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On Tuesday, 173rd commanders said they were told that a Special Forces "A" Team was overrun by a force of 100 Iraqis in Irbil, about 35 miles from the drop zone.

Anyone else notice this? Didn't hear of this before. Were our guys captured or did they escape?

I read that- then stopped to consider the source. Overun nah- likely they couldn't hold their position without escalating the action and wisely fell back to a defensive position. I should say they can hold their position by calling on any number of our available assests, chances are they didn't want to compromise their covert mission any more than it might have been by the encounter with the enemy, especially with the airborne operation pending. Low profile...

An A-team of 10-12 spec ops would use their brains and consider the overall picture. In this case, securing the air field is the top priority, and that's what they did. Or, if it is an entirely different A-team being discussed, well help is on the way.

These commie journalists want to report on our failure so bad it's driving them to completely lose what little journalistic objectivity or integrity they have left.

FWIW Our spec ops teams are crawling all over this country. They have come in by land, sea, and air. I wanted be surprised to learn of either HAHO or HALO operations already taking place.

high altitude high opening freefall operations GET SOME !
high altitude low opening freefall operations GET SOME !