Re: Evidence Mounts That U.S. Military is LYING About "Victory At Samarra"

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (jose soplar) wrote in inimitable style:

> "Winston Smith, American Patriot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... 
>> Logic-Defying "Fact" #1:  U.S. suffers not one death, but kills 54
>> Iraqis ("Saddam fedayeen") who have some or even extensive military
>> training.....?  And it takes fewer Iraqis to kill 2-3 U.S. troops in
>> other "ambushes." 
> 
> You are either an Islamist loving Muslim or you are a Saddam
> loving liberal Bush hating Democrat. As a seditious,
> America-hating mother fucking liberal you are part of the
> problem and I am more convinced as I read your anti-American
> screeds on this NG that the only good liberal is a dead
> liberal.

LMAO!!!  Bring 'em on, you gutless, right wing loser!

There'd be a lot less misery, suffering and death in the world, and 
certainly in Iraq, if Americans of conscience took the necessary steps to 
cut out the diseased rot represented by the Tim McVeighs and this poster in 
this country.

>> 
>> The aftermath of the weekend battle in Samarra, which the US has
>> claimed was the deadliest since the war ended, today appeared murkier
>> than first reports suggested, as residents of the central Iraqi city
>> accused Washington of exaggerating its death toll.
>> 
>> Initial US statements put the number of Iraqi dead at 46, with five 
>> American soldiers injured, but the US today put its figure up to 54
>> Iraqi fatalities.
>> 
>> It also said that many of the dead Iraqis were wearing the uniform of
>> the Fedayeen, the militia most closely associated with Saddam Hussein
>> and most loyal to him
>> 
>> But the Associated Press reported that some in Samarra believed
>> fatalities were much lower than the US's figures and that most of the
>> dead were armed civilians.
>> 
>> It quoted one of the city residents claiming that civilians had
>> grabbed their guns when the US soldiers fired on insurgents who had
>> attempted to ambush their convoy.
>> 
>> "Civilians shot back at the Americans," said 30-year-old Ali Hassan,
>> who was wounded by shrapnel in the battle. "They claim we are
>> terrorists. So OK, we are terrorists."
>> 
>> The battle, fought by the US with tanks and machine gun-equipped
>> Bradley fighting vehicles, followed simultaneous ambushes on a US
>> convoy travelling through Samarra on the main road from Baghdad to
>> Tikrit. 
>> 
>> Lieutentant Colonel William MacDonald of the 4th Infantry Division
>> said the response had sent a "clear message" that US would use its
>> firepower to stop such attacks.
>> 
>> The US has been stepping up the scale of its response to the
>> insurgents in recent weeks.
>> 
>> The scale of the attack and its apparent coordination has, however,
>> shown that rebels retain the ability to conduct synchronised
>> operations despite the offensive.
>> 
>> At least 104 coalition troops, including 79 from the US, have died in
>> Iraq in November, the deadliest month since the war ended. 
>> 
>> Samarra is within the so-called Sunni triangle north of Baghdad, the 
>> heartland of Saddam Hussein loyalists.
>> 
>> The scars of the battle were today evident in Samarra. About a dozen
>> cars lay destroyed in the streets, many apparently crushed by tanks,
>> and buildings were strewn with bullet holes. 
>> 
>> Six destroyed vehicles sat in front of the hospital, where witnesses
>> said US tanks shelled people dropping off the injured. A kindergarten
>> was damaged, apparently by tank shells. No children were hurt.
>> 
>> "Luckily we evacuated the children five minutes before we came under 
>> attack," said Ibrahim Jassim, a 40-year-old guard at the
>> kindergarten. "Why did they attack randomly? Why did they shoot a
>> kindergarten with tank shells?"
>> 
>> The weekend also saw seven Spanish intelligence agents, two Japanese 
>> diplomats, a Colombian oil worker and two South Korean engineers
>> killed in Iraq.
>> 
>> US officials said insurgents were targeting citizens of nations that 
>> support the occupation of Iraq in an effort to undermine public
>> support for the operation.
>> 
>> Both Tokyo and Seoul said that the attacks would not deter them from 
>> sending troops to Iraq.
>> 
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1097338,00.html