In Offensive, Iraqi Forces Show Signs Of Progress

[Rose Siding]

TALL AFAR, Iraq...
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....when their commanding general and a U.S. colonel arrived one afternoon last week to praise their performance and observe them in action, the troops wanted to give a demonstration. With theatrical intensity, they charged the two-story structure on the nearly deserted block, rifles at the ready, while other soldiers and two reporters watched from the street.

A fiery explosion -- some soldiers said they saw a man throw a grenade, others said the door was rigged to blow -- erupted from inside, followed by bursts of gunfire. The shouting soldiers stumbled out through a cloud of smoke, covered in blood. The rest of the platoon, which had lost a lieutenant in a grenade attack the day before, appeared dejected, some huddling around the wounded, others sitting with their heads in their hands.
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"Okay, men, it's time to buck up and show our mettle," said a U.S. Special Forces soldier, acting as platoon commander, who allowed reporters to accompany the patrol on the condition that he not be named. "We can't let this stop us. We need payback!"

They went looking for revenge. When they were ambushed again, in a home one block away, they were ready. After a firefight, they came out smiling proudly, with several raising two fingers to indicate the number of insurgents killed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102175.html

[tocqueville]

1. this is pathetic....

[hedda_foil]

2. Another rabidly written Pentagon propaganda potboiler

Some reporter had an easy day cutting and pasting press releases today. Cantcha just see a special forces guy reading these ripping line? "Okay, men, it's time to buck up and show our mettle" ... "We can't let this stop us. We need payback!"

They went looking for revenge. When they were ambushed again ... they were ready.

BULLFUCKINGSHIT!