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Re: Is that they call discriminate fire? Yes, actually...



"Tarver Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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>"Matthew G. Saroff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "No Spam!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >Michael Petukhov wrote:
>> >> SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP) - Scenes of devastation dotted the Iraqi town of
>> >> Samarra after fierce clashes between US forces and insurgents in which
>> >> senior police and hospital officials said at least eight civilians
>> >> were killed and dozens wounded
>> >
>> >Ummm, let's see. Perhaps a bit of perspective is in order here.
>> >
>> >...start of sarcasm...
>> >There was a small unit action involving over 50 enemy (I won't say
>> >'Iraqis' because they may or may not have been) who deliberately set up
>> >an ambush of US forces in the middle of a town. I'm sure they set it up
>> >in town to avoid putting any Iraqi civilians at risk.
>>
>> Actually, it appears now to be a run of the mill bank
>> heist, at least according to the beeb.
>
>The uniforms make that seem odd, this was something more.
        
        Only there are no bodies with uniforms found, and only 8
dead found.

        It's beginning to sound like some junior officer decided
on a Viet Nam type body count.

        Of more significance is that the Iraqi police were the
likely source of the leak that this was a "money train".

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