Posted on 10/22/2004 6:28:49 AM PDT by Just Dan
I think I am going to be sick...(disgusted) ------------------------------------------------------
1 hour, 2 minutes ago Top Stories - Reuters
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces left a mosque they were raiding in search of suspected insurgents in Mosul on Friday after coming under fire, witnesses said.
American troops and Iraqi National Guards had surrounded the Thi al-Nuraid mosque in the northern city during the Friday midday prayer sermon and broken the gate of the compound.
Unarmed worshippers prevented the intruding forces from entering the mosque itself. The American troops then sparked an uproar when they entered the women's section of the mosque, the preacher, Sheikh Rayan Tawfiq told Reuters by telephone.
"I did my best to calm the people, but we don't want any Americans or any security organization to go into the mosque under the pretext of arresting people," Tawfiq said.
Insurgents later attacked U.S. vehicles parked outside the mosque with rocket-propelled grenades, witnesses said.
The U.S.-Iraqi force then withdrew, amid jubilation among the worshippers inside the mosque. There was no immediate word on any casualties or any comment from the U.S. military.
relax its a rueters story
Sounds like they had RPGs in the mosque, so it's a target.
Maybe it should accidently blow up. I am just not PC and don't like fighting wars where being nice prevents me from fighting it.
Sounds like a job for Mr. JDAM.
ugh... i sincerely hope that this story is spun up, otherwise i will eagerly await a miserable fate on that PL or CO...
Trying not to use the bad words....+grumbles+
Well, there you have it; the unfiltered truth, from the unimpeachable source of Reuters, via the mosque's imam. Nothing left to say, I guess, this is obviously the straight story. (sarcasm now off)
What a load of sh_t. I'm surprised that Reuters didn't refer to the Americans as terrorists.
Reuters exposes thei bias with one single word. They refer to the americans as "intruders."
The rpg's prove they were at the right address, btw.
Intruders = "intruding forces"
The best way to end war and ensure peace is to kill the enemy.
I agree with you completely, but in these days you have to be PC or the Rats will be all over you like one on a piece of cheeze.
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