Reply #7: He isn't talking about the bombing of the Mess Hall [View All]

[TheKingfish]

Umm read the article, he is talking about a follow-up attack on the hospital where the casualties were evacuated. Which shows just how sophisticated the attack was. The knew where the casualties would be evacuated to and hit it also.

from the freep blog:
"The first report said that a mortar had just hit one of the nearby chow halls during the middle of lunch (I'm on GMT so my morning is actually the middle of the day). It's called a MASCAL or Mass Casualty event and it's where the rubber meets the road in military ministry. They said there were approximately 10 casualties. That was the extent of it so I kind of filed it away in the back of my mind and continued to sip my coffee. The next report wasn't so good. 10 dead and approximately 50 wounded. They were being transported to the Combat Surgical Hospital down the street. The Chaplain at the CSH is a good guy and I knew he'd be in need of help so I woke my assistant and we rushed to the hospital. I didn't expect what I saw."