US military estimates more than 500 insurgents killed in Fallujah

[NH_Here_We_Come]

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A senior defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP "more than 500" insurgents have been killed in the fighting to retake the city.


"The Marines are making it look a lot easier than it really is; and that's what professionals do," General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview with ABC television.


"It has been some hard fighting. And there have been a lot of insurgents -- many, many, insurgents, hundreds and hundred of insurgents who have either been killed or captured in this activity so far," he said.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041111/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_us_fallujah_041111182949


Press sounds as blood thirsty as military. They gleefully report 500 dead in their own homes. The destruction of mosques. These soldiers are religious and they destroy houses of worship. how much you wanna bet that more sarin turns up over the next few days, probably in those torture rooms. And the press eats it up like the perfect GOP shills they are.

[Old and In the Way]

1. We had to kill the patient to stop the illness...........

[Bridget Burke]

2. How can they identify the "Insurgents"?

Do they carry membership cards? Wear uniforms?

Or is it just all the dead Iraqis--including the baby insurgents?

[NH_Here_We_Come]

5. Right. Get all the innocent corpses together and call them insurgents.

This slaughter of innocents is appalling.

[Caution]

3. in other words they found 500 dead bodies

HOw the hell would they know (even if the body was clutching an AK-47) that the person in question was actually an "insurgent" ? The only way to know for sure would be if the person was actively engaged in combat and fired the first shot.

[NH_Here_We_Come]

6. Don't think our "brave" soldiers are asking questions first and shooting

later... Granted it's chimp butt's fault, but the soldiers are pulling the trigger. Unlawful orders can be ignored. Look it up.

[maddezmom]

4. similar story here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=979376&mesg_id=979376

[jobycom]

7. CBS is saying 600

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/24/iraq/main541815.shtml

"The military estimated 600 insurgents have been killed in the offensive but acknowledged success in the city won't break Iraq's insurgency. "

I particularly like the last admission. Ok. So they admit they are doing it for the Hell of it, not to solve anything?

[NH_Here_We_Come]

8. What's 600 "Ay-rabs"

They make good moving targets. I am sickened. Impeach chimp boy now.

[scarface2004]

9. kill them all!

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[pinniped]

10. Yes sir, they're all brown colour so they're insurgents.

And what the fuck are they supposed to do with these supposedly dead 500-600 insurgents?

Dig a giant hole and dump them in? Sounds eerily familiar.

[neverforget]

11. I thought we don't do body counts?

Oh that's right, civilians don't count.

[NH_Here_We_Come]

12. The enlightened evangelical soldier: kill 'em all let God sort 'em out.

Just followin' order sir.

[madrchsod]

13. 10,000 coalition troops

only killed 500-600 insurgents? pretty bad kill ratio if ya ask me. just the cold hard facts of warfare.

[0007]

14. Which one of the three stooges is General Richard Myers?

[Barrett808]

15. Yes, we saw some of those "insurgent" doctors and patients face down...

...in the Fallujah general hospital.

[mhr]

16. How Many Of That Total Is Innocent Women And Children

eom

[Moderator]

17. Duplicate topic--Please continue discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=979376&mesg_id=979376