[N8 v2.0]

Gentle Reader: Please ignore the lib-media's 'defeatist' title of the report
-N8


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Adversary's Tactics Leave Troops Surprised, Exhausted
WashingtonPost.com | 24 Jun 04 | Scott Wilson

BAQUBAH, Iraq, June 24 -- The 1st Infantry Division soldiers who walked off the battlefield Thursday, exhausted by the frantic pace of combat and a baking summer sun, had seen nothing like it in their three months here.

In dawn-to-dusk fighting, more than 100 armed insurgents overran neighborhoods and occupied downtown buildings, using techniques that U.S. commanders said resembled those once employed by the Iraqi army. Well-equipped and highly coordinated, the insurgents demonstrated a new level of strength and tactical skill that alarmed the soldiers facing them.

By the end of the day, infantry and armored patrols had driven the insurgents from the battered center of the city, though some remained in control of two police stations in districts long hostile to the U.S.-led occupation. Two U.S. soldiers were killed in the fight, including a company commander struck by a rocket-propelled grenade.

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[Slugman]

Gentle Reader: Please ignore the lib-media's 'defeatist' title of the report
-N8

And N8's unflinching labeling that is meant to discredit before you judge for yourself...

 

[llkoolkeg]

Gentle Reader: Please ignore the lib-media's 'defeatist' title of the report
-N8

I guess we should be pleased that it wasn't titled "Occupation Forces Succumbing to Attacks by Fierce Opposition."

 

[N8 v2.0]

And N8's unflinching labeling that is meant to discredit before you judge for yourself...

Actually the real title for this interesting and informative news story would have been: "Enemy's Tactics Leave US Troops Surprised, Tired, but In Control of the Battlefield"

That fits the story that follows it much better...


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Late Wednesday night, Grider, the platoon leader, worked with a sniper team in the Tahrir district, just south of the government center. Overlooking Canal Street, a main avenue through the city of 250,000 people, the sniper on the team fired on two men setting bombs. Grider said both fell dead -- the fourth and fifth of the week.

I wonder if those teams are using Remington 700's in .308 or that fancy .50 cal bolt action rifle..?

 

[llkoolkeg]

I wonder if those teams are using Remington 700's in .308 or that fancy .50 cal bolt action rifle..?

If there is any gun in this world that I covet, it is the Barrett .50BMG...preferably the semi-auto but I'd happily accept a bolt-action.

 

[valve bouncer]

Only an idiot would think the war is going swimmingly.....N8 thinks the war is going swimmingly..........

 

[genpowell71]

Actually the real title for this interesting and informative news story would have been: "Enemy's Tactics Leave US Troops Surprised, Tired, but In Control of the Battlefield"

That fits the story that follows it much better...


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I wonder if those teams are using Remington 700's in .308 or that fancy .50 cal bolt action rifle..?

We Use the Remington 700 with a leupold M3 scope. We also use the Barret M82 SEMI-auto sniper rifle. Both are instruments of amazing ability in the right hands.

One thing thats funny about the whole war is that when your in a fight, you can always tell who your fighting. If they shoot and run away, its just a couple guys that are pissed off and want to take out some anger on the coalition. If they start out with accurate shooting, then get ready for a fight, because it's main event time. Usually it'll be hard core republican gaurd sympathizers, or if your really lucky, it'll be Al Queda. Those guys know the meaning of the word fight. I wont bore you with stories, but they know how to shoot.