[Bill Davis FR]

can you believe this...military personnel posted to a war zone with no ammo...best of the desperate are in command...thanks bill clinton...

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

Early in the article:

The Marines were practicing urban warfare tactics on Failaka Island in the Persian Gulf and were carrying no ammunition for their weapons, U.S. officials said.

Later:

The shootout happened about 11:15 a.m. (4:15 a.m. ET) Tuesday...

SOMEBODY had some bullets. The story is inconsistent.

[Seruzawa]

There is no excuse for this. If the marines in training are not issued live ammo then there should be suffcient external security posted to prevent such attacks.

I don't believe how many people are willing to excuse this sort of incompetence.

[xsrdx]

Of course they didn't have live ammo- they were training in a force-on-force exercise. However, they likely had non-exercise security also.

SOMEBODY shot back, quickly, because the terrs are KIA.

[pawdoggie]

This reminds me of the "Slapton Sands" incident, in which some German torpedo boats managed to slip into a pre D-day training exercise off the English coast. If memory serves, hundreds of American GIs were killed, and several landing craft were sunk. There's probably no clear-cut evidence of Iraqi involvement in this (unfortunately), but I would be interested to learn where these Kuwaitis got their AKs (although they might have been "war trophies" from '91).

[lodwick]

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[PhilipFreneau]

Unbelievable. This compares to living in Philadelphia, Camden, Detroit, Chicago, or Washington DC with no means to protect yourself, foolishly relying on the Police for protection.