US Air Strike hits mosque in Falluja, 40 killed..




 
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April 7th, 2004  
Redleg
 
 

Topic: US Air Strike hits mosque in Falluja, 40 killed..


Over 40 Iraqis may have been killed when a US Air Strike hit a musque complex in Falluja..

US Marines reported that attackers had been firing at them from inside the Mosque.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/3608315.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html
April 7th, 2004  
Redneck
 
 
I just got this from FoxNews. The attack is as yet unconfirmed, but supposedly it was an AH-64 that fired rockets in the area, destroying a wall, but not damaging the mosque itself. They gave 40 as the death toll as well, but I'm waiting to find out if those 40 were the bad guys or not. To be honest, the way these guys use mosques and crowds of civilians as sanctuaries is extremely frustrating to me (although our ROE are, when looked at with a cool head, reasonable for the most part). I'm not saying "kill 'em all and let God sort them out," but I believe that these tactics are nearly the sole reason for any collateral damage that has occurred during the past year (as well as similar practices in Afghanistan).
April 7th, 2004  
RnderSafe
 
 
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supposedly it was an AH-64 that fired rockets in the area
AH-64 is an Apache .. Army asset. Marines have the Cobra, which fired a hellfire.
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April 7th, 2004  
Jtf2
 
Ok being as civil as possible attacking a mosque?? i didnt see that yet is it true?
April 7th, 2004  
Christos
 
More disgusting actions by the occupiers...

Of course, when Bremmy and his boys were saying that the Fallujah killing of 4 U.S. contractos wouldn't go unpunished... This is what he had in mind..
April 7th, 2004  
Redleg
 
 
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Originally Posted by Christos
More disgusting actions by the occupiers...

Of course, when Bremmy and his boys were saying that the Fallujah killing of 4 U.S. contractos wouldn't go unpunished... This is what he had in mind..
Hmmm..

I wouldn't say that staying inside a mosque, shooting at US Marines, and believing that they wouldn't shoot back was a great idea...

But unfortunatelly this is very common.
Terrorists/attackers taking cover behind women and children, and complaining that the same women and children where hit when the "evil" occupation soldiers shot back at them...

I would call that disgusting actions!
April 7th, 2004  
FutureRANGER
 
 
Here's a quote from the first article.

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"If they use the mosque as a military machine, then it's no longer a house of worship and we strike," said Lt Col Brennan Byrne.
I think thats absolutely true and there is nothing amoral about it.
April 7th, 2004  
Jtf2
 
The mosque is standing and i think it was a correct strike...
April 7th, 2004  
RnderSafe
 
 
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More disgusting actions by the occupiers...

Of course, when Bremmy and his boys were saying that the Fallujah killing of 4 U.S. contractos wouldn't go unpunished... This is what he had in mind..
You're a funny girl, Christos.
April 8th, 2004  
Redneck
 
 
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Originally Posted by RnderSafe
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supposedly it was an AH-64 that fired rockets in the area
AH-64 is an Apache .. Army asset. Marines have the Cobra, which fired a hellfire.
Sorry Sir, I didn't catch that when I saw it on the news. Need to work on my situational awareness .

But with that, it does kind of show how much (or how little) the media actually knew or knows about the situation (hey, if I'm going down, I'm taking them with me ).