[David]

Just heard on Fox -- a report that 5 US military troops were killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.

No other details at this time...

:( :( :(

[David]

Got a link to this terrible story:

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/5511816.htm

[buford1]

Those are some screwed up people. KILL THEM ALL !!:cuss: :cuss: :cuss:

[LostOneToo]

Anyone have any ideas on how you would prevent this in the future. Kind of a difficult problem to solve without losing more soldiers in the future. And NO, you cannot simply blow away any vehicle approaching when it is 500 meters away.

Let's hear some viable solutions guys!!!:confused: :confused:

[AV1611]

Simple.

1) Stay well away from the unknown vehicle.

2) Make the driver get out and stand by his vehicle.

3) Make the driver strip to his skivvies.

4) If all appears okay, make driver come to you.

AV1611 out...

[Selfdfenz]

Further evidence that some of these people are fanatics. Big surprise.

The jobs our men and women are being asked to do over there is as tough as any I can imagine. They have to face regular troops with civilian garb over their uniforms, civilians being used as human shields in front of infantry, booby traps and sooner or later poison gas and anthrax and who knows what else.
I would hazard a guess that some to many of the civilian deaths in Bagdump are being caused by the government rather than our weapons missing their intended target.
To say the people fight dirty is an understatement.

The more we try to differentiate between good and bad over there the more of our people will be killed while in the decision making process. It's a war.
We will not win this thing unless we take the gloves of completely with all that means. Yep civilians will be killed.
Some may think there is a middle ground, an option for partial victory. If those people have small children at this time they can look forward to sending that generation over there in a few years to do this a third time. It's not my opinion, it's the way of the world.

S-

[pax]

Moved to L&P.

pax

We're lost, but we're making good time. -- Yogi Berra

[DeltaElite]

This was all to be expected, assuming anyone was paying attention out there. ;)

It is very sad, but they don't play by any rules of engagement and are mindless fanatics, which makes them very dangerous.

Godspeed to our soldiers.

[Thumper]

This is pretty interesting reading regarding military roadblocks:

http://call.army.mil/products/nftf/sepoct01/sepoct01ch7.htm

[cratz2]

Makes you realize why the Israelis act the way they do sometimes. Granted it was a friendly fire situation but to me it seemed like overkill at the time but when you realize that you aren't trying to stop a car but trying to stop a car bomb from going off, a couple hundred bullets don't really seem excessive.

Pic from a previous thread.

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20030313/mdf230783.jpg

[Giant]

Really difficult to prevent bombers from blowing themselves up, along with those around them.

I know the media calls these people "Suicide bombers" or "Homicide bombers", but I do not agree with this politically correct description put out by the far to the left media such as; The New York Times or MSNBC. These bombers are terrorist and blowing ones self for a political reason and killing other people in this way is an act of terrorism.

In my opinion it is time for all people to insist on calling these acts of political terrorism by their proper name, "Terrorism", "Terrorist Bombers".

Honor our soldiers who gave their lives to free oppressed peoples. Honor our military and remember them.

Giant

*edited by Giant for spelling 3/29 4:46 PM Pacific Time.*