Author Topic: Firefight in the Sunni Triangle (Read 493 times)

SunTracker · « **on:** March 26, 2004, 06:03:55 PM »

Don't know much about it. Video showed U.S. Marines firing like crazy while crouched behind some buildings. Will have more info in a few minutes.

_Schadenfreude_ · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2004, 01:44:01 AM »

Sounds like a rough day...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3571515.stm

Nilsen · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2004, 04:01:16 AM »

hope everyone is ok

Sixpence · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2004, 10:59:33 AM »

Good men die while Cheney's buddies become filthy rich. Well, if there is going to be war, we might as well get rich while we are doing it(well, except for the taxpayers and soldiers)

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/03/27/halliburton_lobby_costs_see_big_drop/

Pongo · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2004, 01:01:35 PM »

no everyones not ok

lots of people will never be ok.
casualties

Yeager · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2004, 01:29:27 PM »

my adviceto those USMC folks:
kill as many sunnis as possible. We might not get another chance like this in years.

Nilsen · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2004, 01:32:04 PM »

SunTracker · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2004, 02:50:58 PM »

I got a little secret for you guys- The World suffers a 100% death rate.

Pongo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2004, 05:54:58 PM »

Oh its ok then. If a person dies at 18 years old from an RPG attacks or if they die at 75 from heart attack Its all the same.

I think if it were your son or brother you might feel diferently .

Lizking · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2004, 06:25:10 PM »

Not the same, surely-one died from eating bacon, the other died with honor, defending his country, and helping others.

Lizking · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2004, 06:25:59 PM »

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Naso · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2004, 07:07:44 PM »

Anyone knows if there are non combatants Iraqi dead statistics?

SunTracker · « **Reply #12 on:** March 27, 2004, 07:35:22 PM »

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Not the same, surely-one died from eating bacon, the other died with honor, defending his country, and helping others.

Hey I like that!

"All men die, but not all men truely live"

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 27, 2004, 09:58:47 PM »

*GASP!* You mean people die in war?

Why didn't someone tell me!?!?!?

-dead- · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2004, 12:53:48 AM »

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Originally posted by Naso
Anyone knows if there are non combatants Iraqi dead statistics?

There's a roughly estimated (from press reports) running total here: http://www.iraqbodycount.net
There's no official one, as the CPA, whilst caring about Iraqi civilians enough to liberate them, apparently don't extend this care to the point of keeping statistics on how many Iraqis are dying or what they're dying of.