Military calling in airstrikes on those that killed the Marines...

[kentuck]

Dubya will have his revenge..
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=COCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-08-05-08-07-35

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- About 1,000 U.S. Marines and Iraqi forces launched attacks in western Iraq in an operation aimed at disrupting insurgents and foreign fighters in the Euphrates River valley, the U.S. military said Friday.

The operation, dubbed Quick Strike, began Wednesday with Iraqi soldiers and Marines positioning their units, said a military statement. They focused on an area centered around the cities of Haditha, Haqlaniyah, and Parwana, about 130 miles northwest of Baghdad.

On Wednesday, 14 Marines and their civilian translator were killed when their vehicle was hit by a massive roadside bomb near Haditha as they were traveling inside a lightly armored vehicle.

On Friday, U.S. and Iraqi troops, including Special Operations forces, moved into the city of Haqlaniyah, the Marine statement said. U.S. jets conducted an airstrike on insurgents hiding in buildings outside of the town

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[atreides1]

1. Not Really

They're only hitting places where the insurgents were, most of the casualties will be civilians which in turn will help in recruiting more insurgents, which will result in more dead Marines.

It's a vicious circle, and nothing will come of it, except for more death and destruction.

[madrchsod]

2. yup- they are hiding inside

these buildings playing cards ,watching tv,and knocking back a few..in fact they painted on the roofs in really big letters-"kilroy IS here!"

[opihimoimoi]

3. The Poor things...they will bomb and kill the Insurgents only to discover

the insurgents will be replaced by twice the number.,....and on and on...

Bush has given Osama the perfect recruitment tools....

It has become a de facto Holy War.

[marmar]

4. They just don't get it...

big broad military actions like air strikes don't work against insurgents. It's not like fighting an army.

[kentuck]

5. Yep....Fallujah worked real well, didn't it?

Kill! Kill! Kill! :(

[catnhatnh]

6. Probably not hitting "insurgents"...

...but at least carpet bombing will produce the ILLUSION (read:body count) of progress...

[leesa]

7. Ah yes...airstrikes against a handful of people...it works sooooo well!

Americans need to have their toys taken away.

[gratuitous]

8. Sounds like a collective reprisal to me

Which is, of course, against the Geneva Conventions. But maybe this is another of those "quaint" provisions that our honorable Attorney General doesn't think the United States needs to follow anymore.

[Vinnie From Indy]

9. It does sound like collective punishment

Can any sensible person believe that the "insurgents" are just hanging out in groups in "buildings outside of town" waiting to get blasted by the US Air Force?