating base. The unit recovered the grenade from the scene, but was unable to locate the child.
There were no U.S. casualties.
'The incident demonstrates the ruthless disregard that the insurgency has for the citizens of Iraq,' said Marine Maj. Phill Bragg, information operations officer, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
MY NOTE: OK, so the terrorists and their masters criticize us and our culture, arguing that we are decadent, uncivilized, and lacking in all of the postives associated with chivalry, codes of honor, etc., because in our world women hold military titles, carry guns, drive backhoes, fly jets, and oversee multinational corporations.
But THEY (the bad guys) have no problem targeting women and children. They avoid pitched battles with armed men. And they coerce or manipulate children into doing their dirty work.
Huh?
U.S. soldiers foil insurgent’s attempt
to force child into taking hand grenade
to force child into taking hand grenade
CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq - U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, foiled an attempt by an insurgent to coerce a child into accepting a hand grenade at approximately 1 p.m. in Ramadi today.
The soldiers, currently assigned to the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, were conducting a patrol in the northeastern sector of the city when they observed a blue 4-door sedan with three military-aged males pull up near their position.
The driver exited the vehicle and approached a child, estimated to be 10-years-old. The two exchanged words and the adult gave the child a hand grenade. The child and the adult exchanged possession of the hand grenade several times.
The grenade was dropped after U.S. soldiers fired a warning shot in the direction of the insurgent. The child ran away as the adult returned fire with a handgun.
The adult then jumped into his vehicle and attempted to flee the scene. The patrol fired disabling shots into the vehicle to prevent the insurgents from escaping. A brief firefight ensued, which resulted in one insurgent being killed and two insurgents being wounded.
The patrol evacuated the two wounded insurgents to the medical facility at their forward operating base. The unit recovered the grenade from the scene, but was unable to locate the child.
There were no U.S. casualties.
'The incident demonstrates the ruthless disregard that the insurgency has for the citizens of Iraq,' said Marine Maj. Phill Bragg, information operations officer, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
MY NOTE: OK, so the terrorists and their masters criticize us and our culture, arguing that we are decadent, uncivilized, and lacking in all of the postives associated with chivalry, codes of honor, etc., because in our world women hold military titles, carry guns, drive backhoes, fly jets, and oversee multinational corporations.
But THEY (the bad guys) have no problem targeting women and children. They avoid pitched battles with armed men. And they coerce or manipulate children into doing their dirty work.
Huh?
# posted by W. Thomas Smith, Jr. @ 2:27 PM 
