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May 28, 2003

2 KIA, 9 WIA in Al Fallujah

CAMP DOHA, Kuwait -- An updated report confirmed that another soldier was killed and two more injured following the attack on a U.S. Army unit in Al Fallujah early this morning.

An initial report indicated only one soldier was killed and seven others wounded. This brings the total to two soldiers killed and nine wounded.
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U.S. Army soldiers responded decisively with concentrated fire from Bradley Fighting Vehicles, crew-served weapons and small arms. They killed two attackers and captured six others.

Initial reports indicate the attackers fired from a mosque in the city.

Another soldier is reported to have drowned in an unrelated swimming accident.

Posted By Alan E Brain at May 28, 2003 06:53 AM | TrackBack

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Don ! I'd be on this one. Probably involved BBguns or peashooters. Certainly wouldn't have happened if those 'Good' Iraqis were packin', right?

What a simpleton.

It ain't over yet.

Posted by: Dave Dube at May 28, 2003 07:52 AM

"Peaceful" muslims firing from a mosk. I sure wish the army would quit trying to be politically correct and start cleaning out those mosks, and burn them down. All the woes of the mid east start from those mosks.

Posted by: Bubba at May 28, 2003 08:55 AM

Probably just a wedding celebration in the mosque. We seem to return fire so often while they are having fun.

Posted by: Master Goldsmith at May 28, 2003 09:45 AM

> Probably just a wedding celebration in the
> mosque. We seem to return fire so often while
> they are having fun.

Soneone should explain to them that shooting into the air is an attack on U.S. air superiority. Shooting into the ground is better, with a silencer so you don't startle any U.S. soldiers.

Posted by: dajak at May 28, 2003 10:48 AM

>>>The attack began when a hostile force of unknown size attacked a U.S. Army unit in Al Fallujah earlier this morning with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.

U.S. Army soldiers responded decisively with concentrated fire from Bradley Fighting Vehicles, crew-served weapons and small arms. They killed two attackers and captured six others.

Initial reports indicate the attackers fired from a mosque in the city.

Did you read the story dajak?
sure, they always fire off rocket propelled grenades at weddings and celebrations...
you say your Dutch huh? ...... the Duuuuuh part of dutch I beleive.....

Posted by: Bubba at May 28, 2003 12:46 PM

Bubba, he was being sarcastic.

dajak: shooting into the ground is a legitimate use of explosives to hunt for oil. The ignorent yankee fired upon a lawful work crew. The mosque? but we have searched for oil everywhere else!

Posted by: Jrm at May 28, 2003 02:47 PM

> dajak: shooting into the ground is a legitimate use
> of explosives to hunt for oil. The ignorent yankee
> fired upon a lawful work crew. The mosque? but
> we have searched for oil everywhere else!

Grin. Did not think of that. Iraqi oil industry was reported to be in a bad state, but this is a really ineffective method.

Bubba: You are right. RPG's are rarely used at weddings, so they were entitled to return fire.

Posted by: dajak at May 30, 2003 04:03 PM