U.S. Humvee hit by sniper crashes in Baghdad

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LYO039675.htm

BAGHDAD, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. Humvee military vehicle crashed in southwestern Baghdad on Wednesday after a hidden sniper shot at the driver, a Reuters cameraman said.

After a single shot rang out, the Humvee veered out of control and rolled on its side. U.S. soldiers took the driver out of the vehicle and drove him away in another Humvee.

The driver was not moving when he was taken from the vehicle, but there was no word on his condition.

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[maddezmom]

1. curfew isn't working: another linkMasked gunmen on streets of western Bagh

BAGHDAD, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Several masked men with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles blocked a bridge and a main road in western Baghdad on Wednesday, residents said.

Clashes erupted, they said, but no details were available.

Reuters Television footage showed about 15-20 men roaming unchallenged among traffic on the road in the Ghazaliya area before they blocked the bridge and the clashes started.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/FRI040413.htm

[lebkuchen]

4. There aren't enough troops to enforce a curfew

"not enough troops...."

Where have we heard that before?

[0007]

11. ....didnt rummy the dummy say, we don't need a big army

a small fast army is all that's needed in Iraq.

[lebkuchen]

16. "Lithe fast army," is what Rummy meant to say

"small" is a taboo word for both Rummy and Wolfowitz, their being so short, and all.

[Straight Shooter]

14. There will be enough troops next year.

"Now watch this drive."

[bemildred]

2. Well, now we know where the "terrorists" in Fallujah went.

At least one of the places they went ...

[lebkuchen]

3. Imagine the school books that could have been bought

the teachers hired, the school districts rebuilt, the dumb Americans that could have been educated w/the funding that has gone up in smoke a la all that destroyed military equipment.

[cubsfan forever]

8. Hear, Hear! Impeach! n/t

Professor 2

[Union Thug]

5. Geez, Iraq is like wack-a-mole...

"smoke 'em out" here and they pop up over there.




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[cubsfan forever]

9. Your reply would be ROFL

if it weren't so horribly true. Excellent comparison!

Professor 2

[amber dog democrat]

6. We've already lost this occupation/war

and lost our way as well. But now what do we do ?

[cubsfan forever]

7. Send pResident * over there

he's the brave, tough, straight-shootin' cowboy. Oh, I forgot. He doesn't DO combat. Sorry, my bad.

:nuke:

Professor 2

[Union Thug]

10. I agree...Any leader with the balls to send young men and women..

..to war, should lead the damned charge. Oh, but bushie may have some brush to clear, and crashcart has other priorities.

Picture them naked, wild eyed and wild-haired, leading angry throngs of Germanic warriors against imperial Rome.

Or not.

[PsychoDad]

12. Seems we aren't the only ones....

With snipers.

[NNN0LHI]

13. This will be classified as a traffic accident n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. After this falluja thing doesn't work out, expect talk of an escalation

followed by a draft right after the coronation.

[NNN0LHI]

18. John McCain will be leading the charge to escalate

Watch and see.

Don

[The_Casual_Observer]

19. Yes the great war strategist that spent his war years in a prison camp

And then was a strategist for the distribution of Lincoln Bonds.

[PhuLoi]

17. Ho Chi Minh played the same game. Khe Sahn is an example.

Ho played Westmoreland aka Wastemoreland like a fiddle. While the seige of Khe Sahn drew in American forces, the NVA and VC moved about and resupplied via roads and paths to the west. What else can we expect when failed CEO's, MBA's and chickenhawks try to manage a war? When will honorable military officers in the Pentagon do the honorable thing?