American soldiers play Grinch, attack Whoville (in their own words)

[ProSense]

Just Another Day for U.S. Military in Iraq
By RYAN LENZ and ANTONIO CASTANEDA, Associated Press Writers
Mon Dec 26, 5:16 AM ET

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Troops woke long before sunrise on a cold, rainy Christmas morning to raid an upscale neighborhood a few miles from their base. In honor of the day, they dubbed the target "Whoville," after the town in the Dr. Seuss book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

Commanders said they ordered the operation because they did not know the identities of the neighborhood's residents and several roadside bombs had recently been planted near the district, which isn't far from Forward Operating Base Summerall in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad,


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Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade knew they weren't going to be welcome when they arrived in the dead of night. It just made sense to nickname the target after the village raided by Seuss' Grinch on Christmas morning, they said.

"It was appropriate. I did feel like the Grinch," said Pfc. John Parkes, 31, of Cortland, N.Y., a medic in one of several groups called "quick reaction teams" that respond to roadside explosions.

The raiders broke down doors, confiscated illegal machine guns, plastic bags of ammunition and gun clips. Iraqi law allows households to own AK-47s, but with limitations.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051226/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_military_christmas


Withdrawal is long overdue.

[Dunvegan]

1. Any soldier that chooses regularly to skip the chowline Kool-Aid...

...knows that this war is a total crock.

[pocket]

2. but how many do? so many are completely brainwashed

.

[guruoo]

3. That 'brainwashed' number is dwindling...

I used to run across that gung ho Bush attitude
all the time. But that's just not happening any more
up here. It's getting to where the ones who
still support him seem too embarassed to discuss it.